JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026

MITRE

Industrial Organization Economist

JOE ID Number: 2026-01_111477490
Date Posted: 05/29/2026
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Industrial Organization Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: McLean, Virginia, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: D0 -- General
Keywords:
Industrial organization, general method of moments, structural econometrics
Salary Range: $113,600 - $142,000 - $170,400 Annual
Full Text of JOE Listing:

MITRE is seeking an industrial organization economist or related field to support our portfolio of applied microeconomics work across an exciting and diverse set of sponsors.

Responsibilities:

- Develop custom research using advanced economic and econometric techniques (time series, panel, discrete choice, reduced form causal inference, structural modelling, etc.)
- Handling large datasets to conduct data driven analysis
- Analysis in support of regulatory policy, pre- and post-implementation analysis
- Creative application of economic theory and models in multiple domains when facing data constraints

Basic Qualifications:

- Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience
- Academic (teaching, research) experience counts towards minimum
- Experience in Advanced econometrics, specifically structural econometric modeling (ie. GMM Generalized Method of Moments)
- Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- Industrial organization, international trade, international finance, supply chains, critical infrastructure, and/or defense
- Mathematical modeling
- Experience with computable general equilibrium modeling is desired, not required
- PhD, PhD Candidate in Economics

Required Clearance:
- Top Secret

Salary range:
- $113,600 - $142,000 - $170,400 Annual

Work Location:
- Hybrid (McLean,VA)

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 07/31/2026