Field
Computer & math
What is this page & how do I use it?
This is a sector view — every computer & math career CareerStar rates, on the same neutral baseline, with field-level stats up top so you can size up the whole field at a glance.
How to use it: the table is ranked best-first. Click any career for its full report, and watch the moat column — 🏰 wide means well-shielded from AI, — means broadly exposed.
Careers
19
Median score
55
Avg growth
+10%
Wide moats
0/19
Every computer & math career, on a neutral baseline · median pay $104k · click a career for its full report · moat = how shielded from AI (🏰 wide = well-defended, 🛡 narrow = some shelter, — = broadly exposed)
| Career | Rating | Moat | Growth | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuaries | ★5.0 · 68 | 🛡 Narrow | +21.8% | $126k |
| Computer and information research scientists | ★5.0 · 65 | 🛡 Narrow | +19.7% | $141k |
| Information security analysts | ★5.0 · 64 | — | +28.5% | $125k |
| Computer network architects | ★5.0 · 62 | 🛡 Narrow | +11.9% | $130k |
| Data scientists | ★5.0 · 61 | — | +33.5% | $113k |
| Operations research analysts | ★5.0 · 61 | 🛡 Narrow | +21.5% | $91k |
| Software developers | ★4.5 · 58 | — | +15.8% | $133k |
| Computer systems analysts | ★4.5 · 57 | — | +8.7% | $104k |
| Database architects | ★4.5 · 55 | — | +8.7% | $136k |
| Statisticians | ★4.5 · 55 | — | +8.5% | $103k |
| Software quality assurance analysts and testers | ★4.5 · 54 | — | +10% | $103k |
| Web and digital interface designers | ★4.0 · 52 | — | +7% | $98k |
| Web developers | ★4.0 · 49 | — | +7.5% | $91k |
| Computer network support specialists | ★3.0 · 40 | — | +1.8% | $73k |
| Database administrators | ★3.0 · 35 | — | -0.7% | $105k |
| Mathematicians | ★2.5 · 34 | — | -0.7% | $122k |
| Network and computer systems administrators | ★2.5 · 34 | — | -4.2% | $97k |
| Computer programmers | ★2.5 · 30 | — | -6% | $99k |
| Computer user support specialists | ★2.5 · 30 | — | -3.7% | $60k |