Salary Increase By Major
Your parents might have worried when you chose Philosophy or International Relations as a major. But a year-long survey of 1.2 million people with only a bachelor's degree by PayScale Inc. shows that graduates in these subjects earned 103.5% and 97.8% more, respectively, about 10 years post-commencement. Majors that didn't show as much salary growth include Nursing and Information Technology.
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| Accounting | $46,000.00 | $77,100.00 | 67.6 | $42,200.00 | $56,100.00 | $108,000.00 | $152,000.00 |
| Aerospace Engineering | $57,700.00 | $101,000.00 | 75.0 | $64,300.00 | $82,100.00 | $127,000.00 | $161,000.00 |
| Agriculture | $42,600.00 | $71,900.00 | 68.8 | $36,300.00 | $52,100.00 | $96,300.00 | $150,000.00 |
| Anthropology | $36,800.00 | $61,500.00 | 67.1 | $33,800.00 | $45,500.00 | $89,300.00 | $138,000.00 |
| Architecture | $41,600.00 | $76,800.00 | 84.6 | $50,600.00 | $62,200.00 | $97,000.00 | $136,000.00 |
| Art History | $35,800.00 | $64,900.00 | 81.3 | $28,800.00 | $42,200.00 | $87,400.00 | $125,000.00 |
| Biology | $38,800.00 | $64,800.00 | 67.0 | $36,900.00 | $47,400.00 | $94,500.00 | $135,000.00 |
| Business Management | $43,000.00 | $72,100.00 | 67.7 | $38,800.00 | $51,500.00 | $102,000.00 | $147,000.00 |
| Chemical Engineering | $63,200.00 | $107,000.00 | 69.3 | $71,900.00 | $87,300.00 | $143,000.00 | $194,000.00 |
| Chemistry | $42,600.00 | $79,900.00 | 87.6 | $45,300.00 | $60,700.00 | $108,000.00 | $148,000.00 |
| Civil Engineering | $53,900.00 | $90,500.00 | 67.9 | $63,400.00 | $75,100.00 | $115,000.00 | $148,000.00 |
| Communications | $38,100.00 | $70,000.00 | 83.7 | $37,500.00 | $49,700.00 | $98,800.00 | $143,000.00 |
| Computer Engineering | $61,400.00 | $105,000.00 | 71.0 | $66,100.00 | $84,100.00 | $135,000.00 | $162,000.00 |
| Computer Science | $55,900.00 | $95,500.00 | 70.8 | $56,000.00 | $74,900.00 | $122,000.00 | $154,000.00 |
| Construction | $53,700.00 | $88,900.00 | 65.5 | $56,300.00 | $68,100.00 | $118,000.00 | $171,000.00 |
| Criminal Justice | $35,000.00 | $56,300.00 | 60.9 | $32,200.00 | $41,600.00 | $80,700.00 | $107,000.00 |
| Drama | $35,900.00 | $56,900.00 | 58.5 | $36,700.00 | $41,300.00 | $79,100.00 | $153,000.00 |
| Economics | $50,100.00 | $98,600.00 | 96.8 | $50,600.00 | $70,600.00 | $145,000.00 | $210,000.00 |
| Education | $34,900.00 | $52,000.00 | 49.0 | $29,300.00 | $37,900.00 | $73,400.00 | $102,000.00 |
| Electrical Engineering | $60,900.00 | $103,000.00 | 69.1 | $69,300.00 | $83,800.00 | $130,000.00 | $168,000.00 |
| English | $38,000.00 | $64,700.00 | 70.3 | $33,400.00 | $44,800.00 | $93,200.00 | $133,000.00 |
| Film | $37,900.00 | $68,500.00 | 80.7 | $33,900.00 | $45,500.00 | $100,000.00 | $136,000.00 |
| Finance | $47,900.00 | $88,300.00 | 84.3 | $47,200.00 | $62,100.00 | $128,000.00 | $195,000.00 |
| Forestry | $39,100.00 | $62,600.00 | 60.1 | $41,000.00 | $49,300.00 | $78,200.00 | $111,000.00 |
| Geography | $41,200.00 | $65,500.00 | 59.0 | $40,000.00 | $50,000.00 | $90,800.00 | $132,000.00 |
| Geology | $43,500.00 | $79,500.00 | 82.8 | $45,000.00 | $59,600.00 | $101,000.00 | $156,000.00 |
| Graphic Design | $35,700.00 | $59,800.00 | 67.5 | $36,000.00 | $45,500.00 | $80,800.00 | $112,000.00 |
| Health Care Administration | $38,800.00 | $60,600.00 | 56.2 | $34,600.00 | $45,600.00 | $78,800.00 | $101,000.00 |
| History | $39,200.00 | $71,000.00 | 81.1 | $37,000.00 | $49,200.00 | $103,000.00 | $149,000.00 |
| Hospitality & Tourism | $37,800.00 | $57,500.00 | 52.1 | $35,500.00 | $43,600.00 | $81,900.00 | $124,000.00 |
| Industrial Engineering | $57,700.00 | $94,700.00 | 64.1 | $57,100.00 | $72,300.00 | $132,000.00 | $173,000.00 |
| Information Technology (IT) | $49,100.00 | $74,800.00 | 52.3 | $44,500.00 | $56,700.00 | $96,700.00 | $129,000.00 |
| Interior Design | $36,100.00 | $53,200.00 | 47.4 | $35,700.00 | $42,600.00 | $72,500.00 | $107,000.00 |
| International Relations | $40,900.00 | $80,900.00 | 97.8 | $38,200.00 | $56,000.00 | $111,000.00 | $157,000.00 |
| Journalism | $35,600.00 | $66,700.00 | 87.4 | $38,400.00 | $48,300.00 | $97,700.00 | $145,000.00 |
| Management Information Systems (MIS) | $49,200.00 | $82,300.00 | 67.3 | $45,300.00 | $60,500.00 | $108,000.00 | $146,000.00 |
| Marketing | $40,800.00 | $79,600.00 | 95.1 | $42,100.00 | $55,600.00 | $119,000.00 | $175,000.00 |
| Math | $45,400.00 | $92,400.00 | 103.5 | $45,200.00 | $64,200.00 | $128,000.00 | $183,000.00 |
| Mechanical Engineering | $57,900.00 | $93,600.00 | 61.7 | $63,700.00 | $76,200.00 | $120,000.00 | $163,000.00 |
| Music | $35,900.00 | $55,000.00 | 53.2 | $26,700.00 | $40,200.00 | $88,000.00 | $134,000.00 |
| Nursing | $54,200.00 | $67,000.00 | 23.6 | $47,600.00 | $56,400.00 | $80,900.00 | $98,300.00 |
| Nutrition | $39,900.00 | $55,300.00 | 38.6 | $33,900.00 | $44,500.00 | $70,500.00 | $99,200.00 |
| Philosophy | $39,900.00 | $81,200.00 | 103.5 | $35,500.00 | $52,800.00 | $127,000.00 | $168,000.00 |
| Physician Assistant | $74,300.00 | $91,700.00 | 23.4 | $66,400.00 | $75,200.00 | $108,000.00 | $124,000.00 |
| Physics | $50,300.00 | $97,300.00 | 93.4 | $56,000.00 | $74,200.00 | $132,000.00 | $178,000.00 |
| Political Science | $40,800.00 | $78,200.00 | 91.7 | $41,200.00 | $55,300.00 | $114,000.00 | $168,000.00 |
| Psychology | $35,900.00 | $60,400.00 | 68.2 | $31,600.00 | $42,100.00 | $87,500.00 | $127,000.00 |
| Religion | $34,100.00 | $52,000.00 | 52.5 | $29,700.00 | $36,500.00 | $70,900.00 | $96,400.00 |
| Sociology | $36,500.00 | $58,200.00 | 59.5 | $30,700.00 | $40,400.00 | $81,200.00 | $118,000.00 |
| Spanish | $34,000.00 | $53,100.00 | 56.2 | $31,000.00 | $40,000.00 | $76,800.00 | $96,400.00 |
Source: PayScale Inc.
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