Works at a stock or futures exchange keeping trading fair and orderly.
You watch for wild price swings, halt trading in a stock that jumped 20% in seconds and coordinate with firms when something breaks.
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 or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. Surveillance and matching engines are automated; analysts handle halts, errors and fairness calls when markets get chaotic.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2099.
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