Also called: Actuarial Student, Associate Actuary
The starting job for future actuaries: running models and studying for exams.
You update pricing spreadsheets, run reports, and spend paid study hours preparing for your next actuarial exam. Passing exams brings raises.
Entry-level actuarial pay before full credentials.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in math, actuarial science, or statistics, plus a series of professional exams (SOA or CAS) taken while working; full credentials take about 7-10 years. Employers usually pay for exam study.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics.
Growing much faster than average (about 22% over 10 years). Growth is for actuaries overall.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI now updates spreadsheets and runs reports, the core entry work; fewer analyst openings for exam-takers.
Classes: AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2011.
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