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The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in General Business. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in General Business, and those who get either a masters in General Business, a Ph.D. in General Business.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in General Business some students with a bachelors degree in General Business will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in General Business.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of General Business Salaries.
The diagram below includes all
students with a major in General Business who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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The diagram below includes all
students with a major in General Business while an undergraduate. The data includes
students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors. 
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The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in General Business.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $57,462 1454 20.87 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $41,383 730 10.48 OTHER management related occupations $43,108 582 8.35 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists $56,215 467 6.70 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services $28,768 340 4.88 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators) $47,313 284 4.08 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies) $36,425 279 4.00 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed) $48,894 265 3.80 Computer system analysts $48,619 254 3.65 OTHER marketing and sales occupations $37,150 217 3.11 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics) $44,799 208 2.99 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists $45,627 168 2.41 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control) $53,273 122 1.75 Transportation/material moving occupations $43,212 120 1.72 OTHER computer, information science Occupations $27,471 112 1.61 Secretaries, receptionists, typists $32,800 111 1.59 OTHER service occupations, except health $25,222 104 1.49 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers $49,722 87 1.25 Information systems scientists or analysts $28,385 72 1.03 Social Workers $38,867 71 1.02 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards) $47,522 68 .98 Construction trades, miners and well drillers $47,568 59 .85 Engineers: Industrial $28,258 55 .79 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers) $39,533 40 .57 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process) $48,935 40 .57 Other engineers $39,339 38 .55 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical $29,663 37 .53 OTHER health occupations $48,387 35 .50 Engineers: Electrical, electronic $39,695 35 .50 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians $23,540 35 .50 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders) $36,485 35 .50 Mechanics and repairers $50,304 35 .50 Computer engineer - software $35,930 31 .44 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers $35,027 29 .42 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen $35,637 29 .42 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects $38,619 26 .37 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants $39,064 24 .34 Unknown $29,649 23 .33 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236) $41,212 20 .29 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences $53,944 18 .26 Engineers: Sales $30,713 15 .22 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians) $26,447 15 .22 Teachers: Elementary $44,908 12 .17 Computer engineer - hardware $50,449 12 .17 Operations research analysts, modelling $23,987 10 .14 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten $42,382 9 .13 Engineers: Mechanical $42,214 8 .11 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103) $45,372 8 .11 Engineers: Environmental $35,821 8 .11 Professors: Computer Science $56,640 8 .11 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical $54,724 7 .10 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting $31,993 7 .10 Lawyers, Judges $37,538 6 .09 Statisticians $53,372 6 .09 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary $22,727 6 .09 Clergy and Other Religious Workers $50,013 5 .07 Economists $35,612 5 .07 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences $24,746 4 .06 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing $31,005 4 .06 Agricultural and food scientists $19,370 4 .06 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153) $55,833 3 .04 Computer scientists, except system analysts $65,000 3 .04 Engineers: Petroleum $103,333 3 .04 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070) $55,600 3 .04 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians) $16,433 3 .04 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary $39,200 3 .04 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical $47,333 3 .04 Engineers: Chemical $34,373 3 .04 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences $30,500 2 .03 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists) $43,201 2 .03 Engineers: Nuclear $42,701 2 .03 Chemists, except biochemists $37,062 2 .03 Forestry, conservation scientists $23,820 2 .03 Engineers: Bioengineering and biomedical $51,000 2 .03 OTHER physical scientists $31,492 2 .03 OTHER postsecondary $23,150 1 .01 Professors: Trade and Industrial $78,000 1 .01 Actuaries $27,320 1 .01 Engineers: Mining or geological $28,715 1 .01 Surveying and mapping $30,000 1 .01 Professors: Engineering $36,000 1 .01 Atmospheric and space scientists $33,800 1 .01 Professors: Physical Education $35,000 1 .01 OTHER mathematical scientists $36,000 1 .01 Teachers: Secondary - social sciences $50,400 1 .01 Professors: History $40,997 1 .01 Surveyors $44,000 1 .01 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in General Business.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $73,265 1119 27.94 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $55,155 357 8.91 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists $56,636 337 8.41 OTHER management related occupations $52,978 146 3.65 Computer system analysts $61,497 141 3.52 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services $58,428 136 3.40 Engineers: Electrical, electronic $56,259 124 3.10 OTHER marketing and sales occupations $56,271 117 2.92 Engineers: Mechanical $50,488 101 2.52 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists $53,014 88 2.20 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed) $63,952 80 2.00 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies) $59,328 71 1.77 Information systems scientists or analysts $58,877 71 1.77 OTHER computer, information science Occupations $55,184 62 1.55 Other engineers $49,159 61 1.52 Engineers: Industrial $50,485 56 1.40 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control) $62,519 55 1.37 Computer engineer - software $57,257 55 1.37 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical $56,955 55 1.37 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary $62,487 47 1.17 Engineers: Chemical $71,116 42 1.05 Transportation/material moving occupations $36,336 40 1.00 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing $45,624 39 .97 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants $40,264 34 .85 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics) $36,545 28 .70 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects $50,421 26 .65 Engineers: Sales $59,056 25 .62 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers $56,103 22 .55 Engineers: Environmental $35,552 20 .50 Social Workers $36,337 19 .47 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators) $33,134 19 .47 OTHER service occupations, except health $48,456 18 .45 Chemists, except biochemists $37,241 17 .42 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236) $45,643 17 .42 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians) $76,081 17 .42 Lawyers, Judges $33,806 16 .40 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences $55,897 15 .37 OTHER health occupations $52,971 15 .37 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical $54,160 14 .35 Economists $66,129 14 .35 Computer engineer - hardware $29,405 13 .32 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers $39,639 12 .30 OTHER postsecondary $51,031 12 .30 Construction trades, miners and well drillers $61,245 12 .30 Operations research analysts, modelling $69,286 11 .27 Engineers: Nuclear $48,588 11 .27 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical $124,891 11 .27 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians) $46,183 11 .27 Unknown $44,792 10 .25 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards) $50,975 10 .25 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians $33,611 9 .22 Teachers: Elementary $72,250 9 .22 Engineers: Petroleum $41,678 9 .22 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process) $27,817 8 .20 Secretaries, receptionists, typists $28,443 8 .20 Mechanics and repairers $71,399 8 .20 Computer scientists, except system analysts $67,600 7 .17 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103) $49,050 6 .15 Engineers: Bioengineering and biomedical $54,465 6 .15 Professors: Computer Science $28,275 4 .10 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary $40,225 4 .10 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153) $61,825 4 .10 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect $58,200 4 .10 Actuaries $29,555 4 .10 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen $76,750 4 .10 Physicists $30,647 3 .07 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070) $33,667 3 .07 Statisticians $27,360 3 .07 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders) $37,333 3 .07 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers) $55,000 3 .07 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners) $65,033 3 .07 OTHER biological/life scientists $50,333 3 .07 Atmospheric and space scientists $46,641 3 .07 Teachers: Secondary - social sciences $81,500 2 .05 OTHER physical scientists $47,500 2 .05 Engineers: Mining or geological $47,950 2 .05 Professors: Mathematical Sciences $47,100 2 .05 Professors: OTHER health specialties $36,500 2 .05 Professors: Economics $37,200 2 .05 Professors: Engineering $43,764 2 .05 Geologists, including earth scientists $44,520 2 .05 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences $44,500 2 .05 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area $22,800 1 .02 Professors: Physical Education $13,500 1 .02 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten $20,000 1 .02 Clergy and Other Religious Workers $75,000 1 .02 Agricultural and food scientists $20,000 1 .02 Professors: Foreign Language $45,000 1 .02 Biochemists and biophysicists $72,000 1 .02 Professors: OTHER social sciences $72,000 1 .02 OTHER mathematical scientists $34,744 1 .02 Anthropologists $23,670 1 .02 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting $25,000 1 .02 Professors: Physics $43,000 1 .02 Professors: OTHER natural sciences $53,000 1 .02 Engineers: Agricultural $28,000 1 .02 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences $62,400 1 .02 Technologists and technicians in the mathematical sciences $37,200 1 .02 Professors: Law $36,500 1 .02 Professors: Home Economics $36,000 1 .02 Professors: Trade and Industrial $32,000 1 .02 Professors: English $35,000 1 .02 Professors: Psychology
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages
whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in General Business.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $59,426 44 54.32 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing $76,471 7 8.64 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers) $51,300 5 6.17 OTHER postsecondary $108,331 4 4.94 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists $121,250 4 4.94 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists $48,033 3 3.70 Professors: OTHER social sciences $51,000 2 2.47 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services $55,000 2 2.47 Professors: Computer Science $100,000 2 2.47 OTHER management related occupations $5,995 2 2.47 Clergy and Other Religious Workers $48,000 1 1.23 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics) $58,000 1 1.23 Information systems scientists or analysts $41,600 1 1.23 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070) $60,000 1 1.23 Unknown $39,816 1 1.23 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners) $30,000 1 1.23 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $56,716 493 34.84 Business administration and management $66,993 111 7.84 Financial management $57,765 108 7.63 OTHER business management/administrative services $50,684 68 4.81 Business, general $55,109 67 4.73 Business marketing/marketing management $51,569 49 3.46 Public administration $56,542 47 3.32 Accounting $40,756 42 2.97 Education: OTHER education $47,822 32 2.26 Education: Administration $43,391 25 1.77 Education: Counselor education/guidance services $55,989 21 1.48 Information services and systems $35,481 21 1.48 Education: Secondary teacher education $54,327 18 1.27 Psychology: Counseling $56,055 17 1.20 Computer science $43,201 16 1.13 Education: Elementary teacher education $76,176 16 1.13 Health services administration $33,154 16 1.13 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology $40,743 16 1.13 Social Work $53,630 13 .92 Business/managerial economics $45,001 13 .92 Economics $62,380 12 .85 Marketing research $53,513 11 .78 Computer/information sciences, general $57,700 10 .71 Operations research $43,188 8 .57 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed) $52,956 8 .57 Criminal Justice/Protective Services $37,259 6 .42 Library Science $37,297 6 .42 Architecture/Environmental Design $40,216 6 .42 Education: Special education $32,563 6 .42 OTHER health/medical sciences $46,322 5 .35 OTHER communications $55,670 5 .35 OTHER engineering $86,920 5 .35 Computer systems analysis $84,760 5 .35 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies $40,968 5 .35 OTHER engineering-related technologies $49,226 5 .35 International relations $69,080 5 .35 Psychology: Industrial/Organizational $38,100 5 .35 Psychology: General $48,434 4 .28 Sociology $56,750 4 .28 Statistics $69,244 4 .28 OTHER computer and information sciences $52,112 4 .28 Engineering: Computer/systems $50,333 3 .21 Education: Physical education/coaching $52,092 3 .21 Home Economics $45,200 3 .21 Engineering: Aerospace, aeronautical, astronautical $47,960 3 .21 Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services $35,744 3 .21 English Language and Literature/Letters $35,950 3 .21 Communications, general $67,600 3 .21 Agriculture, economics $30,242 3 .21 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies $37,267 3 .21 Psychology: Educational $37,267 3 .21 Education: Educational psychology $66,300 2 .14 Engineering: General $89,000 2 .14 History, other $56,500 2 .14 OTHER psychology $90,500 2 .14 OTHER foreign languages and literature $95,000 2 .14 Engineering: Civil $62,500 2 .14 Computer programming $98,378 2 .14 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology) $34,767 2 .14 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary) $37,188 2 .14 Education: Computer teacher education $47,500 2 .14 Political science and government $46,000 2 .14 OTHER social sciences $44,020 2 .14 Engineering: Electrical, electronics, communications $80,000 1 .07 Mechanical engineering-related technologies $30,000 1 .07 Geography $29,300 1 .07 Psychology: Clinical $28,800 1 .07 Education: Mathematics teacher education $78,000 1 .07 Actuarial science $30,160 1 .07 Chemistry $28,000 1 .07 OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources $27,690 1 .07 Plant sciences $21,632 1 .07 Area/Ethnic Studies $20,000 1 .07 Education: Science teacher education $17,680 1 .07 Psychology: Experimental $12,000 1 .07 Audiology and speech pathology $52,000 1 .07 Fine arts, all fields $34,500 1 .07 Criminology $38,000 1 .07 OTHER agricultural business and production $60,000 1 .07 Engineering: Mechanical $60,000 1 .07 Environmental science studies $39,000 1 .07 OTHER mathematics $40,000 1 .07 Food sciences and technology $57,000 1 .07 Liberal Arts/General Studies $40,800 1 .07 Ecology $50,000 1 .07 Forestry sciences (Except management) $56,000 1 .07 Engineering: Industrial $50,000 1 .07 Geology
Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $59,827 15 15.79 Education: Administration $70,862 13 13.68 Business administration and management $71,331 11 11.58 Economics $68,071 7 7.37 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies $41,600 5 5.26 Education: OTHER education $82,000 4 4.21 Business/managerial economics $74,750 4 4.21 Accounting $95,950 4 4.21 Financial management $52,203 3 3.16 Psychology: Counseling $52,833 3 3.16 Education: Counselor education/guidance services $93,500 2 2.11 Psychology: General $44,000 2 2.11 Business marketing/marketing management $79,000 2 2.11 Psychology: Industrial/Organizational $67,000 2 2.11 Psychology: Clinical $42,684 2 2.11 Psychology: Educational $69,000 2 2.11 Engineering: Electrical, electronics, communications $42,684 2 2.11 Education: Educational psychology $36,500 2 2.11 Public administration $150,000 1 1.05 Education: Special education $150,000 1 1.05 English Language and Literature/Letters $75,000 1 1.05 Political science and government $75,000 1 1.05 Engineering: Industrial $15,600 1 1.05 OTHER engineering $67,000 1 1.05 Physics $64,800 1 1.05 Operations research $58,000 1 1.05 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies $55,000 1 1.05 OTHER social sciences $48,000 1 1.05 Public policy studies $45,000 1 1.05 Home Economics $44,642 1 1.05 OTHER business management/administrative services
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $78,998 186 83.41 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies $51,262 13 5.83 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary) $92,200 4 1.79 Financial management $66,750 4 1.79 OTHER business management/administrative services $24,139 3 1.35 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology $30,151 2 .90 Education: OTHER education $70,500 2 .90 Business administration and management $150,000 1 .45 OTHER health/medical sciences $120,000 1 .45 Fine arts, all fields $104,000 1 .45 Business/managerial economics $104,000 1 .45 Architecture/Environmental Design $24,000 1 .45 Education: Secondary teacher education $70,000 1 .45 Accounting $38,400 1 .45 Health/medical technologies $36,400 1 .45 Nutritional sciences $27,600 1 .45 Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
Prepared by Prof. Kenneth S. Chapman: kenneth.chapman@csun.edu