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title: "What can you do with a mathematics and statistics degree?"
description: "15 careers mathematics and statistics graduates commonly move into, with BLS median pay, projected growth and entry requirements for each."
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# What can you do with a mathematics and statistics degree?

**What the degree involves:** Proof based analysis and algebra, probability, statistical modelling, and computing.

Mathematics is one of the most transferable degrees there is, and almost none of its destinations have the word mathematics in the title. Graduates land in data, actuarial, quantitative finance, operations research and teaching, and the pure research route needs a doctorate.

15 common destinations, ordered most common first rather than highest paid first. 6 of 15 have a master's or a doctoral or professional degree as their BLS typical entry education, and 12 of 15 are projected to grow. A major is a body of study, not a job assignment: these are destinations of people who took the degree, not what the degree entitles anyone to.

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected change | Openings a year | Typical entry education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-scientist) | $120,230 | +33.5% | 23,400 | Bachelor's |
| 2 | Operations Research Analyst | $88,940 | +21.5% | 9,600 | Bachelor's |
| 3 | Statistician | $105,650 | +8.5% | 2,000 | Master's (graduate study) |
| 4 | [Financial and Investment Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-and-investment-analyst) | $102,740 | +5.7% | 25,100 | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Business Intelligence Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-intelligence-analyst) | $120,230 | +33.5% | 23,400 | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [High School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/high-school-teacher) | $72,040 | -1.6% | 66,200 | Bachelor's |
| 7 | Actuary | $130,000 | +21.8% | 2,400 | Bachelor's |
| 8 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +15.8% | 115,200 | Bachelor's |
| 9 | Statistical Assistant | $50,330 | -2.5% | 800 | Bachelor's |
| 10 | Biostatistician | $105,650 | +8.5% | 2,000 | Master's (graduate study) |
| 11 | Financial Quantitative Analyst | $81,100 | +3.1% | 10,300 | Bachelor's |
| 12 | Economist | $124,720 | +1.2% | 900 | Master's (graduate study) |
| 13 | Mathematician | $126,710 | -0.7% | 100 | Master's (graduate study) |
| 14 | Computer and Information Research Scientist | $140,300 | +19.7% | 3,200 | Master's (graduate study) |
| 15 | Mathematical Science Teacher, Postsecondary | $79,940 | +2.3% | 4,400 | Doctorate (graduate study) |

Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Projected change, annual openings and typical entry education are BLS Employment Projections. Occupation descriptions are O\*NET. Nothing on this page is estimated and no figure is generated by an AI model.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 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