High Paying Jobs in Math and Science?

An anonymous reader asks: "Where are the high paying jobs for those who are good in math and science? I've heard about math and science shortages for almost two decades now, and I was wondering what high salary/high demand jobs have resulted from these shortages. Most science majors I know actually make less than teachers (in Texas teachers make $38-40K to start for nine months of work). In terms of money, what career would you pursue coming out of college right now with a math or science degree?"

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

Just restricting the topic to education, the free education from K through 12 that Americans have come to expect as natural and inevitable is only just over a century old. It is a direct result of the industrial revolution, where companies were complaining that they needed more educated workers. that need for more educated workers has not dimmed as we have moved into the information era.

Actually, I'm kind of schizophrenic when it comes to who pays for what. If companies need more educated workers, perhaps companies should be paying for the education of workers instead of dumping the cost of said education on the workers themselves.

Oh, no, we can't do that! It's too socialist!