We are well aware about the importance of career selection after class 12th boards, your school life is over and now you have to decide which field and career you want to take and if you are from 12th science stream so there maybe a possibility that you end up taking engineering as your career option.
In this article i will tell you 20 high pay career option (excluding most of engineering courses) after class 12th PCM which most of student ignores.
Here is a list of 20 high career options for class 12th science PCM student which most of people ignores:
Career options after 12th science PCM:
A class 12th science student with maths has many career options to go for rather than engineering.
P.s: Many career in the list mentioned below are from engineering background but generally this engineering career options are also been ignored.
High pay career options after 12th PCM are:
Let’s discuss some of them:
1. Aviation (5-12 lacks per anumn):
Aviation is the best career to go with if you love to travel a lot. Apart from travel there are other perks of aviation as well.
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| Aviation |
To pursue aviation after 12th science you need to do bachelor’s course in aviation such as:
- Commercial pilot training
- B.Sc in aviation
- Aeronautical engineering
- Diploma in aviation hospitality
Aviation offers high salary and it ranges from 5 lacks per annum to even 12 lacks per annum. It depends upon your post.
2. Commericail pilot (6-13 lacs per annum):
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| Commercial pilot |
fees for pilots is high around 20-25 lacs well bank can give you up to 50% loan. Fill this form if you want to get latest updates for all the career options: form
3. Air traffic control officer (5 lac -7 lac per anum):
Being air traffic control officer is full of responsibilities but adventurous as well because you get chance to fly aeroplanes sometimes.
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| Air traffic control officer |
As an air traffic controller you are responsible for proper flow of airplanes, aircrafts, jets or be any other kind of air vehicle with increase in the aviation industry and airports demand for air traffic controller is also increasing.
To apply for this, you need to be in this particular age limit of 21 to 27. To become air traffic control officer you need to clear civil ATC test conducted by Civil Aviation Authority of India time to time as per the requirement. Here is the link to another article where you will find all the proper details and steps to become Air traffic control officer.
Average salary of Air traffic control officer start form 5-7 lacks per annum.
4. Merchant navy (12K to 8 lacs per months):
Many students often get confused between merchant navy and Indian navy. Indian navy is mainly involved in nation defence whereas merchant navy if for commercial and international trades.
If you are willing to go for merchant navy there are certain eligibility criteria such as person should be unmarried, need to clear high school with class 12th science PCM, good vision.
After clearing interview and medical test students are sent for ship-training course.
You need to do any of this course after class 12th PCM to join merchant navy:
- B.Sc. Nautical Science
- B.E. Marine Engineering
- B.E. Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering
- B.E. Petroleum Engineering
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering
- B.E. Harbour & Ocean Engineering
- B.E. Civil Engineering
- B.E. Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- B.Sc. Marine Catering
- Electro Technical Officer Course
5. Indian Navy (3 lacs to 9 lacs per annum):
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| Great Indian Navy |
6. IT (1.2 lakhs to 34 lakhs per anum):
If you love computer and programming than this field is just for you, a talented person in this field can earn good amount of money but as a fresher and intern you may suffer first to find jobs but one with passion into computers can get job easily.
Career path: After class 12th science stream PCM you can opt for any of these courses for IT:
- B.E (Bachelor of Engineering)
- B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology)
- BCA (Bachelor of Computer application)
- BS (Bachelor of Science in computer engineering)
7. Ethical Hacker (12 lacss to 80 lacs per annum):
8. Data Scientist (3 lacs to 20 lacs per annum):
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| Importance of data |
These companies deal with huge amount of data whether it’s from their accounts, customers or any thing and a proper data analysis is important and this is where a role of data scientist comes.
Data scientists are basically person who do proper analysis of data so that a proper action can be taken to initiate the growth of company or an industry.
Skills: 1. Higher education (masters and Phd degree in computer science, physical science or statistics). 2. R programming 3. Phython coding 4. Hadoop platform 5. SQL database 6. Apache spark 7. Machine learning and AI 8. Data visulaization 9. Unstructured data.
Salary: Depending upon qualifications and job profile a salary of data scientist can range from 3 lacs to even 30 lacs per annum as well.
9. Mobile app developer (1 lakh to 9 lacs per annum):
Many people use different smartphone and more is the usage and demand high pay an app developer gets. You can develop app for Googles android and even for Apples ios.
Mobile app developers are people who develop mobile app for MNC and many big companies. Mobile app development requires high programming skills and in return you get high pay as well.
Eligibility: You need to have good programming knowledge and development skills. You can get these skills by bachelor’s and even master’s degree in computer science.
Salary: Salary of Mobile app developer ranges from 1 lacs per annum to even 9 lacs per annum as well. Well this data is estimated which most of people get but it can even go higher based on your skills and profile.
10. Web developer (1 Lakh to 4 lacs):
Just like demand of mobile development is increasing day by day web development demands too in-fact web development demand is more than mobile.
High demand means higher percentage of employment.
Job of a web developer is to modify, design and code the website according to the demand of the client. Web developers create websites.
Eligibility: To become a web developer you skills like back-end and front-end development and a degree in web design is most common requirement. You can go for bachelor’s degree in computer science, programming and other related field after class 12th.
Salar: Salary of a web developer can be 1.5 lacs to even 4 lacs per annum.
11. Robotics (3 lacs to – 4 lacs):
One change which almost everyday increases that is increase in numbers of robots and automatic machines. Even nowadays these robots are even here to help us in our day to day life as well, for example many of us have smart set-up tv in our homes or we all have used google assistant voice search features.
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This all is nothing but AI and robotics. So now you have an idea about how big robotics industry is in future and being in this field has perks of its own.
In robotics you have many career options and famous one is a robotic engineer who creates robots and robotics system is called robotic engineer.
Eligibility: To become a robotic engineer you need to have a bachelor’s degree (B.tech) in robotic engineering after class 12th with science stream PCM.
Salary: In India you can easily earn 3 to 4 lacs per year and with more experience you gain more money you can earn.
12. Mathematician (7 lacs per year easily):
Maths is universal! Mathematics is used in every field and therefore mathematician is needed. These guys are expert in maths.
They use theories to solve mathematical problems in various fields such as science, business and engineering as well. They use their mathematical knowledge and skills to prove or disapprove different theories or to analyze data and many other things.
Eligibility: In India after class 12th PCM you need to continue with bachelor’s, master’s and eventually Phd degree in mathematics.
Salary: Mathematician are highly respected and earn good amount of money with their skills. They can have more than one earning source so therefore salary is pretty high. On an average a mathematician can earn around 7 lacs per annum easily and even more than that.
13. Actuarial science (Average 20 lacs per annum):
Actuarial science is actually a way where mathematical and statistical method to low the risk in insurance, finance and other field/industries is used.
Eligibility: To pursue your career in actuarial science you need to have a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in actuarial science and institutes which offers this courses are asking for basic eligibility of at least 60% aggregate in your 12th and 70% in maths because maths is an important subject in actuarial science.
Salary: Since actuarial science is related to finance and insurance industry so it’s obvious that in this field a person earns good amount of money on an average of 20 lacs per year.
14. Physicist (10 lacs per year easily):
So if you love physics then this profession suits you. Physicist is someone who is expert in physics this people can become scientist as well.
If you are a physicist just like a mathematician you have multiple career option, you can be professor, researcher, scientist and even teacher all at the same time.
Eligibility: So if you want to become physicist you need to have bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and phd in physics.
Salary: A physicist has more than one income source like tutor, professor, researcher, scientist and many more, therefore he can easily earn 10 lacs per year and even more than that.
15. Game developer (6 to 10 lacs per annum):
Who doesn’t love games ? Everyone does and therefore gaming industry is also growing day by day. Well developing a single game requires a whole bunch of game developers team.
Game developer is a person who develops and creates game and design and create all those different portions of a game.
Eligibility: If you want to become a game developer after class 12th than you can either go for diploma or bachelor in game designing and other alternatives are bachelor’s degree in computer engineering.
Salary: A game developer in India can earn around 6 to 10 lacs per annum. Outside India in foreign countries he can even earn more.
16. Game tester (3 to 20 lacs per annum):
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| Gamer tester |
You are being paid for playing game, what can be more fun than that?
- Game design
- Software development
- Software design
- Software engineering
- Computer programming
- Computer science
- Graphic communication
- Software quality assurance
- Software testing
17. Scientist (2 lacs per annum):
18. Astronomer (8 to 10 lacs per annum):
Salary: An astronomer earns around 8 to 10 lacs per annum.
19. Astrophysicist (5- 24 lacs per annum):
20. Graphic designer (2 to 7.5 lacs per annum):
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| Graphic designing |
One Response
It is excellent article to explain all available options after 12th class.