If you live in the D.C. area and have strong quantitative and/or qualitative skills there are opportunities with firms that handle government contracts such as Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Cardno, and SAIS. Typically they are looking for people with similar backgrounds and skills to work as policy and research analyst. If you can attain full security clearance the CIA recruits people with BA and/or MA backgrounds in Sociology for Leadership Analysts positions. The salary range is between $49,861 – $97,333. Indeed.com should be added to your job search engines if it is not already.
There is life outside of academia.
