Employers hiring liberal arts graduates frequently favor economics majors. In addition to broad backgrounds, these students have acquired analytical skills and a knowledge of the economy that can prove highly useful in the jobs they seek.

Business firms, small and large, often hire economics majors for their management training programs. Positions include those in personnel, production, finance, and sales in such industries as:

• banking and finance

• insurance and real estate

• lodging, dining, and recreation

• health care

• educational services

• information technology

• chemical and paper products
• textile products
• construction and mining

• transportation and communication

• retailing

People trained in economics also work in local, state, and federal government as well as in private, non-profit organizations. These job areas include:

• natural resource use

• environmental protection

• consumer protection

• housing

• agricultural commodities

• urban and regional planning

• financial regulation

• labor

• international trade

An undergraduate economics degree also provides a strong background for graduate study in economics, business or public administration, journalism, law, and other fields.