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Unemployment

When It Comes to Jobs, It Pays to Be An Actuarial Scientist

When it comes to jobs in the United States, it pays to have studied actuarial science. This is what the found by analysing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s on the undergraduate major and current employment status of college-educated Americans. Those among the graduates with a diploma in nuclear, industrial radiology or biological technologies can consider themselves likewise lucky: With a rate of 0.1%, the chance of unemployment within this industry is very low, too.

In contrast, the highest unemployment rate was found for graduates who majored in fine arts, with 11.7 % remaining without a job in 2015.

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This graphic shows the five college majors with the highest and the lowest unemployment rates respectively.

Unemployment rate in the United States 1991-2025
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Unemployment rate of recent college graduates in the U.S. 2024, by major
Youth unemployment rate in the U.S. seasonally adjusted 2023-2026
Monthly unadjusted unemployment rate 2023-2026
Monthly rate of unemployment in the U.S. 2022-2026
Teenage unemployment rate in the U.S. 2024-2026

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