Highlights
Highest typical pay
Healthcare Management & Hospital Administration€78,400MBA & General Management€77,400Human Resource Management€76,800Entrepreneurship & Innovation€74,700International Business€74,000All 143 fields
Typical pay for the jobs each field leads to, and projected job growth to 2035. Tap a field for the full picture.
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Engineering & technology16 fields
Aerospace Engineering€64,800Growth +18.7%Biomedical Engineering€64,800Growth +19.5%Chemical Engineering€64,900Growth +17.6%Civil & Structural Engineering€70,500Growth +14%Electrical & Electronic Engineering€64,700Growth +21.1%Energy & Power Engineering€65,000Growth +17.9%Engineering & Technology Management€71,700Growth +17.9%General Engineering€64,200Growth +17.7%Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering€69,900Growth +15.3%Mechanical Engineering€64,900Growth +17.6%Mining & Petroleum Engineering€64,900Growth +17.6%Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials€64,900Growth +17.6%Nuclear Engineering€65,000Growth +17.8%Robotics & Automation€64,500Growth +24%Telecommunication Engineering€64,400Growth +25.8%Transportation & Logistics Engineering€72,700Growth +12.6%Public health & allied health16 fields
Allied Health & Therapy (general)€63,700Growth +19.3%Anatomy & Physiology€64,500Growth +15%Audiology€62,900Growth +14.8%Global Health & International Development€67,000Growth +24.1%Health Informatics & Digital Health€66,300Growth +32%Mental Health & Counselling€62,200Growth +37.4%Nursing & Midwifery€66,800Growth +15.6%Nutrition & Dietetics€63,600Growth +16.1%Occupational Therapy€65,900Growth +17.7%Optometry & Vision Sciences€62,700Growth +14.5%Paramedic Science€59,700Growth +1.7%Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation€66,500Growth +17.5%Public Health & Epidemiology€64,600Growth +18.9%Radiography & Medical Imaging€55,100Growth -2.3%Speech & Language Therapy€64,600Growth +20.1%Sports Science & Exercise Science€52,500Growth +19.9%Business & management14 fields
Business Analytics€64,600Growth +22.1%Digital Business & E-Commerce€65,400Growth +21.1%Entrepreneurship & Innovation€74,700Growth +21.3%Fashion Business & Luxury Brand Management€67,400Growth +18.1%Healthcare Management & Hospital Administration€78,400Growth +11.4%Human Resource Management€76,800Growth +21.4%International Business€74,000Growth +20.8%Marketing & Communications€71,900Growth +21.4%MBA & General Management€77,400Growth +21.3%Media Management & Digital Transformation€68,600Growth +24.9%Real Estate & Property Management€61,300Growth +15.7%Sports Management€61,100Growth +12.7%Strategy & Consulting€68,800Growth +21.4%Supply Chain & Operations Management€71,600Growth +10.8%Arts, design & creative studies11 fields
Animation & Visual Effects€64,100Growth +28.2%Architecture & Built Environment€65,900Growth +16.9%Film & Media Production€60,100Growth +32.1%Fine Art & Visual Arts€62,700Growth +34.9%Graphic Design & Illustration€65,100Growth +24.9%History of Art€62,600Growth +31.1%Interior Design & Spatial Design€57,500Growth +19.4%Music€57,400Growth +19.5%Performing Arts & Drama€61,400Growth +35.5%Product & Industrial Design€64,400Growth +22.1%Textile, Costume & Apparel Design€64,300Growth +18.8%Computer science & data technology10 fields
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning€63,900Growth +35.2%Bioinformatics & Computational Biology€64,500Growth +24.2%Computer Networks & Systems€64,400Growth +33.8%Computer Science€63,600Growth +39.1%Cybersecurity€63,600Growth +39.1%Data Engineering & Cloud Computing€62,400Growth +34.5%Data Science & Analytics€64,300Growth +30.6%Human-Computer Interaction & UX€64,800Growth +33%Information Systems & Management€64,200Growth +35.4%Software Engineering€63,600Growth +39.1%Humanities & languages10 fields
Anthropology€61,000Growth +29.6%Archaeology€61,500Growth +32.8%Creative Writing€61,800Growth +35.1%History€62,200Growth +31.3%Journalism & Media Studies€64,200Growth +29.8%Linguistics€59,400Growth +23.7%Literature€62,300Growth +30.6%Modern Languages€60,700Growth +25.8%Philosophy & Ethics€61,600Growth +20.4%Theology & Religious Studies€59,100Growth +24.5%Education & teaching9 fields
Early Childhood Education€61,200Growth +7%Education Policy€59,800Growth +15.2%Education Studies€62,400Growth +4.2%Educational Leadership & Management€73,400Growth +4.8%Higher Education Management€66,600Growth +10.8%Library & Information Science€61,600Growth +32.7%Special & Inclusive Education€56,600Growth +10.9%Teacher Training & Pedagogy€63,100Growth +2.5%TESOL & Language Education€60,800Growth +2.6%Life sciences & biotechnology9 fields
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology€68,700Growth +18.1%Biological Sciences€67,500Growth +17.9%Biotechnology & Bioengineering€69,800Growth +18.6%Evolutionary & Developmental Biology€63,700Growth +15.8%Genetics & Genomics€66,600Growth +18.1%Marine Biology & Aquatic Sciences€65,000Growth +17.8%Microbiology & Immunology€67,300Growth +17%Neuroscience€62,800Growth +18.3%Plant & Animal Sciences€65,000Growth +17.8%Environment, sustainability & agriculture8 fields
Agriculture & Forestry€68,600Growth +15.6%Ecology & Earth Systems€64,300Growth +16.7%Environmental Management & Policy€65,100Growth +18%Environmental Sciences€64,900Growth +17.6%Food Science & Technology€66,200Growth +15.2%Renewable Energy & Clean Technology€65,000Growth +17.9%Sustainable Development & Climate Change€66,600Growth +17.6%Water & Environmental Engineering€64,900Growth +17.6%Medicine & clinical health7 fields
Biomedical Sciences€66,700Growth +17%Clinical Specialisations€69,500Growth +16.8%Dentistry & Oral Health€64,500Growth +17.8%Medical Research & Translational Medicine€67,400Growth +16.4%Medicine & Surgery€65,000Growth +18.6%Pharmacy & Pharmacology€67,900Growth +19.2%Veterinary Science€64,800Growth +18.1%Natural sciences7 fields
Chemistry€68,000Growth +17.1%Earth & Geological Sciences€64,900Growth +19.1%Materials Science€64,900Growth +17.6%Mathematics€64,500Growth +20.4%Oceanography & Marine Sciences€64,900Growth +17.6%Physics & Astronomy€63,800Growth +19.2%Statistics & Operations Research€63,400Growth +17.8%Social sciences7 fields
Criminology & Criminal Justice€62,600Growth +26.7%Development & Area Studies€68,800Growth +23.9%Gender, Diversity & Cultural Studies€64,700Growth +29.2%Geography€64,800Growth +24.4%Social Policy & Social Work€63,700Growth +29.2%Sociology€58,800Growth +24.7%Urban Planning & Policy€67,000Growth +19%Economics, finance & accounting6 fields
Accounting & Auditing€64,200Growth +20%Actuarial Science€66,900Growth +18.7%Corporate Finance & Financial Management€71,100Growth +19.9%Economics€64,700Growth +26.6%Fintech & Financial Technology€65,400Growth +26.4%Investment & Risk Management€67,800Growth +20.3%Law, politics & governance6 fields
Corporate & Commercial Law€60,500Growth +31.5%International Law & Human Rights€66,800Growth +31.9%International Relations & Diplomacy€64,400Growth +24.3%Law€62,400Growth +33.5%Political Science€68,800Growth +23.9%Public Policy & Administration€67,000Growth +22.8%Psychology5 fields
Clinical & Counselling Psychology€61,600Growth +36.5%Educational Psychology€59,500Growth +24.7%Forensic & Criminal Psychology€60,800Growth +35.7%Occupational & Organisational Psychology€70,400Growth +24.8%Psychology — General & Research€61,600Growth +33.6%Hospitality, tourism & service industry2 fields
Culinary Arts & Food Service Management€60,200Growth +15.9%Hospitality & Tourism Management€62,500Growth +13.6%Typical pay: L'écart salarial entre les femmes et les hommes en Belgique, Rapport 2025 (IEFH / FPS Employment; Statbel SES 2022), Tableau 21; both-sexes and yearly figures calculated by UNIFER (Statbel (data) — Institute for the Equality of Women and Men (IEFH) and FPS Employment (report), No reuse terms stated in the report (official statistics; used with credit for educational purposes; courtesy note drafted)). Growth: Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Belgium, 2022–2035 (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0)). Online job ads: Online job advertisements by occupation (ISCO-08 three-digit), Belgium — experimental statistics (jvs_a_isco3_r1) (Eurostat, Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU)). Updated 2 November 2026.