Spotlight Online for Employment and Recruiting Professionals, February 17, 2010
Positions in software design and development received a substantially higher average starting salary offer than the other positions receiving top offers, according to results of NACE’s Winter 2010 Salary Survey.
Graduates moving into software design and development received an average starting salary of $70,569, more than $11,000 higher than their classmates in project engineering, who saw an average offer of $59,477. Jobs in the engineering and financial services industries were most prevalent on the list of the top-10 highest-paying jobs for 2009-10 bachelor’s degree graduates.
| Top 10 Highest-Paying Jobs for 2009-10 Bachelor’s Degree Graduates* |
Job Function
|
Average Salary Offer
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| Software Design & Development |
$70,569
|
| Project Engineering |
$59,477
|
| Consulting |
$57,492
|
| Field Engineering |
$56,946
|
| Design/Construction Engineering |
$55,532
|
| Investment Banking (Corporate Finance) |
$53,483
|
| Financial/TreasuryAnalysis |
$52,975
|
| Accounting (Public) |
$48,722
|
| Registered Nurse |
$47,509
|
| Accounting (Private) |
$46,937
|
| *Where 20 or more offers were reported. |
Source: Winter 2010 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers
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