Posted on 04/16/2014 6:55:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
For a new study ranking the best jobs of 2014, jobs website CareerCast.com did some number-crunching and found — perhaps not surprisingly — that crunching numbers is a pretty good gig.
With a median income of $101,360 and a 23% projected job growth rate by 2022, mathematician topped the site’s roundup of the most desirable jobs. CareerCast points to the “exponentially growing popularity of mathematics” in everything from healthcare and technology to sports and politics.
“Mathematicians are employed in every sector of the economy… from Wall Street brokerages to energy exploration companies to IT R&D labs to university classrooms,” CareerCast publisher Tony Lee tells BusinessInsider.
Companies and government agencies rely more heavily on analytics to make all sorts of decisions today, so employers need people who can generate and parse this data, CareerCast says in its overview. “Mathematical analyses of trends are used to gauge many activities, ranging from internet-user tendencies to airport traffic control.”
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Yeah, but the position attracts a lot of really calculating people.
I was going to say Republican Congressman.
Whole bunch of perks, with no responsibility.
Being a mathematician makes you a babe magnet.
It’s a numbers game after all.
Kate Upton’s dresser?
This doesn’t add up.
Justin Verlander.
Non-Attorney Spokesperson still looks pretty good to me.
One of the only curriculums where 2+2 doesn’t equal 5.
“One of the only curriculums where 2+2 doesn’t equal 5.”
Perhaps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-I6XTVZXww
Whole bunch of perks, with no responsibility.
Plus when they make you Speaker of the House, unlimited booze from George Soros.
Yep, but in a good way. I should know, I’m married 2 1.
Totally cool.
“Kate Upton’s dresser?”
Close, I would just expand it some by saying Victorias Secret photographer.
If you have a doctorate in math and one in biotechnology you can probably get one of those jobs. Otherwise, you’ll probably ended up teaching math, at best.
I have a family member who is an actuary.
It pays EXTREMELY well. You need a math degree and an ability to stick through nearly a decade of training and professional certification exams.
Though as the only non-Chinese actuary in his firm, he has basically become the sales guy.
-PJ
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