Also called: Auction Designer, Market Design Economist
Uses game theory to design auctions and markets, like the ones that sell online ads or match medical students to hospitals.
You design rules so people bidding for radio spectrum or ad space act fairly and efficiently, prove the math works, and test it on real data.
Based on economists in tech; academic pay is lower.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 9 years after high school. PhD in economics, math, or computer science.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science.
Growing faster than average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI simulates bidders and checks math; designing fair rules and convincing institutions stay human.
Classes: AP Calculus BC, AP Microeconomics, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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