Economist - DIRECT HIRE

Benefits

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Salary

$85K-$133K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

About in line with the BLS role benchmark for data and ml aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Data From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Application

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Assessment

Required From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Deadline

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Where they hire

Hires in: DC From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

About this role

Economist - DIRECT HIRE Washington, District of Columbia Summary This position is in the Office of Planning and Analytics (OPA), Economic Research and Regulatory Analysis Division, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). You will be responsible for economic analysis and related activities required to support PHMSA regulatory activity and additional assigned economic analyses. Duties As an Economist, you will: Develop regulatory impact analyses and regulatory flexibility analyses as part of the federal rulemaking process. Collaborate with the Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Pipeline Safety, and Office of Hazardous Materials Safety on regulatory development process. Assess the costs, benefits, efficiency, and impacts of PHMSA's regulatory and safety programs to help provide economic information that can be used as a tool to assess policy decisions made by the agency. Perform a wide variety of complex economic and market research to understand and assess trends in the regulated industries. Develop and apply economic models to evaluate safety and environmental risks to society. Design, develop, model, apply and evaluate data analytic theories, techniques and tools to support both quantitative and qualitative research, emphasizing the capability to discern information from large data sets, including interacting with exploring and visualizing data from any combination of sources. Represent the office and the agency in all regulatory analysis matters before agency officials, the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), industry, and the public. Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of the Division.

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