What Salary Can I Expect to Earn?

The most common question posed to the staff of the Office of Career Services is: What salary can I expect to earn? To that end, we have decided to list the most current salary survey, published quarterly by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

——– Salary ——–

Low

High

Average

Accounting

$22,880

$100,400

$52,450

Biology

$25,100

$44,000

$31,416

Business Administration

$53,000

$170,000

$76,000

Business Communication

$24,800

$24,800

$24,800

Chemistry

$20,800

$23,000

$21,500

Communications

$21,000

$52,000

$29,556

Computer Science

$40,000

$65,000

$52,000

Criminal Justice

$20,000

$20,000

$20,000

Early Childhood Education

$15,600

$32,808

$25,608

Economics

$32,000

$32,000

$32,000

Elementary Education

$27,000

$40,000

$31,347

Executive MBA

$21,576

$300,000

$82,261

English

$23,000

$53,000

$31,600

Entrepreneurship

$34,000

$34,000

$34,000

Exercise and Health Science

$2,392

$34,000

$25,000

Finance

$25,000

$100,000

$39,633

Health and Physical Education

$15,600

$30,000

$22,800

Health Promotion and Wellness

$25,938

$29,000

$27,508

History

$17,000

$30,000

$23,516

Human Resources

$30,000

$84,000

$52,600

Human Services

$31,200

$31,200

$31,200

Information Systems

$20,800

$88,500

$43,980

Management

$23,000

$150,000

$69,667

Marketing

$25,000

$120,000

$45,091

Marketing and Professional Sales

$25,000

$65,000

$37,833

Math

$35,000

$35,000

$35,000

Math Education

$24,000

$24,000

$24,000

Math and Science

$45,000

$45,000

$45,000

Middle School Education

$25,000

$37,464

$29,653

Music Education

$31,000

$31,000

$31,000

Nurse Practitioner

$48,000

$48,000

$48,000

Nursing

$14,000

$60,000

$35,841

Organizational Communications

$28,000

$60,000

$45,000

Political Science

$18,500

$35,000

$26,660

Primary Care Nursing

$60,000

$65,000

$62,500

Professional Sales

$31,500

$31,500

$31,500

Professional Writing

$36,000

$36,000

$36,000

Psychology

$19,500

$60,000

$33,970

Public and Social Services

$10,000

$65,000

$32,400

Public Administration

$25,000

$53,000

$41,250

Secondary Education

$26,500

$29,012

$28,353

Secondary English Education

$20,000

$28,000

$24,000

Spanish Education

$26,500

$30,000

$28,500

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Career Services
Student Union & Library Building, Room 349
2200 169th Street
Hammond, IN 46323

Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am - 7:00 pm

Phone:
219-989-2600
1-800 HI-PURDUE, x.2600
Locally within Indiana & Illinois

E-mail:
careerservices@calumet.purdue.edu