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The Best and

{In Their Words}
Worst Jobs

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a mathematician right now. Math plays a
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survey, which ranked a total of 200 jobs.

In the current data-driven society,
mathematicians are in high demand among

private companies and government agen-
cies, according to CareerCast.
Is your company

The number of mathematics jobs is ex-
pected to grow by 23 percent by 202, while

the median annual pay for mathematicians afraid of

in 2013 was $101,360.

HERE ARE THE TOP 10 JOBS, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY:
the “D” word?

1. MATHEMATICIAN
$101,360
Tenured university prof.
$68,970
2.
Debt. It’s not a moral failing. It’s a legitimate business tool. Statistician
$75,560
Businesses use it to grow, seize opportunities, or just 3.
Actuary
$93,680
manage their capital low. EisnerAmper can show you 4.
Audiologist
$69,720.
how to approach debt in ways that are responsible, 5.
Dental hygienist
$70,210
conservative, and—best of all—productive. So you don’t
6. Software engineer
$93,350
have to think of debt as just another four-letter word.
7.
Read more about debt at EisnerAmper.com/debt.
Computer
8. Systems Analyst
$79,680

Occupational therapist
$75,400
9.
Speech pathologist
$69,870

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Let’s get down to business.® eisneramper.com HERE ARE THE JOBS WITH THE WORST
Michael Mattia michael.mattia@eisneramper.com PROSPECTS FOR 2014 AND THEIR MID-LEVEL INCOMES:
732.243.7149

200. LUMBERJACK $24,340
Newspaperreporter $37,090
199.
Enlistedmilitarypersonnel$28,840

198. Taxi driver
$22,820

197.
Broadcaster
$55,380,
196.
. Head cook
$42,480
195
Flight attendant $37,240
194.
Garbage collector $22,970
193.
Fireighter
$45,250
192.
Corrections oficer
$38,970
191.

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