5) Radio and Television
Starting salary: $38,000
Mid-career salary: $59,800
Annual online job postings: 1,651
Related job: Radio and television announcer
Projected 10-year job growth: -0.2%
Radio and television majors hoping to work in front of the microphone face poor job prospects. Announcers, including disc jockeys and talk show hosts, lost 8.4% of their positions over the past decade and are expected to just hold even in the coming decade. They also make a median income of less than $29,900 a year. Broadcast news analysts have higher earning potential, with a median annual income of nearly $59,400, but there are currently only about 7,500 workers in the field, and only 4% more are expected to be added to their ranks by 2024.
