Economist
Comprehensive Sites
Bureau of Labor Statistics: EconomistsFind out about the nature of the work of economists at this page, created by the U.S. Department of Labor and offering people interested in this profession an overview of the nature of the work, opportunities outlook, salary, related occupations, and sources of additional information on occupations in this field.
Princeton Review: EconomistFind out about a day in the life of an economist, such as their study of data and statistics and challenging aspects of the profession. You can learn about the quality of life you can expect in this career, related college majors, graduate programs, internships, organizations, and publications in the field.
Accredited Academic Programs
Princeton Review: College Majors, EconomistA list of college majors that would be helpful if you are considering a career as an economist is listed at this site. Find your selection and click, to be taken to details on colleges offering these programs and majors.
Salary Levels
PayScale: EconomistThe median salary according to years of experience for an economist is displayed at a chart at this site. If you scroll further down the page, you will come to related information on median salary by employer type and median salary by city.
Professional Organizations
American Economic Association: Student SectionThe American Economic Association encourages education and research in the field and offers visitors to this page links to publications and abstracts and a special section for undergraduate and graduate students. The field of economics is explained, with departments on different fields, issues, programs, careers, and opportunities for study. Click on job openings, or take a look at career earnings, economic consulting, and working as a teacher or in the field of law.
National Association for Business EconomicsYou can find economic data efficiently from this page, with helpful publications, teleconferences, podcasts, and news. A site at this page helps you jump start your career, and roundtable discussions are provided. Economic links will point you in many directions, including free information on regional economic data, blogs, research, and tools for economists.
Job Opportunity Sources
National Association for Business Economics: CareersFind profiles of people who use economics in their work at this page, as well as salary survey highlights. Student memberships entitle you to the collection of economics job listings from this professional organization.
Publications
Business EconomicsThe National Association of Business Economists is a quarterly journal for people who use economics in their jobs. You can read back issues from this page, with full texts of global insight, analysis, and macroeconomic advice. You can view the articles in HTML or save as PDF files.
Economist.comFind politics, business, opinion, columns, blogs, and special reports in the online edition of the Economist. This leading publication in the field takes excerpts from the print edition and makes them available online. You will also find research tools, audio and video news, classified ads, and market data.
Online Forums & Blogs
Economic Blog LinksFrom the National Association of Business Economics, this collection of blog links contains high traffic sites that discuss economic and financial subjects, including macro perspectives on capital markets, current issues in economics and law, and analysis of current economic conditions.
The Economist: BlogsYou can search the blogs at this site, which are categorized by topic and display recent posts and archives. Economist blogs are lightly moderated and come from thoughts and observations from regularly published economy publications.
Career Videos
Economist.com: Audio and VideoVideos about the market view, the world, politics, videos from the paper, special reports, democracy, and doing business in American and Europe.
