Also called: Pricing Analyst, Inventory Analyst, Yield Analyst
Sets and adjusts ticket prices and seat availability to fill planes at the best possible fares.
You watch how fast seats on a holiday flight are selling and decide whether to raise prices or open up cheaper fares. You build models in Python or Excel to forecast demand. You're the reason the same seat costs $89 one day and $389 the next.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in economics, finance, math, statistics, or operations research.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, Finance.
Growing about average. Steady demand at airlines, hotels, and cruise lines.
High risk for 10 years. Pricing algorithms already set most fares; AI cuts analyst headcount further, leaving mostly strategy roles.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Economics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1161.
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