Starting Salaries in the
Abhijeeta Sharma
Jonathan Nicholls
Webins Desrosiers
Jim Earley
In response to the paper titled
“Japanese Starting Salaries by Company”, this paper will provide information
related to starting salaries by different professions within the
|
Degree |
USD |
YEN
(monthly) |
||
|
Annual |
Monthly |
Exchange Rate ( |
Big Mac Rate ( |
|
|
Engineering |
|
|
|
|
|
Computer
Engineering |
$
53,117.00 |
$ 4,426.42 |
469,775.60 |
399,705.43 |
|
Chemical
Engineering |
$
52,563.00 |
$ 4,380.25 |
464,875.93 |
395,536.58 |
|
Electrical
Engineering |
$
49,926.00 |
$ 4,160.50 |
441,553.87 |
375,693.15 |
|
Mechanical
Engineering |
$
49,008.00 |
$ 4,084.00 |
433,434.92 |
368,785.20 |
|
Civil
Engineering |
$
41,046.00 |
$ 3,420.50 |
363,017.67 |
308,871.15 |
|
Industrial/Manufacturing
Engineering |
$
48,283.00 |
$ 4,023.58 |
427,022.90 |
363,329.58 |
|
Information Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
Computer
Science |
$
48,656.00 |
$ 4,054.67 |
430,321.77 |
366,136.40 |
|
Information
Sciences |
$
42,108.00 |
$ 3,509.00 |
372,410.17 |
316,862.70 |
|
Business |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounting |
$
42,045.00 |
$ 3,503.75 |
371,852.99 |
316,388.63 |
|
Management
Information Systems/Business Data Processing |
$
41,103.00 |
$ 3,425.25 |
363,521.78 |
309,300.08 |
|
Economics/Finance |
$
40,596.00 |
$ 3,383.00 |
359,037.79 |
305,484.90 |
|
Logistics/Materials
Management |
$
40,484.00 |
$ 3,373.67 |
358,047.24 |
304,642.10 |
|
Business
Administration |
$
37,368.00 |
$ 3,114.00 |
330,488.82 |
281,194.20 |
|
Marketing |
$
36,071.00 |
$ 3,005.92 |
319,017.94 |
271,434.28 |
|
Miscellaneous |
|
|
|
|
|
Nursing |
$
37,253.00 |
$ 3,104.42 |
329,471.74 |
280,328.83 |
|
Liberal
Arts major |
$
30,153.00 |
$ 2,512.75 |
266,678.16 |
226,901.33 |
|
Elementary
Teacher Education |
$
27,317.00 |
$ 2,276.42 |
241,596.10 |
205,560.43 |
|
Psychology |
$
25,032.00 |
$ 2,086.00 |
221,387.18 |
188,365.80 |
|
Construction
Science |
$ 41,232.00 |
$ 3,436.00 |
364,662.68 |
310,270.80 |
Taken from http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/05/pf/college/lucrative_degrees/