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title: "Jobs for People Who Like Math"
description: "Careers where mathematics is the core of the work: actuaries, statisticians, mathematicians, data scientists, operations research analysts and…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs for People Who Like Math

Careers where mathematics is the core of the work: actuaries, statisticians, mathematicians, data scientists, operations research analysts and quantitative roles in finance. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Actuary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/actuary) | $130,000 | +9.2% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Pension Actuary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pension-actuary) | $130,000 | +9.2% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Pricing Actuary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pricing-actuary) | $130,000 | +9.2% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Mathematician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mathematician) | $126,710 | +0.6% | Master's |
| 5 | [Economist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economist) | $124,720 | +4.7% | Master's |
| 6 | [Catastrophe Modeler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/catastrophe-modeler) | $117,330 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Model Risk Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/model-risk-analyst) | $117,330 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 8 | [Sales and Operations Planning Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-and-operations-planning-manager) | $107,230 | +6.1% | High school |
| 9 | [Biostatistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/biostatistician) | $105,650 | +11.0% | Master's |
| 10 | [Psychometrician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychometrician) | $105,650 | +11.0% | Master's |
| 11 | [Statistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistician) | $105,650 | +11.0% | Master's |
| 12 | [Construction Scheduler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-scheduler) | $102,320 | +6.7% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Pricing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pricing-manager) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Operations Research Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operations-research-analyst) | $88,940 | +11.9% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Demand Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/demand-planner) | $82,320 | +17.6% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Mathematical Science Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mathematical-science-teacher-postsecondary) | $79,940 | +1.7% | Doctorate |
| 17 | [People Analytics Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/people-analytics-specialist) | $75,940 | +6.4% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Statistical Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistical-assistant) | $50,330 | -1.8% | Bachelor's |
| 19 | [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist) | $172,250 | +7.2% | Doctorate |
| 20 | [Reservoir Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reservoir-engineer) | $144,910 | +2.0% | Bachelor's |
| 21 | [AI Research Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-research-engineer) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's |
| 22 | [AI Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Doctorate |
| 23 | [AI Safety Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-safety-researcher) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's |
| 24 | [Applied Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/applied-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's |
| 25 | [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's |
| 26 | [Quantum Computing Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/quantum-computing-researcher) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Doctorate |
| 27 | [Computer Vision Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-vision-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [GPU Kernel Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gpu-kernel-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 29 | [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/machine-learning-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [ML Compiler Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ml-compiler-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 31 | [Quantitative Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/quantitative-developer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 32 | [Astrodynamics Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/astrodynamics-engineer) | $134,960 | +8.3% | Bachelor's |
| 33 | [Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/guidance-navigation-and-control-engineer) | $134,960 | +8.3% | Bachelor's |
| 34 | [Astronomer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/astronomer) | $128,820 | +7.8% | Doctorate |
| 35 | [Yield Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/yield-engineer) | $122,930 | +3.7% | Bachelor's |
| 36 | [Grid Interconnection Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grid-interconnection-engineer) | $120,630 | +9.9% | Bachelor's |
| 37 | [Analytics Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/analytics-engineer) | $120,230 | +34.6% | Bachelor's |
| 38 | [Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-scientist) | $120,230 | +34.6% | Bachelor's |
| 39 | [Staff Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/staff-data-scientist) | $120,230 | +34.6% | Bachelor's |
| 40 | [Financial Risk Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-risk-specialist) | $117,330 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 41 | [Preconstruction Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/preconstruction-manager) | $114,990 | +9.1% | Bachelor's |
| 42 | [Mine Planning Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mine-planning-engineer) | $106,220 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 43 | [LLM Evaluation Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/llm-evaluation-engineer) | $104,300 | +5.7% | Bachelor's |
| 44 | [Acoustical Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/acoustical-consultant) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's |
| 45 | [Amusement Ride Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/amusement-ride-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Game Economy Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-economy-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 47 | [Game Systems Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/game-systems-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 48 | [Hedge Fund Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hedge-fund-analyst) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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