How much did you make right out of college?

[PMFleXXX]

Originally posted by: 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.

wow

 

[Supertastic Fool]

Originally posted by: PMFleXXX

Originally posted by: 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.

wow

Im not slaming or anything im just curious as to what you do on wall street as an engineer? or does that have nothing to do with it?

 

[nageov3t]

Graduated in May, 2003 (1 year ago as of this upcoming weekend)
School: Penn State
Major: English / Sociology (dual)

first job out of college was doing some call center work and basic programming (for the ticket and sales system that the phone reps used). made $9/hour... got promoted a few months later into a marketing gig, but still made only $25K w/o benefits.

last November, I finally moved to a real job as a datacenter tech, making $30K... my 6-month aniversary is coming up in a few weeks, at which point I'm expecting and hoping for a 10% - 15%-ish raise.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Comp Sci
UCSB
33K
Network Admin.

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

UCSB Alumni here too? Where do you currently work?

 

[freebee]

50k, econ major, first year outta college.

Thinking with the little head instead of the big head got me a 20k paycut,among assorted jolly adventures and threats. Now i'm a wage slave.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: freebee
50k, econ major, first year outta college.

Thinking with the little head instead of the big head got me a 20k paycut,among assorted jolly adventures and threats. Now i'm a wage slave.

What happened?

 

[freebee]

edited

 

[Ameesh]

Major: Computer Science
School: UC San Diego
Occupation: Software Developer
Salary: $75K with Stock Options and $10K Signing Bonus

 

[passivex]

Major: CIS
School: CalPoly Pomona
Occupation: Systems Admin/Network Admin/Web Admin
Annualized Salary: 50K (now over 63K)
Graduated: 2001 (yeah sucks to graduate at this time but I got lucky)

 

[geckojohn]

Originally posted by: 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

Hey there! Where are you living now? I'm up in san jose right now... go gaucho's!

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: Gnote

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


Thanks a million

Major: Business Information Systems
School: Illinois State University
Occupation: Contract Programmer/Analyst
Annualized Salary: $25/hour w/o benefits

First job with benefits working at the place where I was originally a contract employee:

Annualized Salary: $39,500 + Excellent Medical/Dental + Bonuses

 

[TheAudit]

First job out of college

Major: Poli Sci
School: UNH
Occupation: Warehouse manager
Annualized Salary: $30k

 

[oniq]

Still in College...

Major: Computer Science
School: Central CT State University
Occupation: Retail Managemnt
Annualized Salary: $30k

 

[Slap]

First job out of college

Major: Computer Engineering
School: U of Memphis
Occupation: Network Operations
Annualized Salary: $43k

 

[isasir]

Major: Computer Science, Psychology
School: NYU
Occupation: Database Analyst
Annualized Salary: $45,000

 

[GasX]

UPenn '91
BA Biology
Lab Technician
~$24K

I make A LOT more now...

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: freebee
edited

Ha! I already read what you said before the edit. I have you now.

 

[tnitsuj]

1st job was around 43k + overtime. Rapidly went up after year 1.

 

[Pastfinder]

Major: History
School: UNC-CH
Occupation: Air Force Officer
Salary: roughly 40K

 

[ragazzo]

Major: French
Pay: $44k/yr w/full benefits.
Current Pay: 11TY BILLION DOLLARS! ...

 

[Tiggerbaby]

Major: Engineering Graphics & Design
School: Murray State Univ
Occupation: CAD Analyst
Salary: 35k

Actually, the job starts on May 24th

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
Major: Computer Science
School: UC San Diego
Occupation: Software Developer
Salary: $75K with Stock Options and $10K Signing Bonus

he wins

Major: Computer Science
School: University of Colorado
Occupation: Software Engineer
Salary: $51,500

 

[Kelemvor]

First job right out of college (Associates Degree in CS) was $25k. 5 years later I was up to $40k in the same department.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Gnote
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

Psychology
You've not heard of it
Software developer
25,000 CAD

 

[rh71]

$36k as a database/documentation guy... I left 3 months later for another job at a significant increase. The original contract just said that I'd be non-exempt and that I could leave at any time and be let go at any time. I took advantage of that and they couldn't say a thing except good luck. They were great about it though... they still paid me my vacation and sick days I never got a chance to use... was only there 3 months!

School: Univ @ Buffalo
Major: Communication / MIS minor