How much does an Regional and urban economist earn
A Regional and urban economist earns between $1.513 and $11.627 per month, with an average monthly salary of $4.363 and a median salary of $3.500 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.
Our research is based on the salaries of 29 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).
| Monthly Salary | Annual Salary | Salary Per Week | Hourly Salary | |
| Average wage | 4.363 | 52.359 | 1.091 | 21 |
| 1º Quartile | 1.513 | 18.162 | 378 | 7 |
| Median Salary | 3.500 | 42.000 | 875 | 17 |
| 3º Quartile | 8.867 | 106.405 | 2.217 | 43 |
| Higher Salary | 11.627 | 139.522 | 2.907 | 56 |
Professional job categories
- Science and arts professionals
- professionals of the social sciences and humanities
- social scientists, psychologists
- economists
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Main workplaces
Economists they work in companies of various economic activities such as financial intermediation, insurance and private pension, public administration, social security, economic consulting companies, in agriculture, livestock, industry and services related to these activities, in wholesale trade and trade intermediaries. They are mostly statutory or salaried employees with a formal contract, work as a team, with permanent supervision, in a closed environment and during daytime hours.
What does it take to work in the field of Economists
The exercise of these occupations requires a higher degree in economic sciences or a postgraduate degree in economics and registration with the Regional Council of Economics. The full performance of activities occurs after one or two years of experience in the area.
Functions and activities of Regional and urban economist
Economists must:
Activities
- establish arbitration award;
- analyze long-term trends;
- define schedule;
- demonstrate ability to use computer resources;
- recommend policies;
- generate evaluation parameters;
- formulate abstract concepts;
- process data;
- demonstrate logical reasoning;
- determine sources;
- assess adequacy of actions to the problem;
- adapt language to the audience;
- dialogue with the media;
- give lectures;
- show creativity;
- identify opportunities and threats in the environment and in the organization;
- assist in marketing policies;
- manage risks;
- demonstrate leadership ability;
- list action alternatives;
- scaling human and physical resources;
- pricing products and services;
- teach courses;
- subsidizing the formulation of rules, regulations and contracts;
- suggest technology adoption;
- browse bibliography;
- justify project;
- criticize data;
- perform credit analysis;
- assist in the formulation of trade policies;
- manage cash flow;
- train staff;
- budget projects;
- interpret results;
- write articles, books, economic bulletins and reports;
- monitoring compliance with regulations;
- calculate company market value;
- reveal critical judgment;
- measure consequences of actions;
- develop indicators;
- develop collection instruments;
- delimit object;
- estimate results;
- analyze conjunctures;
- estimate private costs;
- confront alternative costs;
- collect data;
- monitor budget execution;
- demonstrate verbal ability in foreign languages;
- display communications at events;
- perform financial statement analysis;
- estimate profitability and economic-financial viability;
- verify company information (due diligence);
- manage databases;
- estimate social and environmental impacts (externalities);
- estimate demand;
- verify implementation of proposed actions;
- checking barriers to competition;
- apply quantitative methods;
- value equity;
- define methodology;
- establish an arbitration award;
- propose actions;
- delineate problem;
- manage customer portfolio (portfolio);
- perform sectoral and regional analyses;
- representing interests in national and international negotiations;
- indicate merger, acquisition, partnership etc;
- subsidize decisions;
- transmit knowledge;
- mediate conflicts of interest;
- monitor market indicators;
- define products and results;
- build scenarios;
- issuing reports and opinions;
- work as a team;
- analyze socio-economic and environmental sustainability;
- interpret results;
- predict competitors' performance;
- negotiate projects;
- ask for comparative advantages;
- mediate conflicts of interest;
- keep up to date;
- coordinate projects;
- indicate merger, acquisition, partnership etc;
- show creativity;
- identify market structure (competition);
- criticize data;
- analyze political-institutional environment;
- confronting alternative costs;
- recruit staff;
- creating financial products;
- detect new markets;
- define a schedule;
- indicate merger, acquisition, partnership, etc;
- plan investments (capital budgets);
- select funding sources;
Sectors that hire Regional and urban economist the most in the job market
- general public administration
- manufacture of agricultural pesticides
- development of computer programs and software in general
- activities of associative organizations linked to culture and art
- manufacture of peripherals for computer equipment
- activities of employer and business associative organizations
- multiple banks, with commercial portfolio
- accounting activities
- combined office and administrative support services
- business management consulting activities
