Municipal Credit Analyst

Also called: Muni Analyst

Analyzes whether cities, school districts and airports can repay the bonds they issue.

A day in the life

You review a city's pension debt, tax base and budget, then recommend whether your fund should buy its new school bonds.

Pay over a career

Starting
$70k
Typical
$100k
High
$150k

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

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, public administration or economics.

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

Majors to look at: Finance, Public Administration, Economics.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI pulls numbers from city budgets; judging local politics, tax bases and willingness to pay stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Government, AP Statistics, Accounting class.

Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2041.

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