Current Events > What's average entry lvl salary for a college grad these years?

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like 45k? less? iono.

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that sucks. is this true

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major is important. I started right under $50k around 5 years ago. I knew some people who graduated at the same time as me got offers at around $65k.

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In what field or with what degree?

Like, I'm graduating in May with a Bachelor's in Social Work, pretty sure my pay prospects are gonna be different from an engineer's.

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Need more context, obviously.

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like liberal arts major lol

or humanties/social science

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Depends on the major..STEM majors are probably 45-65k depending on location. Humanities and Social Sciences are between 30-50k.

STEM in the seattle or bay area will easily start at 85k

double that if you have serious chops

DrizztLink posted...

In what field or with what degree?

Like, I'm graduating in May with a Bachelor's in Social Work, pretty sure my pay prospects are gonna be different from an engineer's.

Truth

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Kinny100 posted...

like liberal arts major lol

or humanties/social science

What are you doing with the degree?

Teachers here start out at roughly 60k (though obviously that's including a credential).

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EngineerGamer posted...

STEM in the seattle or bay area will easily start at 85k

double that if you have serious chops

Thats only if a person did a bunch of internships while in college.

kage_53 posted...

Thats only if a person did a bunch of internships while in college.

easily just one internship

Phynaster posted...

What are you doing with the degree?

Teachers here start out at roughly 60k (though obviously that's including a credential).

No they dont. Non tenured college teachers make about 40K.

kage_53 posted...

Humanities and Social Sciences are between 30-50k.

What kind of jobs are these?

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I'm in nursing. Should get about 70K my first job

kage_53 posted...

No they dont. Non tenured college teachers make about 40K.

Secondary school teachers in the local district start at 59k. Sorry to burst your bubble buddy.
College instructors don't need a credential, so not sure why you even thought I was talking about that (other than you just having no fucking idea how education or academe works)

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Squall28 posted...

What kind of jobs are these?

Paralegal, journalist, college admission counselor, social worker, photographer..

There's so much variance associated with this question that people should probably list their field, year of job, and location.

Accounting (Masters), 2015, Las Vegas, 50k

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Also even non-tenure track Lecturers in the CSU for example start out above 60k if they're full-time, so fuck off lmao @kage_53

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Phynaster posted...

Secondary school teachers in the local district start at 59k. Sorry to burst your bubble buddy.
College instructors don't need a credential, so not sure why you even thought I was talking about that (other than you just having no fucking idea how education or academe works)

I know how it works. One of my exes was barely making anything before being tenured. After tenured she was 70k.

Nobody is paying that much for someone who just graduated for tacking unless they live in a super expensive place like nyc.

I'm a failure of a human being who didn't do internships while in college so $14/hr with a bachelor's in accounting

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I've been trying to get into academia for a while *without* a PhD, and yeah, non-PhD, non-tenure lecturers at UNLV will make around 70k, but good luck landing a job that competitive. A colleague landed a lecturer position at the local community college, and he told me he started at 49k teaching five classes a semester =/

I've been teaching part time for a couple years, and I get paid under 4k per semester course. It's basically starvation wages part-time, and the odds of fulltime lecturer work are slim.

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kage_53 posted...

I know how it works. One of my exes was barely making anything before being tenured. After tenured she was 70k.

Nobody is paying that much for someone who just graduated for tacking unless they live in a super expensive place like nyc.

You clearly don't or you'd know that secondary school is not college and that college professors don't need a credential. Jesus fuck.

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Depends on major and employer.

Mechanical engineer can net 80+ at a big company

But also 40 or less at a smaller MEP. I know someone who got his masters and and less at a GC.

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Phynaster posted...

You clearly don't or you'd know that secondary school is not college and that college professors don't need a credential. Jesus fuck.

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Entry-Level-High-School-Teacher-Salary

Average for the county is 45k.

kage_53 posted...

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Entry-Level-High-School-Teacher-Salary

Average for the county is 45k.

https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fr/sa/cefavgsalaries.asp

Beginning Teacher Annual Salary
ADA 4,000
$52,670

And the ones around here are (obviously or I wouldn't be posting about it) higher than that. You don't even live in this state or work in education, step back lmao.

And yeah, no shit teachers in backwater states make less, which is a problem. Move to a decent state I guess.

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stop fighting

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Homie listing California salary like it's the norm. Not every place is stupid expensive to live lol.

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