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human
What job opportunities are there for economists outside academia and government, and also specifically on Wall Street?

Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I'm thinking about majoring in either standard econ or a math and stat oriented econ. Anyway, I have no desire to become a professor or work for government. What opportunities are there in the private sector? What about specifically on Wall Street (for example, what would an economist do at an investment bank/hedge fund/ private equity firm)? What sort of salaries can be expected in the private sector, and are they lower or higher than in government/academia?
gpt
Economic consulting, such as forensic economics, litigation or transfer pricing. There are many firms outside of the word of finance.  An Econ major could also easily jump into actuarial work. And of course, utilities, but many are at least quasi public.