<p>My wife and I both did applied mathematics and have easily found employment in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering and Software Engineering Integration and Test. To be honest though we both had a heavy CS focus in the “applied” portion of our “applied math” majors. We’ve also gotten the impression throughout our careers that the defense industry loves math majors.</p>
<p>These seems to have a decent listing of entry level jobs available to fresh math majors:</p>
<p>There are plenty of mathemathatical jobs other than actuaries.</p>
<p>Even biotech companies employ mathematicians these days, and I’m not talking about statisticians. The OP’s son will be very employable with a math major. </p>
<p>Mathematical software companies like mathematica are another possibility.</p>
<p>In fact, if he gains proper experience at some point, software companies would be very happy employing a math major.</p>
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<p>Still an interesting topic for those of us who have ended up with math majors. I remember reading this and other similar threads back in 2010 as my son was heading off to college with his declared math major. Like someone up thread, he ended up concentrating in pure math and has no interest in teaching. I continually wish he had pursued applied math; he has taken a couple of CS courses. He’s currently working diligently on setting up a summer internship with a gaming company, something not-really-related to his major. Wondering how it will all unfold.</p>
<p>I know a number of people who navigate interplanetary spacecraft and study dynamics of solar system objects who were math majors. That always seemed like a fascinating line of work, if one has the skill set.</p>