One good reason to study Mathematics – high pay Mathematician job and lowest stress, comparing with other high-pay-high-stress professionals.
High pay high stress ?
Not really true … among the top 17 high-paying jobs (yearly earning above US $100,000) in the USA, Mathematician’s job has the lowest stress below 60 (in the scale from 0 no stress to highest stress at 100).
Source:
http://www.businessinsider.sg/high-paying-low-stress-jobs-2014-7/9/#.VAYQrYEZ7qA


