Salaries
Below are salary averages reported by NC State May 2012 graduates. The Future Plans Survey is conducted during the weeks surrounding commencement each year.
Use salary averages as a guide. Actual offers will depend upon your profile (degree level, major, GPA, experience, leadership), the employer’s profile (industry, size, location, benefits) and demand. An additional helpful source is glassdoor.
INTERNSHIPS
| Rising sophomores through seniors | $10.00-16.00 per hour |
| Rising sophomores | $12.00-18.00 per hour |
| Rising juniors | $14.00-20.00 per hour |
| Rising seniors | $16.00-22.00 per hour |
| Masters students | $17.00 – 28.00 per hour |
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS — bachelors degree
| Architecture | ** |
| Art + Design | ** |
| Graphic Design | $37,750 |
| Industrial Design | ** |
| Landscape Architecture | ** |
| Business & Marketing | ** |
| Elementary | ** |
| French or Spanish | ** |
| Language Arts | ** |
| Mathematics | ** |
| Science | ** |
| Social Studies | ** |
| Technology Education | ** |
| Aerospace | ** |
| Biological | ** |
| Biomedical | ** |
| Chemical | $66,938 |
| Civil | $50,043 |
| Computer | $65,750 |
| Computer Science | $62,938 |
| Construction | ** |
| Electrical | $65,750 |
| Environmental | ** |
| Industrial | ** |
| Materials | ** |
| Mechanical | $58,317 |
| Mechatronics | ** |
| Nuclear | $59,464 |
| Paper Science | ** |
| Textile | ** |
| Africana Studies | ** |
| Anthropology | ** |
| Arts Application | ** |
| Communication | $29,926 |
| Criminology | ** |
| English | $51,250 |
| Foreign Languages | $46,250 |
| History | $35,000 |
| International Studies | ** |
| Philosophy | ** |
| Political Science | $35,625 |
| Psychology | $35,179 |
| Religious Studies | ** |
| Science, Technology & Soc. | ** |
| Social Work | ** |
| Sociology | $42,222 |
| Women/Gender Studies | ** |
| Accounting | $44,472 |
| Economics | ** |
| Management | $44,042 |
| Environmental Science | ** |
| Environmental Technology | ** |
| Fisheries & Wildlife | ** |
| Forest Management | $27,679 |
| Natural Resources | $31,563 |
| Parks, Recreation, Tourism | $30,536 |
| Wood Products | ** |
| Chemistry | ** |
| Environmental Science | ** |
| Geology | ** |
| Marine Science | ** |
| Mathematics | $41,875 |
| Meteorology | ** |
| Physics | ** |
| Statistics | $45,250 |
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS – masters degree
| Salary increase above BA/BS | $5,000.-10,000. |
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Important Sections
Students :: Pullen Address
2100 Pullen Hall
Campus Box 7303
Pullen Hall, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27695
e: career-development@ncsu.edu
p: 919-515-2396
f: 919-515-4210
Campus Box 7303
Pullen Hall, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27695
e: career-development@ncsu.edu
p: 919-515-2396
f: 919-515-4210
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