How are you Monetizing using your Degree or Certificates

[taylor]

Ten years into employment, you're earning about 70K and excellent benefits working in IT. Congratulations!

The National Association of Colleges and Employers collects data from U.S. employers on starting salaries for new college graduates. For Computer Science majors hired, within their survey population, they report a national average starting salary of 64 800.

This average starting salary, for Class of 2013 CS graduates, is only about 8% away from your salary today. You've been with your employer for about 10 years at least. Of course you may have been working with the university or in IT even longer. "10 or so years" is only how long you've hired people there.



An honest question about HS non-completers, or HS graduates with no college, who you hire based on skill tests: How many of this group starts at or near 64 800 (in constant 2013 dollars)? How many reach 64 800, say, four years later?

NACE Salary Surveys (National Association of Colleges and Employers)

Jonathan, I think these numbers are inflated survey or not. I'm not an IT or programmer guy, far from it. But I have friends who have been in IT for over 10 years and the Dude's numbers seem more in line with what they are making. 1 of them has been an IT manager for several Fortune 500 companies and he keeps getting laid off because of his pay so now he's resorted to accepting lower paying jobs. Another one of my friends also a former IT manager for a Fortune 500 experienced the same thing so now he's an owner of a karaoke...go figure. Another one of my friends a UC Berkeley grad quit his computer programming job to sell insurance. The great thing about having all these nerdy friends is I can bully them to fix my computer for free =)