What Will You Earn When You Leave?
Below is a table containing the starting salary you can expect from your degree in a typical graduate-level job.
| Job | Salary* | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical medicine (doctor/surgeon/GP) | £31,074 |
| 2. | Clinical dentistry (dentist) | £27,870 |
| 3. | General Engineering (engineer/IT professional) | £23,219 |
| 4. | Economics (business/finance) | £22,761 |
| 5. | Clinical veterinary medicine (vet) | £22,505 |
| 6. | Aerospace engineering (engineer) | £21,366 |
| 7. | Building, construction (architect/planner/surveyor) | £21,257 |
| 8. | Mechanical engineering (engineer) | £21,231 |
| 9. | Social work (public/social services) | £21,162 |
| 10. | Software Engineering (IT professional) | £20,884 |
| 11. | Physics (business/statistics) | £20,884 |
| 12. | Mathematics (business/finance/teaching) | £20,805 |
| 13. | Civil engineering (engineer) | £20,473 |
| 14. | Electronic, electrical eng'g (engineer) | £20,336 |
| 15. | Nursing (nurse) | £20,275 |
| 16. | Information systems (IT professional) | £20,088 |
| 17. | Medical technology (healthcare) | £19,901 |
| 18. | Computer science (IT professional) | £19,898 |
| 19. | Teacher training (teaching) | £19,588 |
| 20. | Business studies (sales/admin/business) | £19,346 |
| 21. | Philosophy (admin/sales/teaching) | £19,326 |
| 22. | Medicine-related (therapists/science pros) | £19,251 |
| 23. | Politics (admin/sales/business) | £19,224 |
| 24. | Anatomy, physio'y, patho'y (therapy/caring) | £18,951 |
| 25. | Man'ment studies (man'mt/sales/business) | £18,902 |
| 26. | Classical studies (admin/sales/public serv) | £18,622 |
| 27. | Chemistry (science pros/technicians) | £18,472 |
| 28. | Education (caring services/teaching) | £18,443 |
| 29. | French (sales/teaching/admin) | £18,422 |
| 30. | Marketing (sales/admin) | £18,293 |
| 31. | Human resource man'ment (public service) | £18,182 |
| 32. | History (admin/teaching/sales) | £18,147 |
| 33. | Theology, religious studies (teaching/caring) | £18,007 |
| 34. | Accounting (business/admin/finance) | £17,978 |
| 35. | Human/social geog (bus/finance/teach) | £17,966 |
| 36. | Geology (science/engineering pros) | £17,891 |
| 37. | Social Policy (social welfare/public serv) | £17,832 |
| 38. | Law (lawyers/administration) | £17,744 |
| 39. | Molecular biology (science pros/technicians) | £17,644 |
| 40. | Spanish (sales/teaching) | £17,552 |
| *Source : Hesa 2008-9. | ||