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Skills that raise your pay

• Data analysis

  Analysts who can pull and model their own numbers get the interesting files.

• Economics

  Cost-benefit analysis and fiscal modelling are the backbone of serious policy work.

• French and English at a high level

  Bilingual roles carry a bonus and open senior positions.

• A subject specialty

  Housing, health, climate, Indigenous relations or defence. Generalists get stuck.