Also called: Securities Enforcement Attorney
Investigates and sues people who commit fraud in stock markets or cheat investors.
SEC enforcement attorneys subpoena trading records, interview witnesses, and bring cases against insider traders and Ponzi schemes. Big cases make national news. The SEC pays more than most of the government.
SEC uses its own higher pay scale.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 9 years after high school. JD and bar license; prior law firm or prosecution experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics, Accounting, Law (JD).
Growing slowly.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI sifts trading records and documents quickly; building cases, taking testimony and litigating stay human.
Classes: AP Government, Accounting, Speech and Debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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