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Economist
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.1% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Economists (ISCO 2631). Economists conduct research, monitor data, analyse information and prepare reports and plans to resolve economic and business problems and develop models to analyse, explain and forecast economic behaviour and patterns.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
56 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- business advisor
- business analyst
- business economics researcher
- business economist
- business economy researcher
- business research scientist
- business researcher
- contributions advisor
- development consultant
- development officer
- econometrician
- economic adviser
- economic advisor
- economic analyst
- economic development consultant
- economic development coordinator
- economic development officer
- economic policy advisor
- economic policy researcher
- economics adviser
- economics analyst
- economics consultant
- economics research analyst
- economics research scientist
- economics researcher
- economics scholar
- economics science researcher
- economics scientist
- economist
- economists
- econophysicist
- financial and economic policy analyst
- financial market advisor
- financial market economist
- financial market researcher
- fiscal analyst
- fiscal and policy analyst
- fiscal economics advisor
- fiscal economics analyst
- fiscal economics researcher
- fiscal economics strategist
- fiscal policy analyst
- interest analyst
- labour economist
- macro analyst
- pecunary consultant
- planning officer
- policy analyst
- regeneration manager
- social economist
- socio economic development coordinator
- tax analyst
- tax policy adviser
- tax policy advisor
- tax policy analyst
- tax research analyst
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.