Pay???

[shanmug1000]

so how much pay does one get in a carrer in math??
wat r some examples???

yup, i kinda am not that involved in disscussions and am too lazy to read them, so yeah.

[JRav]

Uh, what career? Obviously, a career in academia will pay less than a high-flying investment banker, and even in academia, large research institutions are likely to pay more than smaller schools. People who go into a science/applied math/engineering field will make a different salary than someone who goes into business.

And math is not the money, it's about the joy of math.

[Gen8]

@ shanmug1000 : You haven't explicitly mentioned which kind of 'career' in Math you intend to pursue.

A career in academia gets lesser pay than, say, a career in Investment Banking (There are various designations in I-banking, say, like -- Quant,Trader,etc). If you want to know how much pay one receives in the latter, refer to the post below by AoPS founder Richard Rusczyk in "Careers in Mathematics Announcements section."

[Thunder365]

what about like an anesthesiologist,for example? And how much of that job relates to math?

[JRav]

That's a very stressful job, and it requires a lot of very hard work. My friend's father is an anesthesiologist, and he's always working odd hours, and always on call. Plus, you are responsible for the patient who's under-you mess up and you might have a very big lawsuit on your hands.

[Thunder365]

lol. How much does a radiologist get paid? And how much of a radiologists job involves math?