Also called: Transport Policy Analyst, Infrastructure Economist
Studies the costs, benefits, and pricing of roads, transit, freight, and airports.
You build models showing whether congestion pricing would cut traffic and how much money it would raise. Your analysis helps governments decide which billion-dollar projects to fund.
Based on BLS economists (median about $115k).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's or PhD in economics or public policy.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Public Policy, Civil Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI runs cost-benefit models and drafts reports; fewer junior analysts, with policy judgment kept human.
Classes: AP Economics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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