Budget Analysts

Finance In demand
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.

What a budget analyst does

Become a budget analyst

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good budget analyst

  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Using math to solve problems.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

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Budget Analyst job outlook

  • There are 1,010 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 67 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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