10 Jobs That Start at $50K+
June 20, 2008 by Raghu
Almost everyone applying for Graduate School in U.S. at the end wanted to know how much they can earn after completing Graduate School. To gen an idea of salary for Entry Level Jobs, here are list of Top 10 Jobs that will pay more than $50,000 per year.
1. Investment Banking Analyst. $59,084
2. Business Analyst, Computer Software. Typical Starting Salary: $50,727
3. Forensic Computer Analyst.
Typical Starting Salary: $51,852
4. Junior Associate Attorney.
Typical Starting Salary: $52,678
5. Physical Therapist.
Typical Starting Salary: $52,573
6. Nurse Practitioner (ARNP).
Typical Starting Salary: $67,166
7. Electrical Engineer.
Typical Starting Salary: $54,401
8. Software Engineer. Software engineers design, write, and test computer programs. Computer networking and information technology are hot fields that are here to stay.
Typical Starting Salary: $56,795
9. Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
Typical Starting Salary: $51,104
10. Veterinarian. Do you love animals?
Typical Starting Salary: $59,084
Source : Yahoo Hot Jobs
Education Requirements to get Above listed Jobs
But the next question is, how much can I save if I earn $50k per year. Well, it depends on where you live. Cost of living is a major factor in U.S. For example, 1 Bed Room Apartment rent in New York will be around $1500 per month, whereas same size apartment in Texas, Florida will be less than $600. But, in general, Salary will be more in New york and other metro areas where Cost of living is high.
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I am going for MS in Information Security. Any idea about the avg salaries for that field? I didnt found any such category in your list top 10. Between I am going to Carnegie Mellon univ. Would that aid in??(cuz any how my fees is huge).
What career fields are the ones that provide H1B visa or green card sponsorship for international students? I know of Computer Science, Accounting and sciences. I know a lot of my friends who graduated with marketing or management, couldn’t find jobs in US and had to go back home. Sad story
@Aditya: good to see someone going to Cargnegie Mellon visiting my blog. I would like to hear more about your background, your GRE score. It would be nice, if you can write guest post to my blog on how you got into Cargnie Mellon.
Hi…
Any idea about Biomedical Engineers?
I’m going to the Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, for Fall 08.
Thanks
Interesting that ‘drug dealers’ be them legal or illegal make quite a good salary!
any idea about salaries of bioinformaticians