https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:56:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-239879 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:30:44 +0000 sylvie_b 239879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember my first salary like it was yesterday. $34k. 10 years and a 6 month executive management training program later, I'm making 4x that. We live in San Francisco, though, where cost of living is outrageous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-232270 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:27:17 +0000 kml636 232270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked part time and summers all through college in a professional job so they automatically hired me when I graduated at age 22. I remember my salary: $37,000. </p> <p>It's been 9 years (yikes!) but I now make around $82,000. But, I have always worked in a field I don't like so I could make more money so I can hopefully stay home with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231849 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:06:36 +0000 bushelandapeck 231849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I graduated with a BS in 2003 and was making around 25k. I was up to 32k in 2006 when I went back for my masters but then when I moved to MT I went back to making 25k again. Now I am back on the east coast and making about 53k. I'm a social worker so I knew going into it that I probably wouldn't make very much. Luckily DH is in finance so we do very well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231842 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:59:11 +0000 Lozza 231842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first job out of college, I made $6,000/year. :)<br /> I lived abroad- 6K was heads and shoulders above what the average citizen in that country made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231812 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:07:05 +0000 PrincessBaby 231812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first salaried position paid $32K as a a Marketing Coordinator. I graduated in 2002.</p> <p>I now make about triple that in Medical Device Sales. And I get a free car/gas which I don't count as income but it's a pretty substantial monetary value. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231786 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:43:06 +0000 Beebug 231786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HST blows! I am in Ontario :)</p> <p>In 2006 I graduated with a BA, but didn't get a real job until late 2007 (I spent early 2007 doing my "paid pennies, but had to go and do it because I wanted to" job) and in the first "real job" was paid $32K. No further education since, just worked my way up, and am now at $66K, I have no goals to ever make more, totally happy where I am at, but know I will see annual increases as the year's go by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231698 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:13:10 +0000 Grace 231698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I graduated in 2003 and started as a research tech at $28000. Now, I'm at 50k. I think it would be higher, but we've at a salary freeze the past two years. I'm so tired of this recession. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231691 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:07:48 +0000 Penny Lane 231691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just graduated Feb this year with a (fairly useless) degree in Linguistics. I was working my last 2 years of college making NZD $17.50 an hour (which here is aMAYzing for a student), but quit when I graduated, planning on moving to the US. That never quite happened, so now I'm too pregnant to get a job, and am planning on being a SAHM anyway!</p> <p>On the other hand, DH went to college (in the US) for 4 years on and off, and never graduated. Was probably making around 80k in CA when he officially gave up on college, and is making a lot more than that now, in New Zealand (still with no degree... I'm working on sending him back! :) )</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: On a note completely unrelated to this thread... I read that article, and I think it would be interesting to see data on how much tax evasion etc. was going on when the top rate was in the 90%s! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-231615 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:06:37 +0000 amy 231615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Graduated in 2000 with a BS in CS and was making 48k+bonus, now I am making ~3x that amount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-230083 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:55:03 +0000 MrsH 230083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since graduating it has gone up probably 50% in 6 years. I was a steal right after graduating though becuase I wasn't licensed yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-230052 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:42:34 +0000 Cchoi4 230052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Straight after college, I was working as a financial analyst at a national bank making $39k a year. Three years later, I moved to a consultant position for $53k. This job was generous, five years in I was making 80k plus bonus. Now I'm a sahm and make nothing :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-230040 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:39:40 +0000 littleveesmommy 230040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fresh out of college in 2004 with a BS in engineering I earned 40k per year. Now 8 years, a few job changes and a professional license later, I made 2.5x that and my husband is just under me. It seems like a good amount but living in NYC is expensive! Very high cost of living. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-230035 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:31:00 +0000 heffalump 230035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a master's in art therapy. I made $27 right out of college and now I make....... nothing! I'm a sahm. I get paid in giggles and poo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229997 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:12:28 +0000 Freckles 229997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Haha, of course! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229996 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:07:40 +0000 Lindsay05 229996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: of course :) thats why I said thats a whole other topic! It would be hypocritical of me to fully mean that when im sitting here enjoying maternity EI benefits for a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229995 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:57:00 +0000 Freckles 229995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first job out of university was in 2005, making 35k annually. Thankfully, it's more than doubled since then...but i may attribute it to moving to a city that pays better.</p> <p>@Lindsay05: Fortunately, taxes do more than just support those who do not work. :) I would gladly pay more taxes if it meant better services and programs. Coming to Alberta from Ontario, i see a difference in healthcare and social programs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229967 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:11:32 +0000 JessicaMcB 229967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I graduated college in 2011 and became a junior corporate tax paralegal right out the gate (wills and estates are dead in the water over here :( ) making $38,900 CAD per annum. I'm still with the same firm a little over a year later and make $41,000 a year without bonuses.</p> <p>And another HUGE agree on the craziness that is taxation in Canada- you should see the ridiculously low sums some of my clients pay (percentage wise obviously) compared to how I'm taxed making so little. Thankfully I'm in Alberta though and we are still a GST (5%) only province. I feel so bad for you HST'ers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229942 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:25:04 +0000 ladyfingers 229942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a journalism major, I made $21K at my first job out of college, at a newspaper. Now I make $65K but I have a marketing job. I consider myself extremely lucky. I wouldn't be making more than $40K if I'd stayed in journalism, not where we live. Not by a long shot. I have been out of school for 12 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229877 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:23:43 +0000 chibee 229877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>when i graduated in 06 i made about 30k at a paper distributing company as a logistics specialist, now i make about 66k as a legal secretary in ny. i've come a long way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229871 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:15:59 +0000 matador84 229871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I graduated in 05 I started work on my masters...got a long term sub job in a school and made about 150/day. At my highest, I was making 55k, the district I'm in now, I'm more at 48k. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229844 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:00:31 +0000 tequiero21 229844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Made over $45k when I first got out of college over 10 years ago. Now, I make nothing as a sahm lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229843 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:59:14 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 229843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: ditto!!! I'm from Quebec so even our sales taxes are higher than the rest of canada. 14% !!! FML. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now/page/2#post-229841 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:57:12 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 229841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: haha very funny. clearly you know the answer to that. But don't forget we have 14% sales taxes and that's apart from being over taxed on top of it. I guess you can't have it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229840 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:55:33 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 229840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: It is a whole other argument :) FWIW a study just came out that shows that Canada has a more robust middle class and more upward mobility than the US! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229816 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:53:28 +0000 Lindsay05 229816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: im in Canada and regardless of tax rates.... It sucks to have to give up nearly half your paycheck which goes to supporting those who dont work! But thats a whole other argument! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229798 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:04:08 +0000 kayakgirl73 229798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a BA in Poli Sci in 1995 and went straight to grad school for an MLIS (Library Master's) My first job paid 24,500 in 1997 in high COL Washington, DC. 15 years later I make 74,000. I work for a large law firm. Raises have really dried up, I'm lucky I survived the layoff carnage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229793 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:50:01 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 229793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Hmm... if you are in the US, taxes are actually lower now than most times in the past.</p> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-tax-rates?op=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-tax-rates?op=1</a></p> <p>Money quote: "Today's income tax rates are strikingly low relative to the rates of the past century, especially for rich people. For most of the century, including some boom times, top-bracket income tax rates were much higher than they are today.</p> <p> Contrary to what Republicans would have you believe, super-high tax rates on rich people do not appear to hurt the economy or make people lazy: During the 1950s and early 1960s, the top bracket income tax rate was over 90%--and the economy, middle-class, and stock market boomed." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229790 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:46:22 +0000 mrbee 229790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunglasses: Are those Canadian Dollars? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229788 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:39:41 +0000 Lindsay05 229788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When i graduated from uni i made 27/hr now i<br /> up to 33/hr and hubby make about 60/hr. Taxes are freakin rediculous though :( the more u make the more they take. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-make-fresh-out-college-and-how-much-are-you-making-now#post-229723 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:12:50 +0000 Minnie_Girl 229723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made more at the job I had right out of college than I do now. However, I've only been out of college for two years, and the jobs I have now are actually related to my career! It will be interesting to see how things change over the next 5-10 years. </p>