Teaching is a difficult job both financially and emotionally; many teachers get worn down and decide they want to quit and start another career sooner rather than later.
12. Operations Research Analyst:This may be the lowest paying job on this list of careers for ex-math teachers, but it still makes $30,000 more a year than the average math teacher position!
11. Social Scientist:If you’re going from a math position to a role as a social scientist, the field you’ll want to specialize in is economics. Working in this position, you’ll research the link between economics and finances, and human behavior.
10. Personal Financial Advisor:This role is fantastic for teachers because it puts you in an authoritative position and allows you to counsel people into making better decisions, which is what a lot of teaching can feel like.
8. Statistician:Deciding to leave a teaching role can be difficult, but it’s made easier when the pay is this good and you have the chance to make serious changes in your field.
7. Physicist:Working as a physicist, you’ll work as a scientist specializing in the field of physics and get to observe and test the natural phenomena that build our world.