Labor Market Economist (Ref #: 1114089)

Estrada Consulting Incorporated; Sacramento (CA); Remoto; USD 55.000 - 96.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Estrada Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Labor Market Economist for a remote, part-time contract focusing on graduate outcomes and labor market analytics for a public higher education client.

You will map programs to occupations, analyze earnings and outcomes, and describe demand, wages and skills using BLS data and IPEDS. You will define regional views, explain data source limits, support reviewers, and review dashboards for accuracy.

Competenze

• A graduate degree in economics, labor economics, public policy or a related field.
• Five or more years working with BLS and state LMI data, including occupational projections and wage data.
• Hands-on experience with the CIP to SOC crosswalk and program to occupation analysis.
• Familiarity with PSEO, IPEDS, College Scorecard or state wage record matching.
• Comfort with SQL, Python or R for data preparation.
• Experience supporting higher education institutional research or workforce boards is a strong plus.

Mansioni

• Map academic programs to occupations using the CIP to SOC crosswalk and review with faculty and program leaders.
• Analyze graduate earnings and employment outcomes from Census PSEO and IPEDS.
• Work with BLS data (OEWS, QCEW, Employment Projections), state LMI data, and O*NET to describe demand, wages and skills.
• Define regional views, including custom county groupings, and explain data source limits.
• Help program reviewers and new proposals use the analysis and write methodology notes for nontechnical readers.
• Review dashboards and data products built by the engineering team for accuracy and interpretation.

Conoscenze

Clear writing

Executive communication

Formazione

Graduate degree in economics or related field

Strumenti

SQL

Python

R

Descrizione del lavoro

Estrada Consulting, Inc. (ECI) is seeking a Labor Market Economist for a graduate outcomes and labor market analytics engagement with a public higher education client. This is a remote, part-time contract role.

What you will do:

• Map academic programs to occupations using the CIP to SOC crosswalk, and review the mapping with faculty and program leaders.
• Analyze graduate earnings and employment outcomes from public sources such as Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) and IPEDS.
• Work with BLS data (OEWS, QCEW, Employment Projections), state labor market information and O*NET to describe demand, wages, growth and skills for each program's occupations.
• Define regional views, including custom county groupings, and explain the limits of each data source (suppression, coverage, timing).
• Help program reviewers and new program proposals use the analysis, and write clear methodology notes for nontechnical readers.
• Review dashboards and data products built by the engineering team for accuracy and sound interpretation.

What you bring:

• A graduate degree in economics, labor economics, public policy or a related field.
• Five or more years working with BLS and state LMI data, including occupational projections and wage data.
• Hands-on experience with the CIP to SOC crosswalk and program to occupation analysis.
• Familiarity with PSEO, IPEDS, College Scorecard or state wage record matching.
• Comfort with SQL, Python or R for data preparation.
• Experience supporting higher education institutional research or workforce boards is a strong plus.
• Clear writing for academic and executive audiences.
• Remote, United States. Part-time contract, with hours that vary by project phase.