Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________Actuaries
! Personality Code: CIE! Education/Training Required: Work
experience plus degree
! Annual Earnings: $85,690
! Beginning Wage: $48,750
! Earnings Growth Potential: High
! Growth: 23.7%
! Annual Job Openings: 3,245
! Self-Employed: 0.0%
! Part-Time: 5.9%
Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, acci-
dent, sickness, disability, and retirement rates,
and construct probability tables to forecast risk
and liability for payment of future benefi ts.
May ascertain premium rates required and cash
reserves necessary to ensure payment of future
benefi ts. Ascertain premium rates required and cash
reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment
of future benefi ts. Analyze statistical information to
estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and
retirement rates. Design, review, and help administer
insurance, annuity, and pension plans, determining
fi nancial soundness and calculating premiums. Col-
laborate with programmers, underwriters, accoun-
tants, claims experts, and senior management to
help companies develop plans for new lines of busi-
ness or for improving existing business. Determine
or help determine company policy and explain com-
plex technical matters to company executives, gov-
ernment offi cials, shareholders, policyholders, or
the public. Testify before public agencies on pro-
posed legislation aff ecting businesses. Provide advice
to clients on a contract basis, working as a consul-
tant. Testify in court as expert witness or to provide
legal evidence on matters such as the value of poten-
tial lifetime earnings of a person who is disabled or
killed in an accident. Construct probability tables for
events such as fi res, natural disasters, and unemploy-
ment, based on analysis of statistical data and other
pertinent information. Determine policy contractprovisions for each type of insurance. Manage credit
and help price corporate security off erings. Provide
expertise to help fi nancial institutions manage risks
and maximize returns associated with investment
products or credit off erings. Determine equitable
basis for distributing surplus earnings under partic-
ipating insurance and annuity contracts in mutual
companies. Explain changes in contract provisions to
customers.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 15. S c i e nt i fi c
Research, Engineering, and Mathematics. Work
Group: 15. 0 6. M a t h e m a t i c s a n d D a t a A n a l y s i s. Other
Jobs in " is Work Group: Mathematical Tech-
nicians; Mathematicians; Social Science Research
Assistants; Statistical Assistants; Statisticians.
Skills: Programming; Mathematics; Operations
Analysis; Complex Problem Solving; Active Learn-
ing; Quality Control Analysis; Troubleshooting;
Critical # inking.
Education and Training Program: Actuarial Sci-
ence. Related Knowledge/Courses: Mathematics;
Economics and Accounting; Sales and Marketing;
Computers and Electronics; Personnel and Human
Resources; Law and Government.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; sitting; using hands
on objects, tools, or controls; repetitive motions.Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
See Appraisers, Real Estate (an Enterprising job) and
Assessors (a Conventional job), described separately.