Starting Salaries in 2006 for PhD and Masters Degrees*

Other tables available include Salaries by Bachelor Degree(2003), Median 2004 salaries by profession, and Midcareer Salaries (1993).

   MASTERS DEGREE                        PhD DEGREE
Computer Science 71478
Electrical Engineering 66794 
Mechanical Engineering 61072 
Physics 55500 
Mathematics  52450 
Chemistry 50500
Civil Engineering  50176 
MBA  47824 
Accounting 47100
Humanities  37894 
Social Science 38491 
Psychology 37514
Education 34802 
Biology (2006? so 2005) 28650 
Elecrical Engineering 82672 
Computer Science 76273
Mechanical Engineering 74056 
Physics  72357
Mathematics 69750
Chemistry 69201 
Civil Engineering 62057 
Economics 60083
Humanities 48938
Psychology 44436
Biology 44046

*From ``Salary Survey", published Summer 2006 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.