The Top 10 Highest Paying Post-Grad Jobs

[moshquerade]

yet another list.... are you on it?

10. Registered Nurse

Average first-year salary: $47,000
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9. Web Designer

Average first-year salary: $58,00
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8. Pharmaceutical Representative

Average first-year salary: $59,000
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7. Financial Analyst

Average first-year salary: $66,000
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6. Internet Marketer

Average first-year salary: $67,000
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5. Network Systems Administrator

Average first-year salary: $69,000
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4. Engineer

Average first-year salary: $72,000
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3. Actuary

Average first-year salary: $79,000
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2. Software Developer

Average first-year salary: $84,000
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1. Investment Banker

Average first-year salary: $112,000

http://hercampus.com/career/top-10-highest-paying-post-grad-jobs

 

[spidey07]

Look at all the jobs a degree in MIS will get you. 3 of the top 10 paying jobs are MIS. Only 1 is engineering.

 

[purbeast0]

i can tell you from personal experience, that #2 is a fucking big time lie.

edit: as is #9

 

[Gibson486]

I read this last night...


72K is avg for an engineer? That is funny.

 

[bignateyk]

72K starting for an engineer? That seems a little high...

Also, all of these careers look boring, except maybe nursing. I can attest to having a boring career as an engineer.

 

[mmntech]

i can tell you from personal experience, that #2 is a fucking big time lie.

edit: as is #9

True dat for #9. I have some training in that. There's very few jobs going right now in all sectors of the media. That's why I'm stuck in a $22,000/yr job. :\

4. Engineer

Average first-year salary: $72,000

This is BS too. My dad is a civil engineer and didn't start making that kind of money until he started his own business. It's a cutthroat industry and you're only going to be making that first year if you're some kind of prodigy.

 

[manlymatt83]

i can tell you from personal experience, that #2 is a fucking big time lie.

edit: as is #9

#9 is. #2 isn't. If you're good, you get paid more than that right out of College.

 

[PhaZe]

I read this last night...


72K is avg for an engineer? That is funny.

Have to agree here. My employer (the company who just lost their ceo) just hired a slew of new hires (UT, A&M, Georgia Tech, and Cornell mostly), all started in lower to mid sixties.

The best starting salaries offered to my engineering classmates in Houston (2008-2009), were from oil and gas companies like bp and shell. Those who were lucky to get hired got 74K plus and 5K sign on bonus.

 

[Gibson486]

Have to agree here. My employer (the company who just lost their ceo) just hired a slew of new hires (UT, A&M, Georgia Tech, and Cornell mostly), all started in lower to mid sixties.

yup 60's is where I thought it would be, and that is for EE's.

Civils start no where near that (45-55)

CE's are comparable to EE's

Chem E's usually hit mid 60's.

I have seen ME's usually around 55-60.

I have seen new grads hit 70's, some even 80's, but it is not enough to call it the avg. They are few and far between.

 

[highland145]

Have to agree here. My employer (the company who just lost their ceo) just hired a slew of new hires (UT, A&M, Georgia Tech, and Cornell mostly), all started in lower to mid sixties.

This. Friend hires at Savannah River Site. E.E.=$60k.

 

[Anubis]

Have to agree here. My employer (the company who just lost their ceo) just hired a slew of new hires (UT, A&M, Georgia Tech, and Cornell mostly), all started in lower to mid sixties.

BP?

anyway Engineer is too broad a field to just lump all together. Vast differences in types of engineering as well as pay rates. I think new peeps start in the mid 50s here

 

[thepd7]

Look at all the jobs a degree in MIS will get you. 3 of the top 10 paying jobs are MIS. Only 1 is engineering.

Wow you're dumb. A software developer is not an MIS degree, it's a CS or SE degree (or at least the ones making $84k are). So 5 and 9 are MIS, 2 and 3 are Engineering.

I read this last night...


72K is avg for an engineer? That is funny.

72K starting for an engineer? That seems a little high...

Also, all of these careers look boring, except maybe nursing. I can attest to having a boring career as an engineer.

California, Oil, and Chemical are skewing this up quite a bit. I made upper $50s out of college (had an offer in defense for 62) as an EE in Texas. I'm assuming california would make 20-30% more due to cost of living.

I know a buddy who majored in ME who had an offer with Exxon for $72k out of school and Chemical Engineers from UT regular get offers in the high 70's.

 

[gorcorps]

I read this last night...


72K is avg for an engineer? That is funny.

Lists like these are completely bullshit... my biggest problem is lumping all engineering together and calling it good. A petroleum engineer can easily start at $80k and even some good mining engineers if they're willing to relocate to all the shitty areas where the mines are. Most of the other engineers would be lucky to start at $50-60 from what I've seen though, which is the biggest issue with lumping all "engineering" into one category.

 

[highland145]

For what it's not worth, my comp e. degree was worth about zero because of my gpa. Here I am bringing down the average.

 

[PhaZe]

^ That's true, I should have mentioned that all of the new hires were EE or Computer engineer (CPE).

Only a few (two EE that I knew personally) lucky friends got into the oil and gas companies and started out at 74K. I just hope they stay employed given the bp fiasco.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

#2ftw

 

[polarmystery]

#4 = bs

 

[purbeast0]

#9 is. #2 isn't. If you're good, you get paid more than that right out of College.

i guess you missed the whole 'average' part on the article.

 

[roguerower]

My job isn't, but I make more than the bottom 3.

 

[KIAman]

Starting salary for a software developer is a tad too high (Sacramento, CA region). Actually, looking at the list, most of the first year salary look much too high.

 

[apac]

#2. I am not surprised, either. It's a good life.

 

[thegimp03]

True dat for #9. I have some training in that. There's very few jobs going right now in all sectors of the media. That's why I'm stuck in a $22,000/yr job. :\



This is BS too. My dad is a civil engineer and didn't start making that kind of money until he started his own business. It's a cutthroat industry and you're only going to be making that first year if you're some kind of prodigy.

Depends on the area. My buddy started in software engineering 5 years ago and pulled $80k + bonus and stock.

 

[Gibson486]

Depends on the area. My buddy started in software engineering 5 years ago and pulled $80k + bonus and stock.

keyword....CIVIL

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Starting engineer 72 sounds about right for SoCal. All my eng friends made around that much on their first jobs (MechE, Physics/MechE, EE, CompE)

 

[thegimp03]

keyword....CIVIL

Right, maybe I shouldn't have quoted him talking about his dad in civil engineering. My response was probably directed more towards your earlier post:

"I read this last night...
72K is avg for an engineer? That is funny."