This page contains key outcome data for the Business Economics 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: Business
- Average Income: $67,000 (Rank: 26 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $39,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.90% (Rank: 93 of 171)
- Percent Female: 38.1%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 23.8%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 5.7%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 2.1%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 96 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.
- Accountants and Auditors: 12.05% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 4.07% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 3.64% (Average Income: $77,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 3.46% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Personal Financial Advisors: 3.42% (Average Income: $99,000)
- Financial Managers: 3.40% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 2.94% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Financial Analysts: 2.84% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.57% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 2.26% (Average Income: $128,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 2.22% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.22% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 2.15% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Management Analysts: 2.13% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.79% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.63% (Average Income: $72,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.42% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents: 1.30% (Average Income: $115,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.27%
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: 1.14% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Sales Representatives, Services, All Other: 1.09% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Insurance Sales Agents: 1.08% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 1.05% (Average Income: $116,000)
- Credit Counselors and Loan Officers: 0.92% (Average Income: $102,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 0.89% (Average Income: $73,000)
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