Labor market economist (ref #: 1114089)

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.