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nerdBoy
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I'll start...

Major: BA Counseling Ministry from SEBTS
Starting Salary: $23,000

8/12/2005 3:55:24 PM

Armabond1
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Major: Chemical Engineering
Starting Salary: 53k

I should point out that I'm hourly, so if I only work 40 hours a week I made that. If I worked 45 a week it went up by about 5k.

[Edited on August 12, 2005 at 4:09 PM. Reason : ed]

8/12/2005 4:06:42 PM

abonorio
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Major: Comptuter Science
Job: computer engineer (slightly different)
starting salary: $51,000

I should point out that I'm salaried and I make this if I work 1 hour a week, or 80 hours a week (median: 42 to 43 hours a week)

[Edited on August 12, 2005 at 4:11 PM. Reason : .]

8/12/2005 4:07:26 PM

JWHWolf
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Major: B.S. in Biological Engineering - Environmental Engineering Concentration
Starting Salary: $36,000

8/12/2005 4:07:31 PM

Armabond1
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Quote :
"I should point out that I'm salaried and I make this if I work 1 hour a week"


8/12/2005 4:16:17 PM

Finish
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Major Textile and Apparel Management
Starting Salary - 41k

8/12/2005 6:44:38 PM

acraw
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Major: Biology
Starting "salary" 2004: 22,000 living stipend in exchange for teaching assistanships.

8/12/2005 7:01:30 PM

Psycho
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Major: Zoology
Starting Salary: $28,000

8/12/2005 7:19:21 PM

nerdBoy
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wow some of you guys are making a shit-ton of cash for having just graduated....

8/14/2005 11:26:19 AM

JSnail
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major: criminology
starting salary: $34,500 (rounded)

8/14/2005 11:39:14 AM

AxlBonBach
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Major: Communication
Job: Security Director of a School System
Salary: 36,500, salaried

i'm only interim, until the guy gets out of the hospital, or i go to law school, or i move back to raleigh... whichever happens first

8/14/2005 11:39:19 AM

Gamecat
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No BUS majors?

8/14/2005 12:04:55 PM

ssjamind
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BS Biochem & MBA both from NCSU

doing well, don't feel like posting #

8/14/2005 1:04:27 PM

BobbyDigital
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BS CSC in '02

also not posting salary.

8/14/2005 1:48:16 PM

genau
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major: history

salary: almost 21k

yeah i aint ashamed

8/14/2005 9:02:44 PM

rjrgrl
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Major: B.S. Textile Engineering (minor in industrial engineering)
Job: Process Improvement Black Belt
Starting Salary: enough, salaried

we'll see how i like it since my first day is tomorrow

8/14/2005 9:09:43 PM

Climberman
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Masters Civil Engineering...I'm not posting numbers but I make more that all the previous posts.

8/15/2005 12:33:31 AM

StingrayRush
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hopefully in 3 years i can say

masters physical therapy
salary: 50K

but for right now, its:

BA exercise and sport science
salary: jack shit

8/15/2005 12:43:27 AM

Easy Mac
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PRTM $26,500

8/15/2005 12:45:05 AM

alibaby
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Major: Interior Design
Starting Salary: crap

8/15/2005 1:03:33 AM

theDuke866
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Major: BS Mechanical Engineering
Job: USMC Officer

i've worked >100 hour weeks, and i've worked 1.5 hour weeks.

I think I make about $40,500. You can look it up if you want to. I have <2 years service, no dependants, no wife, not entitled to rations, no incentive pay, ZIP code 32507.

I'll start getting $125/month flight pay in a few months, though, and next August, I get my first promotion, which will put me around $50k.

[Edited on August 15, 2005 at 1:09 AM. Reason : asdfasd]

8/15/2005 1:08:49 AM

panthersny
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BS Aerospace Engineering started at $52,000

My wife is BS Mechanical and started at $52,455


I have been working now for 1.5 yrs and have gotten 2 raises so far too

8/15/2005 7:29:07 AM

Lavim
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BS Comp Sci,

I started abit higher than everyone who'se posted so far, but I'm also in the DC area so costs of living are high as shit..

8/15/2005 7:38:32 AM

JSnail
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living expenses are high where I am too...but my pay doesn't reflect that

8/15/2005 9:10:22 AM

elkaybie
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sociology...20k and health insurance...and only working 32 hours a week while i'm getting certified

8/15/2005 10:33:53 AM

sober46an3
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major: computer engineering

im not posting my salary, because i think thats tacky...but im doing well. im salaried and i can get overtime.

8/15/2005 10:59:21 AM

Armabond1
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All he was asking for was starting salary not current salary. ;p

8/15/2005 11:11:00 AM

Oskar
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major: business management- marketing concentration
job: marketing specialist for a federal contractor (where i interned for almost 2 years), doing business intelligence and business development support
starting salary: just over $31k

8/15/2005 11:14:42 AM

DA THRILL
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Major: BS Electrical Engineering
Starting Salary: $45,000

8/15/2005 11:58:17 AM

rwoody
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Major: BS Mech Eng
Starting Salary: 19k (grad school)



why are some of your people posting here if you arent posting your salary, that is the main point of the thread. your major is in your profile.

8/15/2005 12:12:42 PM

BobbyDigital
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It's generally in bad taste to broadcast your salary.

8/15/2005 12:20:19 PM

Queti
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Major BS Chemical Eng, BA Chem., MBA
Salary Average ChE starting is like $53kish I think. I was significantly above that. And have gotten three raises since. And my bonus last year was somewhere around $10k. Prefer not to list exact numbers. But I work my ass off. Petro is good as long as you don't mind working.

[Edited on August 15, 2005 at 12:22 PM. Reason : agree^]

8/15/2005 12:22:19 PM

pinkpanther
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while i agree it is in bad taste to disclose your salary
thats what the thread is about
so i don't really see the point in posting in here if you're not going to post a value
with that said
i am still in school so i have no starting salary yet

for engineers, does grad school have a big effect on your salary?

8/15/2005 12:25:26 PM

Queti
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^depends on your field. i know in petro. for downstream (refineries, chem plants, etc) a master's won't help much over a BS. but in upstream (exploration and production) and r&d, it will. not sure how much starting out... maybe like $7-10k over a BS depending on the area and company. over the years though, that would probably even out. most PhD ChE's in upstream or r&d petro. companies start at like $80-$85k. in downstream, about the only advanced degree that really does help you out is a MBA.


[Edited on August 15, 2005 at 12:33 PM. Reason : er]

8/15/2005 12:29:53 PM

sober46an3
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ill speak from a computer engineering side of things:

when i was searching for a job about 1.5 years ago, there were several companies that had no interest in talking with you unless you had a master's degree. for example, i spoke with Intel at a career fair...I had 2 years of experience due to co-oping, so they said that is just as good, if not better then a masters degree....however, once I got put in "the system", I was contacted and told that they had no interest in hiring people without masters degrees.

for most companies, like Queti said, you can expect about $7-10k more then an undergrad.

I know at my company, they typically pay more then average for undergrad degrees, but less then average for masters....so it really depends on what company is it.

[Edited on August 15, 2005 at 12:41 PM. Reason : df]

8/15/2005 12:40:07 PM

Armabond1
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In the pharmaceutical industry, for upsteam you better have an advanced degree. I found that out the hard way

[Edited on August 15, 2005 at 1:11 PM. Reason : ed]

8/15/2005 1:10:46 PM

alabaster1
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Major: Bus. Mgmt.
Job: Headhunter
Starting Salary: 25K + Sales Commission
1st year's W2 after receiving sales commissions: $106,000

8/15/2005 1:23:21 PM

jdman
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what the hell would you consider upstream in a pharma company?

I interviewed for a Research Scientist position in my company a couple of weeks ago, and I only have a BS

8/15/2005 1:23:46 PM

Armabond1
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Drug discovery.

I mean yeah you can work as a lab tech but thats not really what I was going after.

I take it you are tired of validation too?

8/15/2005 1:24:56 PM

jdman
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haven't decided yet. I won't get that RS III position, but they're opening a couple Tech Transfer Engineer positions too, which would combine process development work with process validation = $texas

8/15/2005 1:43:34 PM

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Major: BS in Biochemistry and Biology
Starting Salary: $29,000.. but I'm only a temp so I don't get benefits and I'm paid hourly.


I've been looking at jobs for over a year now and everything I'm interested in requires 3+ years experience or a masters.

It's like there's a gap... you either do real work and need a masters, or you wash dishes and need a hs diploma.

8/15/2005 2:47:02 PM

theDuke866
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Quote :
"It's generally in bad taste to broadcast your salary.

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mine's public information, anyway

and nobody here is making anything really noteworthy, anyway.

8/15/2005 3:21:45 PM

abonorio
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After I win Wednesday's powerball contest, I'll be making:

Job: Retired
Salary: $0

I change my mind, NC should get a lottery. I buy 2 powerball tickets for $2 once a week (in missouri). It's actually fun to sit and think what you would do with the money, although you know you're not winning. But damn, I could use $10 mil or whatever the jackpot is right now. 2 weeks ago it was 90 some mil.

8/15/2005 4:01:07 PM

OmarBadu
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Major: B.S. Computer Science
Starting Salary: a little above the average + all expenses paid typically monday -> thursday but some weeks monday -> friday because of travel - free vacations after a year or 2 because of all of the built up miles with AA / points with marriot and at times a few hilton / points with hertz -

it's hard for me to say how much it's really worth but about 110 extra each week give or take a few - if you count the free vacations flown first class then that's an extra few thousand but you don't get crazy points until you have top tier status and i'm almost there

8/15/2005 10:43:10 PM

Breezer95
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I will be graduating from Charlotte

Major: BSBA in MIS
Starting Expected Salary: $35,000-40,000

This is after working in multiple positions and comparing with friends who have recently been hired in the Charlotte area - if my current internship turns full time it will fit in that range.

I will be working on my masters in a couple of years assuming no huge developments.. a lot of things you can do with a MBA with nicer numbers as well

8/15/2005 11:08:58 PM

coppertop
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I did alright whenI finsihed

Major History
Starting Salary about 24K with bonus's and what not, it was a sales job...
now lots more!

8/15/2005 11:12:37 PM

chocoholic
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For those on salary making 50+/year, how many hours a week do you average?

8/15/2005 11:46:36 PM

Lowjack
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would have been sweet to make 50k+ starting. hopefully i can get than next time around.

Also, location makes a difference. 50k in NC is a lot, while it is not in california.

8/16/2005 12:20:43 AM

Breezer95
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^ what he said - thats why I thought to post after someone mentioned living in a high cost city - if you can make 50k without much in the way of living costs here in NC then you are doing pretty good in my book

8/16/2005 2:15:19 AM

panthersny
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my average work week is 40-45hrs.....what is the killer for me is the commute (NOVA) which ends up being 2-3hrs/day

8/16/2005 7:32:15 AM

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