NACE salary surveys
Surveys conducted by the National Association of Colleges
and Employers (NACE) allow you to compare salary data for various disciplines.
Average starting salaries
Average starting salaries for IT disciplines
Discipline |
Average salary |
| Aerospace engineering |
$50,993 |
| Biomedical engineering |
$48,503 |
| Biosystems engineering |
$46,172 |
| Chemical engineering |
$53,813 |
| Chemistry |
$39,231 |
| Civil engineering |
$43,679 |
| Computer engineering |
$52,464 |
| Computer science |
$50,820 |
| Electrical engineering |
$51,888 |
| Geological engineering |
$48,643 |
| Geology/geophysics |
$39,365 |
| Materials science |
$50,982 |
| Mathematics/statistics) |
$43,448 |
| Mechanical engineering |
$50,236 |
| Physics/astrophysics |
$41,634 |
Source: Summer 2005
Salary Survey, NACE |
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