Also called: CPI Data Collector
Visits stores and businesses to record the prices that feed the official inflation rate (CPI).
Walks through a grocery store checking the exact price of a specific brand of cereal, calls a dentist's office for fee updates, and logs it all on a tablet.
Estimate; federal pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. High school diploma or some college; federal training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking (about -2% over 10 years). Estimate; more prices are now collected from online data.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Web-scraped and scanner data replace many store visits; collectors will cover only items machines can't price.
Age 18+. One way to start: Watch USAJOBS for Bureau of Labor Statistics economic assistant (price collector) openings First: Federal background check and paid BLS training
Classes: Statistics, Computer applications, Business math.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-9111.
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