Also called: Quantitative Economist
Uses statistics to measure economic questions, like how much a minimum wage changes jobs.
You analyze data at the Federal Reserve, a tech company, or a university, building models that separate cause from coincidence.
Based on economists.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 9 years after high school. PhD in economics with a focus on econometrics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI writes and runs regressions; finding real causes and arguing policy stay human.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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