Math Jobs
Prepared March 2004
Dr. Kimberly Vincent
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics WSU
vincent@math.wsu.edu
Teacher
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Elementary School- Bachelor’s Degree in Education
Middle School-Bachelor’s Degree often in Mathematics
Education
High School-Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics with an
emphasis in education, Master’s Degree helpful
Community/Two year colleges-Master’s Degree in
Mathematics
Four Year Colleges-Doctoral Degree in Mathematics
Jobs with Math as a Primary Skill
Actuary
 Mathematician
 Statistician
 Operations Research
 Analyst
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An Actuary has the following
characteristics…
Strong Problem Solvers
 Good Listeners
 Current on trends and issues in:
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Business
 Law
 Social Sciences
 Economics
Mathematician
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Theoretical
 Further
the world’s understanding of
mathematics
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Applied
 Develop
mathematics models or methods to
solving real world problems
Statistician
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Research-below are just a few areas:
 Medical Studies
 Employment Patterns
 Population Trends
 Educational Improvements
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Analyze Data-below are just a few areas:
 Effects of an Advertisement Campaign
 Biochemical work in Drug Testing
 Environmental
Endeavors
Effects from Various Human
Operations Research Analyst,
Apply math concepts to help a business generate
a number of ways to solve a problem and then
analyze the most efficient (time, people, hours,
etc. all play a role). For example,
 Scheduling for example at an airport
 Flight
takeoff and landing
 Baggage handling
 Routing of passengers
 Food beverage handling
Job Titles for a Theoretical
Mathematician…
Accounting analyst
 Marketing associate
 Operations research analyst
 Product quality engineer
 Research associate
 Systems level designer
 Professor
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Job Titles for an Applied
Mathematician (a few…)
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Applies systems sales
Contracts specialist
Director of Information technology
Quality Engineer
Program manager
Project analyst
Relations Manager
Software engineer or programmer
Professor
Job Titles for Statistician (just a
few)
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Biostatician
Clinical trials statistician
Epidemiologist
Financial analyst
Programmer analyst
Quality assurance analyst
Risk management analyst
Senior researcher for survey methodology
Professor
Job Titles for Operations Research
Analyst (just a few)
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Business analyst
Director of management science
Economics analyst
Manager of marketing science
Quality and customer satisfaction consultant
Risk management manager
System analyst
Senior financial analyst
Professor
Some Professional Organizations
for Actuaries
http://www.actuary.org
 http://www.aspa.org
 http://www.casact.org
 http://www.ccacturies.com
 http://wwwiasa.org
 http://www.soa.org
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Some Professional Organizations
for Mathematicians
www.ams.org
 http://www.maa.org
 www.math.neu.edu/awm
 http://www.imstat.org
 http://www.iamg.org
 http://www.siam.org
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Some Organizations for
Statisticians
http://www.amstat.org
 http://www.casact.org
 http://www.mfmag.com
 http://www.imstat.org
 http://www.iasa.org
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An Organization for Research
Analysts
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http://www.informs.org
A couple of great reads…
Lambert, S. and DeCotis, R. J. (1999).
Great Jobs for Math Majors. VBM Career
Horizons, division of NCT/Contemporary
Publishing Group, Inc.
 Parker, M. (1995). She Does Math! RealLife Problems from Women on the Job.
Mathematical Association of America.
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