Analyzes government budgets, debt and revenues to support decisions.
You project the cost of a new transit line over 30 years and compare ways to pay for it.
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, economics or public policy.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Public Policy, Economics, Finance.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks financial analysts.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI pulls budget data and drafts analysis; the analyst seat at the bottom of the ladder is where cuts come first.
Classes: AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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