Also called: Pension Fund Portfolio Manager
Invests billions of dollars in retirement savings for teachers, police, and other public workers.
Public pension funds like CalPERS manage hundreds of billions of dollars. Investment officers pick fund managers, analyze stocks, real estate, and private equity, and present to the board. Their decisions affect the retirements of millions of public workers.
Top chief investment officers earn $500k+.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance; CFA charter and MBA common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting.
Growing about average.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI screens funds and runs analytics; picking managers and answering to trustees stay human, but junior work shrinks.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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