This page contains key outcome data for the Actuarial Science 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: $80,000 (Rank: 6 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $50,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.10% (Rank: 51 of 171)
- Percent Female: 38.0%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 22.1%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 12.3%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 0.9%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 136 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.
- Actuaries: 38.54% (Average Income: $103,000)
- Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners, and Investigators: 3.53% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 3.34% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Management Analysts: 3.31% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Mathematical science occupations, : 3.18% (Average Income: $86,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 3.00% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Insurance Underwriters: 2.78% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Personal Financial Advisors: 2.51% (Average Income: $110,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.92% (Average Income: $99,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.87% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Billing and Posting Clerks: 1.67% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 1.56% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.54% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Statistical Assistants: 1.43% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Financial Analysts: 1.24% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Logisticians: 1.18% (Average Income: $36,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.14% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.07%
- Financial Managers: 1.04% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Insurance Sales Agents: 0.98% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 0.98% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 0.90% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers: 0.90% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 0.77% (Average Income: $143,000)
- Cashiers: 0.77% (Average Income: $4,000)
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