How much did you make straight out of college?

[Mentat]

Just wondering...cuz I'm graduating from college. Want to get a gauge.

edit:
05 April 2007
I was wondering...are there any ChemE's out there? That is my major and I'd like to know what range is 'normal.'

edit:
10 April 2007
Got offered $68,000 in SoCal with a company I want to work for (Fluor)
Also got offered $65,000 to work for a different company in SoCal that I think would be fun to work for (Northrup)

 

[Hyperlite]

uh...what field? and is that college teaching you to spell "cuz?"

 

[ed21x]

~40k. I believe that is below average for an engineer though, but the upside is that I get to commute from home.

<~ Still on his first Job after graduating from Berkeley in 06.

 

[LS20]

use BLS.GOV for a gauge

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

~60k. I do Internet Marketing/Product Management for a major .com, I too get to commute from home.

<~ Still on his first Job after graduating from Berkeley in 06.

 

[SoLiDus88]

commute from home? do you mean working at home? if not dont see that as a benefit. im graduating this year making in the 60s doing IT (software engineering).

 

[gar3555]

~60K Computer Engineering / Kansas State University 05

<~ Still on First job

 

[RichieZ]

60K <- consultant
+ I made about 15K-20K extra on top of that tax free from of mileage, per diem, travel benefits etc

graduated 05

 

[EagleKeeper]

12K when I was commissioned in the USAF

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

38k / year, and I hope to start school in the fall.

 

[Aikouka]

52k for a software engineer position.

 

[invidia]

98k starting, at a pharmacy, for 2 years associate and 4 years of pharmacy.

 

[bignateyk]

53K as an engineer. The cost of living is absurdly low however. (I only pay $250 a month to live in a 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 3 story townhouse with 2 other people). I also get amazing benefits (5 weeks vacation, 12 holidays, great insurance, tuition discount for graduate work, etc...)

 

[SirChadwick]

LOL, gotta love some of the responses you'll get here in ATOT.... everyone makes bank supposedly.

40k here as a pc support specialist starting my first year

 

[Rob9874]

$42k, Supply Chain Management degree, Logistics Analyst position, Jan 2000

 

[clamum]

$26k/yr doing web design, now I'm making a little over $31k/yr doing application development. I've only been at this current job for about 5 weeks. The median income for a household here is just under $30k/yr though.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
LOL, gotta love some of the responses you'll get here in ATOT.... everyone makes bank supposedly.

40k here as a pc support specialist starting my first year

They all look pretty reasonable to me looking at the degrees associated with them.

 

[krunchykrome]

It depends on what field you get into.

 

[vi edit]

(graduated in 2000) I had an offer for $34k to work 3x12's right out of college doing the same thing that I was interning for at $13 an hour. Another prospect in a different part of the state came through and I took that one for $36k a year. I worked the first one for 3 weeks before quitting.

A couple months after working the job at $36k I told them that I was really underpaid for the work and did my research on what I should be making and got bumped up to $42k.

So in a matter of about 3 months of graduating I went from $34k to $36k to $42k.

Computer science degree doing some desktop support/admin stuff in the midwest.

Right now I'd be lucky to pull those same salaries right out of school doing the same work.

 

[hdeck]

depends where you live

 

[krunchykrome]

Another thing; you say you are graduating from college. I hope this isnt your first or only resource for researching starting salaries.

 

[Pacemaker]

If you are a philosophy major then 6 bucks/hour at McDonalds is what you can expect.

 

[bwatson283]

Business Management Degree from a NC Liberal Arts Private school. Moved to CO and made 26k in the Mortgage business.

 

[Zolty]

50k/year, I am a freshman and a consultant.

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
LOL, gotta love some of the responses you'll get here in ATOT.... everyone makes bank supposedly.

40k here as a pc support specialist starting my first year

They all look pretty reasonable to me looking at the degrees associated with them.

Just wait, these threads never fail to degenerate into stupid arguments and bragging.