Economic Assistant (Research)

This position is being advertised through an invite-only application process. Candidates with access to this link are considered part of the applicant pool and can apply through the exclusive link in this job announcement.

Maintaining public confidence. It’s what we do.

At the FDIC, your work directly supports our core mission of maintaining stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system. Deposit insurance protects everyone with a bank deposit account. It also protects the entire nation’s financial stability. The professional staff of the Division of Insurance and Research (DIR) carries out this essential mission by managing a risk-based deposit insurance system and identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Learn and Grow

As an Economic Assistant (Research) you use and develop a wide range of valuable skills. Foremost, you are a critical thinker who asks questions and actively seeks answers. You may be asked to learn a statistical programming language to analyze trends in bank financial data, develop analytical tools to improve our team’s ability to evaluate bank insurance assessments, or explore financial innovations and their potential impact on bank safety and soundness. Every day, you will find opportunities to learn and grow.

Job Description

Economic Assistants (Research) in Division of Insurance and Research (DIR) research, analyze and evaluate banking industry and economic information supporting staff research projects, work assignments, and the FDIC’s program for identifying, monitoring, and addressing existing and emerging risks to the Deposit Insurance Fund. They are also responsible for responding to data or information requests from other divisions, agencies, state and local governments, and bankers on economic or financial matters. Economic Assistants (Research) may also research, gather information, and compile data pertaining to the financial services industry, financial markets, FDIC-insured institutions, as well as national, international, and regional economic developments. They often collaborate with other DIR staff on draft research publications or other FDIC publications that analyze banking and economic trends and conditions. Economic Assistants (Research) working on the Failed Bank Data Project assist the staff economists in their analysis of large, complex data collected from failed banks. In addition to maintaining and adding to the structured asset and liability data, Economic Assistants (Research) search and analyze failed banks’ regulatory reports, internal documents, and public news items to provide information relevant to the structured data analysis. Economic Assistants (Research) in Regional Offices contribute to the analysis of local economic and financial data for the production of written products, outreach presentations, and special projects. 

Duties

• Performs economic research/analytical and evaluative duties on various topics in support of staff work on research studies.
• Performs mathematical and statistical calculations.
• Performs evaluation of financial information in support of economic research projects, on individual banks and the banking industry, presenting observations in written and/or oral form.
• Responds to routine/factual requests for analyses or information from other divisions, agencies, state, and local governments and bankers on economic and financial matters.
• Assists in the design and use of econometric models.
• Prepares and updates charts, data visualizations, data tables, and summary statistics of economic and financial data.

Informational Session

DIR hiring managers will host a 30-minute informational virtual Q&A session about the Economic Assistant (Research) position on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 7:00pm (EDT). 

Email EconomistCareers@FDIC.gov for questions or join the Microsoft Teams event HERE.