This page contains key outcome data for the Applied Mathematics Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $75,000 (Rank: 12 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $40,000
- Unemployment Rate: 5.50% (Rank: 151 of 171)
- Percent Female: 39.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 35.8%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.6%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 11.4%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 131 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 12.29% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 6.21% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Computer Programmers: 4.08% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Actuaries: 3.44% (Average Income: $108,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 3.38% (Average Income: $131,000)
- Management Analysts: 3.12% (Average Income: $94,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 2.47% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 2.37% (Average Income: $24,000)
- Computer and Information Systems Managers: 2.30% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.23% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.93% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Mathematical science occupations, : 1.88% (Average Income: $66,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.84% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Secondary School Teachers: 1.83% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Financial Analysts: 1.81% (Average Income: $193,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.81% (Average Income: $102,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 1.80% (Average Income: $112,000)
- Engineers, : 1.75% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.75%
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 1.72% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Database Administrators: 1.62% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 1.56% (Average Income: $25,000)
- Insurance Underwriters: 1.32% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 1.24% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.19% (Average Income: $49,000)
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