Economic Impact Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement economic-impact assessments utilizing input-output, regional, fiscal, labor-market, or similar methodologies.

• Create reproducible models while documenting assumptions, data sources, limitations, and sensitivity analyses.

• Evaluate direct, indirect, and induced impacts, including effects on output, employment, wages, taxes, and industry sectors.

• Integrate administrative, industry, labor, and market data into comprehensive reports, visual exhibits, and presentations.

• Contribute to AlphaGov proposals by providing economic-impact qualifications and narratives of past performance when authorized.

• Collaborate on a project basis for public-sector consulting assignments.

• Engage in occasional travel for client meetings and site visits as required.

• Assess industry, employment, fiscal, and regional impacts for California cannabis and Washington cluster initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in economic-impact assessment, regional economics, input-output modeling, fiscal analysis, or a related field of applied economics.

• Capacity to develop reproducible methodologies, defendable assumptions, clear limitations, and policy-ready documentation.

• Comfort as a 1099/project-based collaborator willing to travel for client site engagements as necessary.

• Experience with REMI, IMPLAN, RIMS II, or similar modeling tools.

• Background in California cannabis, regulated industries, Washington regional analysis, or cluster assessments.

• Advanced degree in economics, public policy, regional science, or a related discipline.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Collaborative work environment with a focus on impactful projects.