U.S. Census Bureau

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) and the Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division (SEHSD) at the U.S. Census Bureau anticipate multiple job openings.

Highlights:

-Access to confidential microdata.

-Impactful research.

-Hybrid work environment in the Greater Washington DC area.

-Same campus as the BLS and BEA.

-On-campus childcare and gym.

Benefits:

-Retirement (TSP and pension).

-Insurance (including health, vision and dental).

-Leave (including holidays, annual, sick, and paid parental).

-Eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

-And much more!

Responsibilities:

-Maintaining, evaluating, and improving data collection and processing.

-Presenting research at professional conferences.

-Publishing working papers and peer-reviewed articles.

-Writing descriptive reports.

-Responding to inquiries from Congress, the press, and the public.

Qualifications:

-U.S. citizenship required.

-PhD-level research experience in economics or related field required.

-Experience with:
--Administrative, household-, firm-, and/or industry-level data.
--Applied econometrics, statistical analysis, and/or big data techniques.

Fields of interest include: applied microeconomics, econometrics, labor, industrial organization, housing, poverty, education, health, transportation, and environmental economics.

The Census Bureau is an equal opportunity employer. All positions subject to budgetary approval. All JOE materials should be submitted by November 17th for full consideration.

Links:

Federal resume guidelines: https://help.test.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include

Benefits: https://www.census.gov/about/census-careers/working-at-census/employee-benefits.html

SEHSD working papers: https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/series/sehsd-wp.html

CES working papers: https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/series/ces-wp.html