Highlights
Highest typical pay
Dentistry & Oral Health€83,000Medicine & Surgery€78,500Investment & Risk Management€60,000Actuarial Science€59,900Corporate Finance & Financial Management€59,100All 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€52,500Growth +34.2%Biomedical Engineering€49,700Growth +33.6%Chemical Engineering€52,600Growth +32.3%Civil & Structural Engineering€47,900Growth +22.6%Electrical & Electronic Engineering€51,300Growth +35.1%Energy & Power Engineering€51,100Growth +33.2%Engineering & Technology Management€53,800Growth +29.1%General Engineering€50,600Growth +32.6%Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering€53,100Growth +31.5%Mechanical Engineering€52,600Growth +33.6%Mining & Petroleum Engineering€49,200Growth +15.2%Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials€50,200Growth +33.4%Nuclear Engineering€50,300Growth +32.9%Robotics & Automation€50,600Growth +36.8%Telecommunication Engineering€50,500Growth +39.5%Transportation & Logistics Engineering€46,300Growth +25.6%Public health & allied health16 fields
Allied Health & Therapy (general)€29,900Growth +10.2%Anatomy & Physiology€44,600Growth +20.1%Audiology€31,800Growth +10%Global Health & International Development€52,200Growth +19.9%Health Informatics & Digital Health€50,100Growth +38%Mental Health & Counselling€30,200Growth +14.2%Nursing & Midwifery€36,000Growth +14.9%Nutrition & Dietetics€38,000Growth +15.2%Occupational Therapy€30,900Growth +8.4%Optometry & Vision Sciences€30,800Growth +14.3%Paramedic Science€27,400Growth +14.2%Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation€31,100Growth +8.7%Public Health & Epidemiology€57,300Growth +15.4%Radiography & Medical Imaging€30,600Growth +17.4%Speech & Language Therapy€30,900Growth +8.4%Sports Science & Exercise Science€40,300Growth +16.2%Business & management14 fields
Business Analytics€50,200Growth +23.6%Digital Business & E-Commerce€50,500Growth +22.5%Entrepreneurship & Innovation€56,300Growth +24.6%Fashion Business & Luxury Brand Management€50,500Growth +15.8%Healthcare Management & Hospital Administration€49,100Growth +26.1%Human Resource Management€46,100Growth +0.3%International Business€54,000Growth +21.1%Marketing & Communications€53,500Growth +23.8%MBA & General Management€56,600Growth +22.3%Media Management & Digital Transformation€51,000Growth +22.8%Real Estate & Property Management€42,900Growth +7.7%Sports Management€46,400Growth +23.1%Strategy & Consulting€56,000Growth +24.3%Supply Chain & Operations Management€44,900Growth +15%Arts, design & creative studies11 fields
Animation & Visual Effects€41,600Growth +33.1%Architecture & Built Environment€43,200Growth +30.7%Film & Media Production€39,600Growth +19.9%Fine Art & Visual Arts€39,900Growth +22%Graphic Design & Illustration€45,900Growth +30.7%History of Art€39,000Growth +23%Interior Design & Spatial Design€38,500Growth +28.5%Music€40,000Growth +17.7%Performing Arts & Drama€40,400Growth +17.5%Product & Industrial Design€44,200Growth +30.3%Textile, Costume & Apparel Design€41,100Growth +26.5%Computer science & data technology10 fields
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning€49,200Growth +39.9%Bioinformatics & Computational Biology€50,400Growth +32.5%Computer Networks & Systems€48,000Growth +39.9%Computer Science€48,100Growth +41.9%Cybersecurity€49,600Growth +41.9%Data Engineering & Cloud Computing€47,300Growth +39.5%Data Science & Analytics€51,800Growth +35.9%Human-Computer Interaction & UX€44,200Growth +38.8%Information Systems & Management€50,700Growth +38.2%Software Engineering€47,900Growth +41.9%Humanities & languages10 fields
Anthropology€43,600Growth +20%Archaeology€45,100Growth +22.8%Creative Writing€38,700Growth +18.8%History€43,600Growth +19.4%Journalism & Media Studies€45,900Growth +19%Linguistics€33,000Growth +13.1%Literature€42,200Growth +15.4%Modern Languages€35,600Growth +16.8%Philosophy & Ethics€44,900Growth +8.9%Theology & Religious Studies€30,100Growth +6.4%Education & teaching9 fields
Early Childhood Education€32,400Growth +13.4%Education Policy€47,000Growth +18.2%Education Studies€40,900Growth +12.7%Educational Leadership & Management€41,700Growth +19.7%Higher Education Management€46,000Growth +15.9%Library & Information Science€37,900Growth +20.2%Special & Inclusive Education€34,800Growth +9%Teacher Training & Pedagogy€37,500Growth +6.1%TESOL & Language Education€37,800Growth +7.6%Life sciences & biotechnology9 fields
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology€48,000Growth +29.7%Biological Sciences€47,200Growth +28.8%Biotechnology & Bioengineering€49,100Growth +29.7%Evolutionary & Developmental Biology€45,800Growth +23.2%Genetics & Genomics€46,300Growth +25.3%Marine Biology & Aquatic Sciences€46,200Growth +27.2%Microbiology & Immunology€45,700Growth +26.4%Neuroscience€43,300Growth +19.1%Plant & Animal Sciences€46,700Growth +28.1%Environment, sustainability & agriculture8 fields
Agriculture & Forestry€43,200Growth +23.6%Ecology & Earth Systems€46,500Growth +24.9%Environmental Management & Policy€43,200Growth +23.1%Environmental Sciences€46,200Growth +27.5%Food Science & Technology€51,800Growth +30.4%Renewable Energy & Clean Technology€49,300Growth +30.5%Sustainable Development & Climate Change€48,400Growth +26.8%Water & Environmental Engineering€47,200Growth +27%Medicine & clinical health7 fields
Biomedical Sciences€44,700Growth +23.2%Clinical Specialisations€43,300Growth +15.6%Dentistry & Oral Health€83,000Growth +7.6%Medical Research & Translational Medicine€50,600Growth +22.8%Medicine & Surgery€78,500Growth +8.2%Pharmacy & Pharmacology€51,000Growth +20.4%Veterinary Science€44,300Growth +8.7%Natural sciences7 fields
Chemistry€50,600Growth +28.3%Earth & Geological Sciences€47,400Growth +31.8%Materials Science€51,000Growth +27.3%Mathematics€55,100Growth +21.8%Oceanography & Marine Sciences€47,300Growth +29.8%Physics & Astronomy€48,500Growth +29.3%Statistics & Operations Research€52,500Growth +19.6%Social sciences7 fields
Criminology & Criminal Justice€38,800Growth +18.6%Development & Area Studies€51,700Growth +22.5%Gender, Diversity & Cultural Studies€44,900Growth +17.7%Geography€49,100Growth +30.3%Social Policy & Social Work€32,000Growth +20.2%Sociology€40,300Growth +15.5%Urban Planning & Policy€48,400Growth +32%Economics, finance & accounting6 fields
Accounting & Auditing€48,900Growth +18.9%Actuarial Science€59,900Growth +23.1%Corporate Finance & Financial Management€59,100Growth +25.4%Economics€58,200Growth +23.7%Fintech & Financial Technology€54,800Growth +29%Investment & Risk Management€60,000Growth +25.4%Law, politics & governance6 fields
Corporate & Commercial Law€49,100Growth +15.6%International Law & Human Rights€48,100Growth +14.6%International Relations & Diplomacy€50,500Growth +22.1%Law€48,300Growth +13.7%Political Science€49,700Growth +21.2%Public Policy & Administration€50,600Growth +24.3%Psychology5 fields
Clinical & Counselling Psychology€32,600Growth +10.5%Educational Psychology€33,700Growth +6.3%Forensic & Criminal Psychology€31,700Growth +12.5%Occupational & Organisational Psychology€43,400Growth +7.4%Psychology — General & Research€34,000Growth +9.7%Hospitality, tourism & service industry2 fields
Culinary Arts & Food Service Management€47,000Growth -0.1%Hospitality & Tourism Management€46,900Growth +12.2%Typical pay: Salaires dans le secteur privé (et la fonction publique) par catégorie socioprofessionnelle détaillée — INSEE; job-family (FAP 2021) figures calculated by UNIFER through INSEE's and DARES's correspondence tables (INSEE (base Tous salariés), Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)). Growth: Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, France, 2022–2035 (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0)). Planned hires: Enquête Besoins en main-d'œuvre (BMO) 2026 and 2025 — planned hires and hard-to-fill hires by occupation family (FAP 2021) (France Travail, Licence Ouverte (France Travail)). Updated 2 November 2026.