<p>okay this isn't my top option for my future career
however i have enetertained the idea</p>
<p>Usually math PhDs have jobs with labels other than “mathematician.” What specific jobs are you wondering about?</p>
<p>An undergrad degree in math can lead to lots of high paying careers, but as said above the job title would not be mathematician. Also, math is needed for many PhD programs that can lead to higher paying jobs. Within a university, the math professors often don’t get paid as much as profs in other disciplines that also involve a lot of math.</p>
<p>Average around 60 to 80 grand.</p>
<p>perhaps mathemeticians in computer science?</p>
<p>Big Data companies pay very well for mathematicians with programming skills. I’m seeing $150K/year and more here in the SF/Silicon Valley area, although I doubt that’s for people who have just graduated.</p>
<p>Big Data is a bit of a fad right now, so I don’t know what the salaries will be in four or five years. I’d expect that they’d still be pretty good.</p>
<p>you do not become “real” mathematicsians if you worry about money, maths so abstract, have to appreciate it for itself to become real mathematicsian. but if you do maths with computr sceince, you can make lots money.</p>