Income by Major
Earned Income of Employed Workers by Undergraduate Major Category
Persons aged 25-34 with a Bachelor’s Degree
Undergraduate Major Category |
Percent of Workforce |
Average |
10th Percentile |
25th Percentile |
Median |
75th Percentile |
90th Percentile |
|
Agricultural Sciences |
1.1% |
$57,213 |
$32,615 |
$39,770 |
$52,450 |
$68,438 |
$91,357 |
|
Architecture |
0.7% |
$58,257 |
$31,436 |
$42,349 |
$53,336 |
$69,360 |
$88,454 |
|
Arts & Humanities |
1.2% |
$50,455 |
$27,497 |
$33,556 |
$46,025 |
$59,872 |
$79,177 |
|
Biological Sciences |
3.7% |
$54,211 |
$31,092 |
$36,892 |
$47,798 |
$67,647 |
$86,742 |
|
Business & Management |
24.0% |
$68,932 |
$32,910 |
$43,039 |
$59,255 |
$80,846 |
$113,374 |
|
Communication Technologies |
0.4% |
$52,561 |
$26,570 |
$34,697 |
$48,513 |
$62,770 |
$84,661 |
|
Communications & Media |
6.3% |
$57,706 |
$28,174 |
$37,534 |
$50,781 |
$69,367 |
$94,852 |
|
Computer Sciences |
4.8% |
$69,834 |
$34,105 |
$45,918 |
$62,880 |
$87,048 |
$111,715 |
|
Construction Services |
0.5% |
$72,762 |
$36,452 |
$51,525 |
$69,410 |
$86,591 |
$112,298 |
|
Cosmetology & Culinary Arts |
0.2% |
$45,036 |
$24,686 |
$31,965 |
$41,693 |
$55,435 |
$76,688 |
|
Criminal Justice & Fire Protection |
3.4% |
$52,690 |
$26,003 |
$34,165 |
$46,040 |
$63,730 |
$83,632 |
|
Education |
6.3% |
$45,002 |
$28,667 |
$34,965 |
$42,311 |
$51,093 |
$64,973 |
|
Electrical & Mechanical Repairs & Technologies |
0.1% |
$54,527 |
$39,151 |
$44,327 |
$54,555 |
$61,894 |
$72,121 |
|
Engineering |
8.3% |
$81,835 |
$47,799 |
$60,575 |
$79,405 |
$96,696 |
$118,318 |
|
English Literature & Rhetoric |
2.4% |
$49,214 |
$23,564 |
$32,056 |
$43,550 |
$59,582 |
$79,625 |
|
Environmental Sciences |
0.8% |
$49,303 |
$27,172 |
$34,738 |
$46,792 |
$61,162 |
$73,800 |
|
Ethnic & Civilization Studies |
0.3% |
$57,476 |
$26,294 |
$36,030 |
$48,428 |
$66,975 |
$107,571 |
|
Family & Consumer Sciences |
0.7% |
$44,503 |
$22,682 |
$29,538 |
$38,758 |
$51,509 |
$72,619 |
|
Health & Medical Professions |
5.9% |
$51,901 |
$28,359 |
$35,811 |
$46,934 |
$64,036 |
$83,147 |
|
History |
1.8% |
$52,442 |
$30,670 |
$35,985 |
$47,231 |
$59,169 |
$77,240 |
|
Law & Legal Studies |
0.2% |
$52,386 |
$35,246 |
$40,448 |
$46,633 |
$55,694 |
$87,268 |
|
Library Science |
0.0% |
$33,235 |
$33,159 |
$33,159 |
$33,159 |
$33,159 |
$33,519 |
|
Linguistics & Comparative Language |
0.7% |
$53,508 |
$27,843 |
$36,099 |
$47,767 |
$63,511 |
$88,634 |
|
Mathematics & Statistics |
1.0% |
$77,594 |
$42,927 |
$52,868 |
$73,958 |
$91,860 |
$121,427 |
|
Military Technologies |
0.0% |
$52,038 |
$50,610 |
$50,610 |
$52,920 |
$52,920 |
$52,920 |
|
Multidisciplinary Studies |
1.0% |
$57,380 |
$36,356 |
$41,102 |
$53,012 |
$66,431 |
$86,916 |
|
Nuclear, Industrial, Biotech, & Radiological Technologies |
0.0% |
$54,252 |
$39,742 |
$41,827 |
$52,536 |
$67,558 |
$73,294 |
|
Philosophy & Religious Studies |
0.5% |
$54,580 |
$24,870 |
$32,518 |
$45,197 |
$62,435 |
$85,502 |
|
Physical Fitness, Parks, Recreation, & Leisure |
1.9% |
$48,621 |
$24,548 |
$32,612 |
$42,875 |
$57,323 |
$75,547 |
|
Physical Sciences |
2.1% |
$59,698 |
$38,036 |
$45,192 |
$55,264 |
$69,996 |
$84,764 |
|
Psychology |
4.5% |
$47,479 |
$33,426 |
$37,083 |
$45,261 |
$56,726 |
$64,485 |
|
Public Administration, Policy, & Services |
1.1% |
$55,770 |
$31,253 |
$37,435 |
$47,805 |
$67,966 |
$99,154 |
|
Social Sciences |
7.2% |
$62,658 |
$30,607 |
$40,637 |
$53,380 |
$75,927 |
$102,174 |
|
Technology |
0.8% |
$66,921 |
$37,633 |
$49,457 |
$63,623 |
$80,014 |
$101,400 |
|
Theology & Religious Vocations |
0.4% |
$43,100 |
$22,951 |
$30,034 |
$38,515 |
$50,719 |
$66,731 |
|
Transportation |
0.3% |
$61,559 |
$29,755 |
$41,214 |
$56,781 |
$74,628 |
$100,802 |
|
Visual & Performing Arts |
5.6% |
$50,590 |
$24,137 |
$32,534 |
$43,419 |
$60,448 |
$84,959 |
|
Overall |
100.0% |
$59,523 |
$33,238 |
$41,642 |
$54,312 |
$70,910 |
$92,308 |
Source: American Community Survey, US Bureau of the Census, 2015–17 Surveys (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/).
Notes: Earned income figures reflect wages, deferred income, and self-employment income for both full- and part-time workers with a bachelor’s degree in each category of majors in the US. Dollar figures for 2015 and 2016 have been adjusted to 2017 dollars. For additional information about possible full-time salary outcomes after graduation for Purdue University students, visit the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities at https://www.cco.purdue.edu/data or the Back a Boiler Comparison Tool.
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