Also called: IRS-CI Special Agent, Financial Crimes Agent
A federal agent with a badge and gun who investigates tax fraud, money laundering and financial crimes.
You follow the money trail of a drug ring through shell companies, interview a nervous accountant, and join a team executing a search warrant at dawn.
Includes law enforcement availability pay (about 25% extra).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's with at least 15 credit hours of accounting; federal law enforcement academy training.
Ways in: 4-year college, Military. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Accounting, Criminal Justice, Finance.
Growing about average. Hiring depends on federal budgets.
Low risk for 10 years. AI spots suspicious money flows, but armed agents still do interviews, search warrants, arrests and testify in court.
Classes: Accounting class, Criminal justice CTE, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-3021.
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