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52.08Finance and Financial Management Services

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Financial Analyst SOC 13-2051

Financial analysts value companies and securities, build the models firms decide by, and measure the risk of being wrong. ⚠ A median of $103,570 with 7% growth. ⚠⚠ It is a CHOICE path, but a concentrated one: counted degrees put business at about half of working analysts, with the social sciences — economics among them — the next largest block. ⚠⚠⚠ And the finding that should redirect some readers: the ANALYTICAL roles in this family are growing at 7% while the ADVISORY ones grow at 1%, despite paying the same or more. This page covers four roles.

Lawyer SOC 23-1011

Lawyers advise and represent clients in courts, before agencies and in private dealings — researching the law, drafting documents, negotiating, and arguing cases. In Florida the route runs through a Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school, the Florida Bar Examination and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. ⚠ There is no required or preferred undergraduate major: law-school applicants arrive from every field listed below.

Finance — 1,683 applicants, 2.3% (LSAC, 2018–19). Common among those heading for corporate, tax and securities practice.

Accountant and CPA SOC 13-2011

Accountants and auditors prepare, examine and attest to the financial records organisations run and are judged on — statements, tax, controls and the audits that make the numbers credible. ⚠ A median of $83,680 with 124,200 openings a year, one of the largest steady hiring markets on this site. ⚠⚠⚠ And the fact that should shape a Florida student's plan: Florida still requires 150 SEMESTER HOURS for a CPA licence while other states have moved, and bills to change it have passed the Florida Senate unanimously TWICE and died in the House both times. This page covers three related roles.

Finance and financial management — 12 Florida public institutions and 2,968 graduates, the largest business code in the state after management. ⚠ A genuine adjacent feeder: many accounting roles are filled by finance graduates, and the two degrees share most of a first two years.

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Appraisers of Personal and Business Property SOC 13-2022
Bill and Account Collectors SOC 43-3011
Chief Executives SOC 11-1011
Credit Analysts SOC 13-2041
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks SOC 43-4041
Credit Counselors SOC 13-2071
Financial Managers SOC 11-3031
Financial Specialists, All Other SOC 13-2099
Insurance Underwriters SOC 13-2053
Loan Interviewers and Clerks SOC 43-4131
Loan Officers SOC 13-2072
New Accounts Clerks SOC 43-4141
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents SOC 41-3031
Tellers SOC 43-3071

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