BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP SALARIES AND PROJECTED GROWTH Considering a career in business and entrepreneurship? Learn what some of the top roles pay, their projected growth, and what degrees they require.
PROJECTED GROWTH
MAJORS TO GET THE JOB
JOB
between 2024 and 2034 AVERAGE 2024 SALARY
DESCRIPTION
Accountants keep track of a business’s finances, recording every dollar that comes in and goes out, preparing financial reports, and paying taxes. Auditors independently verify accountants’ work to confirm that all the records are accurate, honest, and follow the law. An actuary uses advanced math, statistics, and financial theory to predict the likelihood and financial cost of future uncertain events, like accidents, sickness, or natural disasters. Insurance companies use these predictions to set fair prices (premiums) and ensure that businesses have sufficient funds to cover future payouts. Anti-money laundering (AML) specialists monitor bank accounts and large transactions to spot suspicious patterns that could signal money laundering or terrorism financing. They are responsible for making sure banks comply with all laws; they write detailed reports to prevent criminals from exploiting the financial system. A business development manager is a company’s growth strategist, constantly looking for new ways to make more money by finding fresh clients, markets, and strategic partners. They network, create new sales plans, and build relationships to drive growth. A business intelligence analyst is a data detective and storyteller who digs through a company’s past and present data to find trends and hidden insights. They use tools to transform complex data into easy- to-understand reports and visuals, like dashboards, to help managers make better, data-driven decisions. Data scientists use advanced math, statistics, and programming to sort through massive amounts of raw information, or “big data,” to find hidden patterns. Their main job is to build complex predictive models, often using machine learning, that help companies anticipate future outcomes and make decisions about their upcoming products or strategies.
Accounting, Forensic Accounting
Growth: +5% Salary: $81,680
ACCOUNTANT/ AUDITOR
Growth: +22% Salary: $125,770
Economics, Statistics
ACTUARY
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALIST/ FINANCIAL EXAMINER
Growth: +19% Salary: $90,400
Forensic Accounting
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Business Administration, Economics
Growth: +10% Salary: $100,769
Data Analytics, Management Information Systems
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST
Growth: +9% Salary: $99,864
Business, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering
Growth: +34% Salary: $112,590
DATA SCIENTIST
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