How much did you make right out of college?

[AccruedExpenditure]

I received my offer letter from the company I intern with over the summer and was shocked to see they gave a 40 percent raise over what I made last year. I'm curious, how much do college grads typically make coming out the gate. I'm trying gauge whether this company is nuts or if they really want me to join their team when I graduate in 2006.

To make it easy for you guys here's a brief recap:
Major:
School:
Occupation:
Annualized Salary:


Thanks a million

 

I never had a chance to go to college, my first job (as a mechanic) was $6.00 an hour (this was when minimum wage was $1.25)

 

[dquan97]

About $36K as tech support in Davis, CA

 

[CPA]

First real job right out of college about 10 years ago: $7.69/hour and I was glad I had it.

 

[Yax]

Comp Sci
UCSB
33K
Network Admin.

Edit: changed jobs after 3 months and got $45K.

 

[BigSmooth]

I graduated in '99 with a BA in Economics.
First "real" job I had, I started at $11.50/hr as an Accounting Assistant. Worked a fair amount of OT and got a raise to $13.50 at 6 months so I probably grossed around $30K the first year.

 

[kami333]

Biochem
F&M College
17k
IT intern

But I get to live in Europe for a year so that makes up for it

 

[beatle]

Right out of college? Annualized salary would depend on how many tips I brought home each night, and how many hours I worked during the week (pizza delivery). I didn't get my first REAL job (benefits, salary, etc.) for a year. Coincidentally, it was with the company I co-opped with. I'm making 60% more than I was as a co-op, plus benefits.

Major: Business IT
School: See sig
Occupation: Helpdesk
Annualized salary: 60% more than co-op, now with benefits!

 

[lobadobadingdong]

$22,000 at a sh!tty networking/pc tech job in waco. 6 months later got a 15k raise by switching to a different company, doing a similar yet easier job.

Major: Computer Maintenence Technologies
School: Texas State Technical College in Waco
Occupation: IT Superman (lan/wan/wlan/fiber/IT admin)
Annualized Salary: $22,000 (no benefits)

 

[geckojohn]

Major: Business/ minor Geography
School: UCSB
$34K
Network Admin/Telecom Engineer

 

[imported_Tomato]

Major: Psychology
School: Smith College/University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Occupation: Legal assistant
Annualized Salary: $32k

 

[EvilYoda]

Two of my friends just got a job making $60K a year...both UMich grads, one EE and one CE. I'm sure the others will follow suit shortly.

 

[EmperorOfIceCream]

I'm self employed, college student, making 5-10k a month depending on how good business is...although its usually closer to 5k than it is to 10k...

oh yeah, I'm an english major.

 

[theNEOone]

no job yet, but my latest interview is for a biotech processor and training will be $13.50/hr, after which i will get a salary. (no yet specificed.)
major: molecular bio
school: cornell

a friend of mine who's an econ major is gonna pull in $53k his first year. he'll be working in boston. this kid is pretty nuts, great internships, activities and awesome GPA. o couple other friends that are going into ibanking will be pulling in around 45k......damn homos!


=|

 

[geckojohn]

Originally posted by: EmperorOfIceCream
I'm self employed, college student, making 5-10k a month depending on how good business is...although its usually closer to 5k than it is to 10k...

oh yeah, I'm an english major.

WHat do you do?

Sell Icecream?

 

[EmperorOfIceCream]

Originally posted by: geckojohn

Originally posted by: EmperorOfIceCream
I'm self employed, college student, making 5-10k a month depending on how good business is...although its usually closer to 5k than it is to 10k...

oh yeah, I'm an english major.

WHat do you do?

Sell Icecream?

build very "specialized" types of websites. Nothing to do with porn or anything like that, though.

 

[hevnsnt]

Bach in: Business Management and MIS
School: K-State
Just Outta College: 41k
Job: Helpdesk w/ very large company

 

[Shockwave]

$20+/hr plus a good benefits package. BS in CS.

 

[Anghang]

graduated in '98 and coming right outta college:

Major: computer science
School: NYU
Occupation: security consultant
Annualized Salary: $41k

 

[imported_intercollector]

Degree: Computer Engineering
Ocupation: GIS Consulting
Wage: 19/hour

Notice the discrepency in the degree and occupation. It's quite common to switch over into something completely different.

 

[MadPeriot]

Graduated: 2001 (wrong time to graduate)
Major: Computer information systems
School: Cal Poly Pomona
Job: IT/Network consultant
Wage: $15 an hour

 

[V00DOO]

12K a year.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Major: Computer Engineering
School: Valparaiso University, '02
Occupation: IS Tech
Annualized Salary: $36k


Thankfully I will be moving to firmware engineering sometime next month (~$50k).

 

[Buttzilla]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Major: Business/ minor Geography
School: UCSB
$34K
Network Admin/Telecom Engineer

fellow gaucho alumni here.

Major: BIo-psych, Sociology
School: UCSB
waiter

 

[Hector13]

First year out of college I made about 65k... second year was 90k. third put me into the 6 digits.
of course, living in NYC, my rent is about $2k a month, so cost of living is a huge factor.

edit: sorry, I forgot:

occupation: work on wall st.
degree: bs in engineering from cal.