Economist/Statistician (Economics)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making. These positions are with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Field Operations, Division of Price Programs, Industrial Price or Division of Compensation, National Compensation Survey. Applicants must meet the Basic Requirements and the Minimum qualifications to qualify for each series and grade they wish to be considered for by the closing date of this announcement. This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled either as an Economist or Statistician (Economics). Basic Requirements – Economist, GS-0110 A) Degree in economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting or calculus. B) A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirements – Statistician (Economics), GS-1530 A) Degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing. B) A combination of education and experience - courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. Minimum Qualifications Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-05, in the federal service. Specialized experience should include a thorough range of complex economic professional work. GS-07: Planned, scheduled, and collected economic or survey data from assigned companies and industries and collected data via protocols such as personal visits, video collaboration tools, phone, and or/email, or entered collected data into software for review and transmittal. OR Education Substitution GS-07: 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement. Superior Academic Achievement is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. Class standing – Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) – Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society. A list of acceptable honor societies can be found at Association of College Honor Societies. OR Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: GS-07: An appropriate combination of graduate level education and specialized experience. For additional information, refer to the Office of Personnel Management Operating Manual for Qualification Standards, Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions. Individual Occupation Requirements for Economist Series GS-110. Individual Occupation Requirement for Statistician Series GS-1530. #J-18808-Ljbffr US Bureau of Labor Statistics