Economics Consulting Intern — Summer 2027 (Analyst/Associate)

Charles River Associates; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programs

Wellness program

Immigration support

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Charles River Associates (CRA) invites qualified students to join our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship in Economics Consulting. The 8-10 week program pairs interns with senior colleagues to work on live client projects across our practices, with professional development and wellness support along the way.

Successful interns may receive a full-time offer after graduation. You will engage in economic research, financial analyses, model building, and regression work using languages like Excel,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates with focus on quantitative research.

Responsibilities

• Conduct economic and industry research to understand case issues.
• Perform financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories.
• Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL or SAS.
• Develop familiarity with data sources that serve as input to analyses.
• Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents and industry trade press.
• Assist in producing research summaries, expert reports, and findings presentations.
• Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review.

Skills

Quantitative research

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Leadership potential

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating December 2027/Summer 2028

Tools

Excel

Stata

Python

R

SQL

SAS

ArcGIS/ArcPy

Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

Job description

Charles River Associates (CRA) invites qualified students to join our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship in Economics Consulting. The 8-10 week program pairs interns with senior colleagues to work on live client projects across our practices, with professional development and wellness support along the way.

Successful interns may receive a full-time offer after graduation. You will engage in economic research, financial analyses, model building, and regression work using languages like Excel,