How much did/does your first job after you graduated college pay you?

[PlzN0Alesana]

Senior in college here prepping for finals, just curious?

what did your first job post-graduation pay?
what was the job?
what was your major?
etc?

I'm a business major w/ a marketing concentration and a focus on professional selling w/ a minor in psychology for what its worth.

[amenccm]

Interested to hear responses, but I think the average salary is ~32k per year.

Inb4 engineer with a 70k job in the oil industry.

[RoccRio]

40+

Finance major. Not doing finance

[Adimi24]

Confused first year college student, in to find out

[Ice-9]

Just north of 40k
Accounting major
Small public accounting firm

I lived plenty comfortably on it

[ohsnapzach]

$30k + commission

[x8Pauly8x]

40+

Finance major. Not doing finance

what are you doing then

[Laidbackzack]

I'm in college and have worked at an internship for the last two summers. Work 40 hours a week and they pay a 40k/year salary: about 20$/hour.

[dpressma]

60 +3k signing
Big 4 Advisory (consulting)
Econ Major

[PlzN0Alesana]

Just north of 40k
Accounting major
Small public accounting firm

how do/did you like it? accounting doesn't click well w/ me at all; i can do it, i just sorta feel like if i accepted an accounting job i'd be selling my soul for that salary

no hate on accountants btw, just seems sorta dull

[jk202]

$59,700 /yr
Pipe Support Engineer (company that rhymes with Rectal)
Bachelor's in Civil Engineering Technology

Working onsite at a nuclear plant last year and a half, made $68,000 AFTER taxes last year with overtime (average 50 hrs every other weeek) and per diem (biggest factor)

However prob gonna be job searching by the end of the year due to layoff/ not willing to travel from site to site all over my whole career.

[RoccRio]

what are you doing then

In mortgage industry. Not real estate, but mortgage.

[PlzN0Alesana]

$30k + commission

nice, sales in what field?

I'm in college and have worked at an internship for the last two summers. Work 40 hours a week and they pay a 40k/year salary: about 20$/hour.

major? field of work?

60 +3k signing
Big 4 Advisory (consulting)
Econ Major

nice, rewarding??

[Trapstar4.4]

$32,500
finance major
entry level analyst for an insurance company

7 years later, salary almost tripled. not too shabby. I have definitely come a long way

[brazzersfan]

for one day i got payed around 10k

[TugOfPeace]

$61k no experience

Electrical Engineer

[PlzN0Alesana]

In mortgage industry. Not real estate, but mortgage.

just outa curiosity; how'd u manage to graduate and get a job like that at 21?

[shawty321]

50k police cadet graduated last june

should get bumped up to 60k upon graduation

and i took criminology

[CalebRM]

40k with dental/health, company phone, truck, and laptop. Paid lunches etc..

[Cfitz717]

7 dollars

[tk217]

Nearly 45K doing reconciliations.

[PlzN0Alesana]

$32,500
finance major
entry level analyst for an insurance company

7 years later, salary almost tripled. not too shabby. I have definitely come a long way

congrats man... how long did it take you to get your first noticeable pay raise?

$61k no experience

Electrical Engineer

srsly started to believe i should have gone into engineering.

[dpressma]

nice, rewarding??

I like it. It's def not for everybody though. The travel starts to wear on your social/fitness life. I will most likely try to take a job in industry down the road.

[CHARBACK]

50k full benefits during downturn
Analyst
accounting/MIS

Significantly more now 3 years later.

[PlzN0Alesana]

40k with dental/health, company phone, truck, and laptop. Paid lunches etc..

what major/field of work??

[RigorMortis]

for one day i got payed around 10k

this must be the weirdest avi i ever saw

[Ironmanlet]

OE-1 with ten years in service (including BAH) and flight pay....

Like 60k or something. IDKLOL


And of course the benifits.....

30 days/year paid leave/etc

Edit: just checked the pay chart and brought it back a bit

[PlzN0Alesana]

50k full benefits during downturn
Analyst
accounting/MIS

Significantly more now 3 years later.

mirin gains bro

[ThaifooN90]

55k
Web Development
Information Systems

[jollytheboss]

A little over 40k and some bennies. Now at 55k and good bennies after a years' work, crossing my fingers that this rate of increase will continue.