Also called: ECM Analyst
Helps companies sell stock to the public (IPOs) and to big investors.
On IPO day you're at the stock exchange at 6 a.m. with the company's executives, pricing millions of shares based on demand from mutual funds and watching the first trade.
BLS groups investment bankers with securities sales agents (median ~$78k), which hides Wall Street pay; figures here are typical total pay (salary plus bonus) at major banks.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics.
Growing about average. Swings sharply with the IPO market.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI tracks investor demand and drafts materials; pricing IPOs and advising nervous issuers on timing remain judgment calls.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, Speech, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-3031.
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