Entry-level salaries graph? (school, college, salary)

[Nemesis16]

Greetings all. A grad school friend is doing a research paper on the disparities between starting salaries of recent college grads in this area as opposed to other cities and needs your help. (It's for some type of complex economic/data growth thing he's working on) If you don't mind can you please fill out this quick survey of what you made starting out here or what a friend/neighbor/etc. has stated he/she made? Thanks a lot for your time and entertaining this survey.

CAVEAT: Please have your survey reflect numbers and data within 2 years prior to the current date.

Starting Salary:
Educational Level:
Position:
College Major:

[ChristineVA]

This data is for my friend's daughter and was for early 2009:
Starting Salary: $45,000 (but in a suburb of DC--makes a difference)
Educational Level: Bachelor's
Position: Junior Technical Editor
College Major: English

[tgbwc]

Starting Salary: $44,000
Educational Level: BA
Position: Elementary Teacher (FFX County)
College Major: Elementary Education

[CaliTerp07]

Starting Salary: $60k
Educational Level: BS
Position: IT Consulting Analyst
College Major: Information Systems/Operations Mgmt

Why not look at a website that charts this kind of thing? You should be able to look at entry level positions at various companies.

I could tell you the differences my company gives to various cities if that would be of interest. Entry level salaries are a simple formula: College/GPA/Major. Then, there is a COL adjustment for certain cities. If I were to have taken a position with my company in LA instead of DC, I would have made a few thousand more. In Chicago, a few thousand less.

[Hesky]

Starting salary: $50,000
Education Level: BS
Position: Technical Support Engineer
College Major: Computer Systems Engineering.

[neubaukl]

Starting Salary: $32k
Educational Level: BA
Position: Book Editor @ a small publishing house
College Major: English/Professional Communication

No one gets into publishing for the money. : )

[pcgeller]

Starting Salary: $60K
Education Level: BS
Position : Operations Research Analyst
College Major : Industrial and Systems Engineering, Business minor.

with the fed gov. plus a grade increase every year for 5 years 7 - 9 - 11 - 12 - 13

[Nemesis16]

Originally Posted by pcgeller

Starting Salary: $60K
Education Level: BS
Position : Operations Research Analyst
College Major : Industrial and Systems Engineering, Business minor.

with the fed gov. plus a grade increase every year for 5 years 7 - 9 - 11 - 12 - 13

Did you start out as a GS-11? Because if I recall correctly that's where $60k starts at.

[rvasonicbloom]

Starting Salary: 60,000
Educational Level: BS
Position: Business Analyst
College Major: Finance

[FastRider6]

How do editors afford food?