Starting salaries for computer science and computer engineering graduates have taken a bit of a hit this year but still remain significantly higher than starting salaries for other professions, InformationWeek reports.
According to the latest quarterly report from the National Association for Colleges and Employers, average pay for computer science graduates is down 0.5 percent, but it still stands at a strong $61,112. Computer engineering graduates' starting pay is down 2.9 percent to $59,917, while information science graduates saw a 5.7 percent jump from a year ago, to $55,084 on average. Those numbers are significantly higher than the overall average starting salary for all 2010 college graduates, which is $48,661, down 1.3 percent from one year ago.
How does your federal pay stack up, particularly when locality pay and other incentives are factored in?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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