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5 Career Paths for the Wannabe Rich Article Type: Top 10
Your math skills are better than most and you're comfortable navigating complex systems. Have you considered accounting? No? In that case, let us drop some knowledge on you. Accountants command a median salary of $63,000 per year, while financial managers have the potential to make over $100,000 per year (source).
There are also related career paths that can net a higher average income. Financial analysts, for example, earn a median income of over $75,000 per year (source). Those numbers are nothing to scoff at...and our accountant certainly seems to do well for himself.