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What can you do with a
Mathematical Economics degree?

Mathematical Economics is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Where this major actually leads

6 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Statisticiansleap
AI risk 21 → 79 future · +8.5% demand
$128,201
Mathematiciansleap
AI risk 42 → 100 future · -0.7% demand
$127,486
Economistsleap
AI risk 24 → 50 future · +1.2% demand
$125,000
Natural Sciences Managerscommon
AI risk 6 → 57 future · +3.7% demand
$120,380
Economics Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +2.1% demand
$106,580
Bioinformatics Techniciansstretch
AI risk 48 → 87 future · +4.0% demand
$76,696
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.