Labor Market Economist (Ref #: 1114089)

Estrada Consultingorporated • Sacramento, CA

5d • Remote

About The Position

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 with hours that vary by project phase.

The role maps academic programs to occupations, analyzes graduate earnings and employment outcomes, and uses labor-market data to describe occupational demand, wages, growth, and skills. The economist will support program reviewers and new program proposals, document methodologies for nontechnical readers, and review dashboards and other data products for accuracy and sound interpretation.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in economics, labor economics, public policy, or a related field.
• Five or more years working with BLS and state labor market information 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.
• Clear writing for academic and executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting higher education institutional research or workforce boards.

Responsibilities

• 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 using public sources such as Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) and IPEDS.
• Use BLS data (OEWS, QCEW, and Employment Projections), state labor market information, and ONET to describe demand, wages, growth, and skills for occupations associated with each program.
• Define regional views, including custom county groupings, and explain the limitations of each data source, including suppression, coverage, and timing.
• Help program reviewers and new program proposals use the analysis.
• Write clear methodology notes for nontechnical readers.
• Review dashboards and data products built by the engineering team for accuracy and sound interpretation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior