High-Paying Careers that Rely on Math Skills
What do anaesthetists, mining engineers, financial dealers, and dental practitioners have in common? Two things: They are on the list of occupations that have the highest paid workers per hour. AND they require those highly paid workers to be proficient in many different areas of math. 💡
1. Anaesthetists: The Highest-Paid Profession
If your child expects to graduate and start making the big bucks, they will probably gravitate towards careers in medicine, finance, or energy resources. These fields involve fixing things, calculating things, drawing, graphing, plotting, planning, estimating, measuring, and problem-solving. For instance, the highest paying job per hour in Australia is an anaesthetist, raking in over $300,000 per year before bonuses. This job requires precise measurement and calculations of medicine dosages. A simple mathematical error could be the difference between a patient feeling nothing during surgery and feeling everything. It’s a very important job, requiring skill, concentration, and a lot of math. 🧑⚕️
2. Mining Engineers: Work with Numbers Underground
If your child would rather spend their workday outside, becoming a mining engineer might be a perfect choice. With an hourly rate of over $65, this career ranks #5 on the list of top-paying jobs. Mining engineers are responsible for making sure everything runs smoothly and safely in underground mines. They use math to map out tunnels and shafts, create “to-scale” models of potential mine sites, and manage other mining employees, including budgeting and record-keeping. ⛏️
3. Financial Dealers: The World of Money
Financial dealers handle money and make a lot of it while doing so. They are responsible for buying and selling, managing investments, and helping others with their finances. This job pays $60 an hour, but it’s all math, all the time. Financial dealers live, breathe, and sleep numbers, and they’re compensated well for it! 💰
4. Dental Practitioners: The Math Behind Your Smile
Open wide! The friendly dentist who inspects your teeth earns close to $70 an hour. All careers in the medical field, including dentistry, require extensive knowledge of the human body, which is essentially all math and science. Dentists rely on spatial reasoning (thanks to geometry) when working in a confined space. When fixing cavities, they calculate how many teeth need to be fixed, their size, and how much material is required. It’s all about precision! 🦷
5. A Solid Math Foundation for Future Success
In order to make a lot of money after college, students must study math seriously. They need to challenge themselves with various kinds of math at different levels to prepare them for the real world. The next time they whine about math class, remind them that in just a few short years, they’ll be in the workforce, and a strong background in math will make that transition a lot easier. 📚
