Jobs for Mathematicians?

[xbox]

Besides being a professor, what are some jobs that a Math major can get into?

Sorry if this is a stupid question.

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

Learn statistics (graduate level), statistical modelling (box-jenkins, time series, regression), general mathematical modelling, econometrics, learn machine learning, numerical analysis, C++, VBA and matlab. This will enable you to become a data analyst, quantitative analyst or statistician.

A few years experience in these areas and you're looking at $80k+ a year.

 

[Vrecknidj]

http://www.math-jobs.com/

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Physics.

 

[menaceh2k]

Data scientist.....tech companies and other data centric companies are dealing with a lot of data and are looking for ways extract valuable information out of it. learn some database administration and statistics and you will be in high demand.

 

[pjoa09]

You can be whatever you like. Ehhh (ref. 'you can have whatever you like', T.I)

No but really. Math is where it's at. In fact you have barred yourself from boring things like social science, psychology, literature, philosophy, religion, and all that stuff where you write a lot when you could have just written "ASS" on the paper.

Just adding on, the field of economics is open, financial accounting, and just really any form of numerical data.

Which is plenty in the industry as it is always.

 

[digital angel]

I don't have any thing more to add.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

^ Clearly.

 

[Infinite Regress]

Learn statistics (graduate level), statistical modelling (box-jenkins, time series, regression), general mathematical modelling, econometrics, learn machine learning, numerical analysis, C++, VBA and matlab. This will enable you to become a data analyst, quantitative analyst or statistician.

A few years experience in these areas and you're looking at $80k+ a year.

As a quantitative analyst in banking sector its more likely that its $80k first year. As a further if you can handle the pressure and move up into trading then the skies the limit.