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Shakers & Breakers Computer science grads still get above-average pay
Shakers & Breakers Computer science grads still get above-average pay | Computer science grads still get above-average pay |
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| Written by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 25 July 2007 | |
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The big money is still made in the traditional areas of dentistry ($68,000) and optometry ($51,200). Pharmacy graduates' salaries are initially held down to a median of $32,000 by registration requirements. On the other hand, computer scientists do a lot better than art and design ($33,200), social science ($36,000) and accounting ($37,000) graduates. Male graduates continue to fair better than their female counterparts, achieving a media salary of $42,000 vs $40,000. Curiously, those numbers are the same for graduates in all disciplines, reflecting the high proportion of males in computer science courses compared with their minority status among graduates as a whole. Computer scientists get the highest median salaries ($45,900) if they land a job in the government sector, compared with $41,000 in professional practices, $40,000 in industry and commerce, and $42,000 at educational institutions. The research and analysis was carried out by Graduate Careers Australia.
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