What do YOU consider a good starting salary for a graduate?

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Role & Responsibility, Expense Account, Location, Benefits - You must factor these in when considering how well your job 'pays'.

Reply 81

Slick 'n' Shady

...and arguable how you can best fit your pay with your tax payments.

Reply 82

ragnar_jonsson

Here's a depressing statistic: when I was working as a janitor, I made 17k per year (had I worked the entire year). I was 15.

Reply 83

Tashalls

over £20k

It said 'good salary' not what you would expect to be paid. I would happily settle for a lot lower then that.

Reply 84

tourist

£25k - ok
£28k - good
£30-35 - very good
£40k+ - excellent

£72,000 anyone?

Lozza_00

Wow, What degree did you do and what job aer you going into?

I did a law degree and I'm going to be a trainee solicitor in the City. TBH though a simple glance at my profile would have told you the former.

Reply 87

mart2306

maskofsanity

So you've graduated and got your first job, what do you consider a good starting salary for this job? :smile:

£6 an hour.

However for graduate level entry positions (rather than general jobs that people with degrees apply for), £20k+.

For the highly sought after, can be much higher starting point. Mature student with management experience for several years can start higher than a 21 year old with no management experience but freshly printed degree certificate joining the same company.

Reply 88

fourdigit

maskofsanity

So you've graduated and got your first job, what do you consider a good starting salary for this job? :smile:

I'm picky but has to be >£35,000

Anything else is...well underpaid but i guess there still some people can manage with crazy salary of £12,000, £15,000, £18,000, etc.

Good would be £25k+.

fourdigit

I'm picky but has to be >£35,000

Anything else is...well underpaid but i guess there still some people can manage with crazy salary of £12,000, £15,000, £18,000, etc.

I hope you're planning to be a City lawyer - that's currently the only graduate job that pays over £35k, according to this summer's Association of Graduate Recruiters' survey.

According to your figure an investment banker would be underpaid..

Reply 91

Diogeues

£20k+, £25k would be sweet.

Reply 92

Sarky

Typical TSR. This place makes me lol.

no less than 22k

£25kish+, I'd hope for. :laugh:

15mil

Roughly what percentage of graduates walk into a job sstarting at 18k or above?
Working full time in retail for minimum wage earns exactly half that, £9k a year. Are these well paid grad schemes very hard to get into?

Reply 97

nojoegohome

lol £12k+ would be a good starting point, even though im earning more than that now.

What are these £35k+ a year doing.

Reply 98

Pink Bullets

meebodied

The median graduate starting salary is 19.5k. So 50% walk into a job paying more than that.

Reply 99

DaddyT

meebodied

Working full time in retail for minimum wage earns exactly half that, £9k a year.

Im not sure what planet you are on but min wage is £5.80 and full time is generally considered 37 hours a week. You do the maths, it certainly isnt 9k!

I know there is the lower development rate but i dont know of any retailer who would pay you that.