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Computer Science
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Computer Science. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Computer Science, and those who get either a masters
in Computer Science, a Ph.D. in Computer Science.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Computer Science some students with a bachelors degree in Computer Science 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 Computer Science.
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 Computer Science Salaries.
Histogram of Computer Science Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Computer Science who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Computer Science Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Computer Science while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
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 Computer Science.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$43,770 789 27.37 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$46,824 734 25.46 Computer system analysts
$51,630 362 12.56 Computer engineer - software
$47,583 213 7.39 Information systems scientists or analysts
$45,150 165 5.72 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$60,830 161 5.58 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$52,526 71 2.46 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$44,985 46 1.60 OTHER management related occupations
$38,709 38 1.32 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$29,778 34 1.18 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$47,679 32 1.11 Computer engineer - hardware
$38,598 22 .76 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$53,901 16 .55 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$47,300 14 .49 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$51,588 13 .45 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$36,542 13 .45 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$29,838 12 .42 OTHER service occupations, except health
$51,031 11 .38 Other engineers
$58,073 11 .38 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$20,907 10 .35 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$31,710 8 .28 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$49,851 7 .24 Professors: Computer Science
$49,812 7 .24 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$38,453 7 .24 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$59,333 6 .21 Engineers: Sales
$39,752 5 .17 Engineers: Mechanical
$32,544 5 .17 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$51,722 5 .17 Mechanics and repairers
$37,970 4 .14 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$21,775 4 .14 Social Workers
$28,431 4 .14 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$26,950 4 .14 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$51,002 3 .10 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$38,693 3 .10 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$23,489 3 .10 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$23,693 3 .10 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$37,400 3 .10 Transportation/material moving occupations
$37,197 3 .10 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$21,667 3 .10 Teachers: Elementary
$31,242 2 .07 Surveying and mapping
$24,600 2 .07 OTHER health occupations
$52,000 2 .07 Engineers: Bioengineering and biomedical
$38,000 2 .07 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$42,000 2 .07 Economists
$58,800 1 .03 Statisticians
$13,200 1 .03 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$15,600 1 .03 Professors: English
$15,704 1 .03 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$53,580 1 .03 Engineers: Petroleum
$53,500 1 .03 Engineers: Mining or geological
$10,400 1 .03 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$19,800 1 .03 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$58,531 1 .03 Engineers: Industrial
$39,013 1 .03 Lawyers, Judges
$22,000 1 .03 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$24,000 1 .03 Professors: Mathematical Sciences
$50,000 1 .03 Agricultural and food scientists
$25,000 1 .03 Historians, science and technology
$48,000 1 .03 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$30,000 1 .03 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$32,710 1 .03 Unknown
$34,900 1 .03 Actuaries
$40,000 1 .03 Operations research analysts, modelling
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Masters
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 Computer Science.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$59,260 275 22.12 Computer engineer - software
$55,543 226 18.18 Computer system analysts
$54,909 222 17.86 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$70,091 94 7.56 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$59,910 82 6.60 Information systems scientists or analysts
$61,188 70 5.63 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$55,573 68 5.47 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$58,231 28 2.25 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$65,540 26 2.09 OTHER management related occupations
$34,168 18 1.45 Professors: Computer Science
$65,348 17 1.37 Computer engineer - hardware
$53,804 15 1.21 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$39,531 10 .80 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$64,126 9 .72 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$73,302 9 .72 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$57,730 6 .48 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$50,927 5 .40 Other engineers
$58,600 5 .40 Transportation/material moving occupations
$43,800 5 .40 Engineers: Mechanical
$50,600 4 .32 Operations research analysts, modelling
$34,000 4 .32 OTHER postsecondary
$42,667 3 .24 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$48,333 3 .24 Engineers: Industrial
$49,749 3 .24 Engineers: Sales
$57,500 2 .16 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$62,500 2 .16 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$96,000 2 .16 OTHER service occupations, except health
$32,300 2 .16 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$49,000 2 .16 Teachers: Elementary
$48,000 2 .16 Statisticians
$47,000 2 .16 Unknown
$26,634 2 .16 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$30,331 2 .16 Professors: Mathematical Sciences
$15,000 1 .08 Chemists, except biochemists
$22,500 1 .08 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing
$24,000 1 .08 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$70,000 1 .08 Mathematicians
$24,500 1 .08 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$26,000 1 .08 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary
$31,000 1 .08 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
$50,000 1 .08 Engineers: Chemical
$35,000 1 .08 Geologists, including earth scientists
$39,000 1 .08 Economists
$41,600 1 .08 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$58,000 1 .08 OTHER biological/life scientists
$45,000 1 .08 Engineers: Petroleum
$47,684 1 .08 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$47,960 1 .08 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$48,000 1 .08 Engineers: Mining or geological
$51,000 1 .08 Professors: Engineering
$48,710 1 .08 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
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Ph.D.
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
Computer Science.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$62,220 43 36.44 Professors: Computer Science
$71,329 21 17.80 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$73,145 15 12.71 Computer engineer - software
$97,811 9 7.63 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$75,223 4 3.39 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$85,500 4 3.39 Information systems scientists or analysts
$76,300 4 3.39 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$83,233 3 2.54 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$91,900 2 1.69 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$80,000 2 1.69 Computer system analysts
$62,509 2 1.69 OTHER postsecondary
$130,000 1 .85 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$32,000 1 .85 Statisticians
$75,000 1 .85 Computer engineer - hardware
$57,600 1 .85 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$56,600 1 .85 Professors: OTHER social sciences
$55,760 1 .85 Other engineers
$50,000 1 .85 Engineers: Environmental
$42,000 1 .85 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$35,000 1 .85 Professors: Mathematical Sciences
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Computer Science
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$56,924 214 38.91 Computer science
$57,133 96 17.45 Business administration and management
$54,312 37 6.73 Computer/information sciences, general
$53,186 24 4.36 Financial management
$48,467 18 3.27 Engineering: Computer/systems
$59,535 14 2.55 Computer systems analysis
$49,475 13 2.36 OTHER business management/administrative services
$60,145 12 2.18 Engineering: Electrical, electronics, communications
$48,140 11 2.00 Business, general
$47,377 9 1.64 Information services and systems
$70,536 8 1.45 OTHER computer and information sciences
$63,429 7 1.27 Data processing technology
$51,423 7 1.27 Computer programming
$59,500 6 1.09 Business marketing/marketing management
$50,000 5 .91 Accounting
$34,109 5 .91 Education: OTHER education
$44,883 5 .91 Mathematics, general
$51,855 5 .91 Engineering: Industrial
$43,200 5 .91 Education: Computer teacher education
$38,003 3 .55 Public administration
$54,833 3 .55 Mathematics: Applied
$44,427 3 .55 English Language and Literature/Letters
$35,733 3 .55 OTHER foreign languages and literature
$39,650 2 .36 Operations research
$56,190 2 .36 Geography
$65,000 2 .36 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$35,696 2 .36 Engineering: Electrical and electronic technologies
$36,000 2 .36 OTHER social sciences
$43,500 2 .36 Music, all fields
$41,900 2 .36 Marketing research
$61,780 2 .36 OTHER engineering
$60,800 1 .18 Engineering: Mechanical
$65,000 1 .18 Psychology: Educational
$66,560 1 .18 Education: Elementary teacher education
$65,000 1 .18 Education: Educational psychology
$70,000 1 .18 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$90,000 1 .18 Psychology: General
$104,000 1 .18 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$15,600 1 .18 Health services administration
$59,000 1 .18 Library Science
$57,000 1 .18 Environmental science studies
$55,750 1 .18 Physics
$50,000 1 .18 Business/managerial economics
$41,500 1 .18 OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources
$40,000 1 .18 Education: Secondary teacher education
$38,000 1 .18 Psychology: Counseling
$36,000 1 .18 Statistics
$34,996 1 .18 Chemistry
$34,000 1 .18 Animal sciences
$29,500 1 .18 Social Work
$27,456 1 .18 Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
$22,000 1 .18 Plant sciences
$16,640 1 .18 Psychology: Clinical
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Computer Science
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$67,708 20 66.67 Computer science
$70,000 1 3.33 Financial management
$120,000 1 3.33 Engineering: Industrial production technologies
$100,000 1 3.33 Computer/information sciences, general
$85,000 1 3.33 Computer systems analysis
$75,000 1 3.33 Engineering: Bioengineering and biomedical
$45,000 1 3.33 Engineering: Computer/systems
$70,000 1 3.33 Data processing technology
$62,000 1 3.33 Mathematics, general
$47,000 1 3.33 Statistics
$45,760 1 3.33 Education: OTHER education
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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Computer Science
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
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$33,805 5 45.45 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$48,768 5 45.45 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$46,280 1 9.09 Data processing technology
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com