Market Data Specialist

Manages the expensive market data feeds and licenses that traders use.

A day in the life

You track who uses which data terminals, cancel unused licenses and fix a broken price feed.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$58k
High
$85k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 2 years after high school. An associate or bachelor's degree, then on-the-job training on data feeds and licensing; the FISD FMDP credential helps.

Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Finance, Information Systems.

Outlook

Growing slowly. Steady.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

High risk for 10 years. License tracking, entitlements and invoicing are moving into software, so small admin teams get smaller.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Business class, Computer apps class.

Official data: O*NET occupation 43-9111.

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