Associate Economist
The Conference Board
Will Baltrus is an associate economist for the labor markets team within the Economy, Strategy, and Finance Center at The Conference Board. He specializes in labor market data procurement, analysis, and visualization. He is also responsible for the publication of The Conference Board’s proprietary Employment Trends Index (ETI) and Help Wanted Online Index (HWOL). Prior to becoming a full-time employee in August of 2023, he worked as a research assistant for the labor markets team.Will holds an honorary B.A in Economics from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. There he also worked as a research and teaching assistant in applied econometrics.