Earnings report for Mathematics jobs

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In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the math field. The tabulation below is based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing.

Mathematics STEM Salaries

Job Title Average Salary
Actuaries  $     111,742.30
Computer and Information Research Scientists  $        95,027.50
Sales Engineers  $        92,428.57
Operations research analysts  $        82,702.66
Insurance Underwriters  $        81,976.74

Source: BLS

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Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

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Dwight Steward, Ph.D.

Dr. Steward regularly writes and speaks on topics involving business and individual economic damages, employment audits, and the analysis of payroll and time data in wage and hour investigations. Dr. Steward has also held teaching positions at The University of Texas-Austin in the Department of Economics and in the Red McCombs School of Business, The College of Business at Sam Houston State University, and at The University of Iowa. He has taught numerous courses in statistics, corporate finance, labor economics, business policies, managerial economics, and microeconomics.