If you’re desperate to be loaded in the future, and you can work your own computer, then congrats! There are plenty of emerging tech jobs which could pay you a sizeable salary in the future. Ten careers are all but guaranteed to get uni grads minted eventually.
The technology company Teqram looked at the the job growth outlook and projected salary growth of various tech jobs. They assigned each job with a “future earnings potential score”, so you can compare which grad jobs have the greatest chance of paying you lots of money in the future. Well, you’ve got to pay off that student loan somehow.
If you want to be mega rich tech bro after uni, your best bet is apparently to find a grad job as a data scientist. Salaries are predicted to grow by a huge 17.05 per cent. Large companies and governments need experienced pros to turn data into helpful business plans.
Robotics engineering is apparently a growing area. If you have this skill, you’re likely to be in-demand soon. Healthcare, media and service industries are looking into using more of this tech.
So, here are the ten tech jobs with the highest earning potential for uni grads, ranked by Teqram’s future earnings potential scores. Plus, what the median average salary for that job already is. If these areas of the technology expand, you’re going to be extra loaded.
10. Head of AI – scored 52
Median average salary of $120,253 (£89,353)
9. AI product manager – scored 58
Median average salary of $126,030 (£93,659)
See, it was worth spending all that time messing about on ChatGPT
8. Autonomous systems engineer – scored 63
Median average salary of $118,878 (£88,385)
7. Data engineer – scored 71
Median average salary of $127,534 (£94,795)
6. Machine Learning Researcher – scored 74
Median average salary of $122,554 (£91,088)
5. ML Ops Engineer – scored 75
Median average salary of $123,467 (£91,771)
4. Deep learning engineering – scored 86
Deep learning engineers develop (and fix) machine learning models
Median average salary of $124,395 (£92,451)
3. Natural language processing (NLP) engineer – scored 89
Median average salary of $122,868 (£107,209)
2. Robotics engineer – scored 92
Median average salary of $121,021 (£105,593)
1. Data scientist – scored 100
Median average salary of $122,846 (£107,219)
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