et's look at We Use Math, a project triple-teamed by Brigham Young University, the Mathematical Association of America, and the American Mathematical Society. Clearly that consortium brought a lot of resources to the table. The site features polished quotations from happy and well-paid professionals testifying to the usefulness of math in their careers. There's a career tracker which lists dozens of high-paying careers, their salaries, their employers, the math required, and the ways math is used.
AN interesitng post, with several resources for connecting math to real life.