Helps companies claim tax credits for research and innovation.
You interview engineers at a robotics company about their experiments and document which projects qualify for a credit worth $500,000.
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 accounting or engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Accounting, Engineering.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI helps sort project records and draft documentation; interviewing engineers and defending claims to the IRS stays human.
Classes: Accounting, Physics or engineering, AP Statistics, English composition.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2011.
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