Starting Salaries in 1999 for PhD and Masters Degrees*
Other tables available include Salaries by Bachelor Degree(1999), Median 1998 salaries by profession, and Midcareer Salaries (1993).
PhD DEGREE
| Electrical Engineering | 70848 |
| Chemical Engineering | 67333 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 64283 |
| Physics | 60288 |
| Civil Engineering | 58571 |
| Chemistry | 56885 |
| Economics | 56615 |
| Mathematics | 52908 |
| Psychology | 45884 |
| Biology | 45679 |
| English | 41777 |
MASTERS DEGREE
| Electrical Engineering | 57162 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 51879 |
| Computer Science | 51438 |
| Physics | 50552 |
| MBA | 50095 |
| Material Science | 48980 |
| Civil Engineering | 42265 |
| Mathematics | 41964 |
| Chemistry | 38779 |
| Accounting | 38152 |
| Biology | 34453 |
| Education | 33959 |
| Humanities | 36020 |
| Psychology | 27653 |
*From ``Salary Survey", published September 1999 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.