What was your first starting salary???

[dquan97]

$40K, BS in Econ, 2001

 

[mchammer187]

54K BSEE 2004

Northern VA, DC area

 

[FoBoT]

my first job after getting out of the Navy i made $14/hr , but i got a lot of overtime

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
i graduated in May 2004 also, with a C.S. degree. i just started my new job actually September 13th, so this is my 3rd week here.

I am doing software engineering. The salary is $45k/yr + benefits + 2 bonuses (1 xmas, 1.5%, and the other is profit sharing in the spring, which is ATLEAST 6% [ last year was 14% ] ). So it is going to average around $50k after bonuses i'm assuming. btw I'm in Maryland, and it took me about 2 months to find a job after I really started looking.

Which company?

 

[DT4K]

BS Computer Science 2001
Started as a temp at $16/hr a couple months before I graduated.
9 months later, they raised my rate to $23/hr.
6 months after that, I got a permanent position at around 50k + bonus(anywhere between 2% and 10% annually) and full benefits.

 

[yukichigai]

I haven't graduated yet, so my professional(sp?) career hasn't started. But my very first job ever paid $13.67/hr at the beginning.

 

[RagingBITCH]

$10.50 doing temp work, now I'm around $40k

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
B.S. Computer Science in July 2001 - 75K + signing bonus + relocation + stock options.

I'm thinking your the exception to the rule these days though.

 

[spidey07]

1993

30K for CS/EE

 

[Pliablemoose]

85' $16K

 

[JetsFanatic]

6K back in 1983

 

[jadinolf]

$3000 a year and yes I am 92 and that was 70 years ago.

 

[Scarpozzi]

$30,000 Systems Admin -- No Degree 2002

$33,200 Systems Admin (raise) -- Still No Degree 2004

I'm supposed to graduate this December with a business degree...

 

[Anghang]

Computer Science - 1998 - $41k

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
$3000 a year and yes I am 92 and that was 70 years ago.

you're 92? :Q

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: jadinolf
$3000 a year and yes I am 92 and that was 70 years ago.

you're 92? :Q

props to you for even knowing what a computer is. my grandparents ("only" in their 60s) have no idea what a computer is or what it's used for. the most sophisticated piece of equipment in their house that the interact w/ is probably the microwave.


=|

 

[ILikeStuff]

Computer Science drop out in '97

first professional IT job started at $24k in early '99

 

[iamwiz82]

$41k - Jan 2005.

I graduate in Dec. 2004.

 

[CVSiN]

E1 US Navy!
cant remeber what it was but I think peeps at taco Bell made more LOL...

 

[chickchick]

$15/hr as a web-designer.

 

[Feneant2]

Its funny how much you get paid in the US, the cost of living kinda offsets it though.

I started at maybe 30K US in eastern Canada in 2002 which is above average.

 

[kt]

Economics.

Started as programmer at $50k in 2000.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Most of my jobs (starting in 1987, there have been a LOT since) have been under $10 an hour, but I don't have a degree, just certifications.

But here's some people I know (I'll just give an initial):
D - 2 Masters (Teaching, History), 1 BA (English), 1 BS (Psychology) - 41k/yr in 2002 (I might be off on the BA/BS thing) oh, and he looked for work for 3 years in over 20 states to get that job, it was the first offer he got in that time
A - AA (or maybe AS) Business - Nothing since 2002 when she graduated, not a single job offer
M - AA (or maybe AS) Accounting - 7.50/hr 2003

 

[rudeguy]

High school dropout, did get my GED though:

$50k

 

[rudder]

$42 an hour as a 727 flight engineer. Of course I rarely worked more than 65 hours a month so it was really not a whole lot of money.