Also called: Index Analyst
Designs the rules for stock market indexes like the S&P 500, deciding which companies get in or out.
You decide whether a newly public company qualifies for an index that $1 trillion tracks, and design a new index of clean-energy stocks.
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, math or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Mathematics, Economics.
Growing faster than average. Growing with index investing.
Medium risk for 10 years. Index calculation is automated; designing fair, durable rules and handling edge cases stays a judgment job.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Calculus, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2099.
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