Remote Economic Impact Analyst – Cannabis & Public Sector

Alphahire; California (MO, WA); Remote; USD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov seeks an Economic Impact Analyst to quantify industry, employment, fiscal, and regional effects for California cannabis and Washington cluster pursuits, delivering policy-ready findings for public-sector clients.

The role involves building reproducible models, analyzing direct, indirect, and induced effects, and synthesizing data into clear reports for proposals and clients. This is a 1099/project-based engagement with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Hands-on economic-impact assessment in regional economics or related field.
• Ability to produce reproducible methods, defend assumptions, and document limitations.
• Comfortable as a 1099/project-based collaborator with travel for client on-sites.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute economic-impact analyses using appropriate models.
• Build reproducible models and document data sources, assumptions, and limitations.
• Analyze direct, indirect, and induced effects on output, employment, wages, tax, and industry.
• Synthesize data into clear reports, exhibits, and presentations.
• Contribute to proposals with past-performance narratives when permissioned.

Skills

Economic impact assessment

Regional economics

I-O modeling

Fiscal analysis

Policy-ready reports

Education

Advanced degree (economics/public policy/ regional science)

Tools

REMl

IMPLAN

RIMS II

Job description

AlphaGov seeks an Economic Impact Analyst to quantify industry, employment, fiscal, and regional effects for California cannabis and Washington cluster pursuits, delivering policy-ready findings for public-sector clients.

The role involves building reproducible models, analyzing direct, indirect, and induced effects, and synthesizing data into clear reports for proposals and clients. This is a 1099/project-based engagement with travel as needed.