56 live roles · 6 fully remote · freshest first

Economist jobs

Live economist openings from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source. What the role pays, across markets and seniority: economist salary.

What 56 postings say

Computed from the live board on the date of the nightly build · 6 added in the last 7 days · median listing is 34 days old.

SeniorityLive rolesState payPosted band
Entry11
Untagged (mid)4944$109k–$166k
Senior / lead65$166k–$183k

Seniority is read from posting titles; roles with no level in the title are counted as mid. Bands cover only postings that state pay, and only where five or more do.

Skills named most

  • Accounting55%
  • Statistics55%
  • Presentation35%
  • Policy Analysis31%
  • Market Research20%
  • Data Analysis16%
  • Training & Facilitation16%
  • Project Management15%

Share of postings naming each skill, from the posting text itself.

Hiring the most right now

  • Anthropic5
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics4
  • Internal Revenue Service3
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service2
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States2
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers2

Routes into economist

The measured pivots that lead here, ranked by how much of the destination a typical origin profile already covers.

More economist searches

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Economist jobs in the United States 50Economist jobs in North America 50Economist jobs paying over $100k 46Economist jobs paying over $150k 36Remote Economist jobs 6Senior Economist jobs 6Senior Economist jobs in the United States 6

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Quick answers

How many economist jobs are open right now?

Right now there are 56 economist openings on our board, and 6 of them arrived in the last seven days. 6 of them are fully remote (remote economist jobs). The board refreshes every night, so the count moves with the market.

How much do economist jobs pay?

50 of the 56 openings state a salary. Across those, the middle half of posted pay runs from $114k to $166k a year. We only count postings that state pay, so this is what employers are advertising today, not an estimate. For the fuller picture by seniority and market, see the economist salary page.

What skills do economist postings ask for?

The three skills economist postings name most often are Accounting (55% of postings), Statistics (55%) and Presentation (35%). Those percentages are simply how many of the postings we read mention each one, so you can see which are near-universal and which are nice to have. Every skill, defined: the glossary.

Can I move into economist work from an adjacent role?

Yes, and we can tell you from where. 1 measured routes lead into economist work. The closest is from market researcher: a typical market researcher profile already covers 45% of what economist postings ask for, and the route page lists the exact skills that make up the rest.

Listings backfilled from re-displayable sources (company career pages, remote-job boards, and public-sector postings), freshest first, refreshed with the nightly scrape. Each links out to apply at the original posting; PivotHop does not host applications. Salary shown where the posting states it.

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