Also called: Workforce Board CEO
Leads a regional agency that funds job training and runs American Job Centers.
Meets with manufacturers about the skills they can't find, approves funding for a welding training class, and briefs the mayor on unemployment trends.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 14 years after high school. Bachelor's plus master's (MPA, MBA) and 10+ years in workforce or economic development.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Public Administration, Economics, Business.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps forecast skill gaps, and AI-driven job churn may raise demand for leaders who fund retraining.
Classes: Economics, Government, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1011.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.