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| Table 393. | Percentage of bachelor's degree recipients employed full time 1 year after graduation and average annual salary, by field of study: Selected years, 1976 through 2001 |
| Employment status and average salary of degree recipients | Total | Engineering | Business and management | Health professions | Education1,2 | Public affairs and social services | Biological sciences | Mathematics and other sciences3 | Psychology | Social sciences | History | Humanities | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Percent employed full time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-75 recipients in May 1976 | 67 | (—) | 79 | (—) | 84 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 66 | (—) | — | (†) | 56 | (—) | 50 | (—) | 61 | (—) | 59 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 56 | (—) |
| 1979-80 recipients in May 1981 | 71 | (—) | 84 | (—) | 83 | (—) | 77 | (—) | 67 | (—) | 77 | (—) | 45 | (—) | 58 | (—) | 56 | (—) | 61 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 55 | (—) |
| 1989-90 recipients in June 1991 | 74 | (—) | 84 | (—) | 83 | (—) | 86 | (—) | 67 | (—) | 66 | (—) | 50 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 59 | (—) | 68 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 59 | (—) |
| 1999-2000 recipients in July 2001 | 84 | (0.6) | 87 | (2.3) | 93 | (1.2) | 84 | (1.7) | 81 | (6.9) | 87 | (2.8) | 66 | (3.9) | 89 | (2.3) | 80 | (3.2) | 76 | (2.8) | (4) | (†) | 72 | (3.5) |
| Percent employed full time in job closely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| related to field of study | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-75 recipients in May 1976 | 35 | (—) | 57 | (—) | 49 | (—) | 71 | (—) | 22 | (—) | — | (†) | 26 | (—) | 19 | (—) | 22 | (—) | 12 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 12 | (—) |
| 1979-80 recipients in May 1981 | 38 | (—) | 55 | (—) | 44 | (—) | 66 | (—) | 29 | (—) | 46 | (—) | 18 | (—) | 29 | (—) | 17 | (—) | 10 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 14 | (—) |
| 1989-90 recipients in June 1991 | 39 | (—) | 50 | (—) | 42 | (—) | 83 | (—) | 39 | (—) | 49 | (—) | 26 | (—) | 48 | (—) | 22 | (—) | 16 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 11 | (—) |
| 1999-2000 recipients in July 2001 | 52 | (0.8) | 71 | (3.3) | 62 | (2.3) | 81 | (2.3) | 30 | (9.2) | 58 | (4.6) | 47 | (5.0) | 66 | (3.4) | 37 | (4.5) | 25 | (3.1) | (4) | (†) | 41 | (3.9) |
| Average salary, in current dollars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-75 recipients in February 19765 | $7,600 | (—) | $12,200 | (—) | $10,200 | (—) | $8,600 | (—) | $6,300 | (—) | — | (†) | $6,500 | (—) | $7,000 | (—) | — | (†) | $6,700 | (—) | (4) | (†) | $5,800 | (—) |
| 1979-80 recipients in May 19815 | 15,200 | (—) | 22,400 | (—) | 16,300 | (—) | 17,300 | (—) | 11,500 | (—) | $13,700 | (—) | 14,500 | (—) | 16,300 | (—) | $12,500 | (—) | 14,000 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 12,600 | (—) |
| 1989-90 recipients in June 1991 | 23,600 | (—) | 30,900 | (—) | 24,700 | (—) | 31,500 | (—) | 19,100 | (—) | 20,800 | (—) | 21,100 | (—) | 27,200 | (—) | 19,200 | (—) | 22,200 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 19,100 | (—) |
| 1999-2000 recipients in 20015 | 35,400 | (320) | 47,900 | (790) | 41,000 | (940) | 39,400 | (1,090) | 27,600 | (350) | 30,400 | (1,050) | 30,700 | (980) | 42,800 | (940) | 28,800 | (910) | 33,900 | (920) | $30,000 | (1,050) | 30,100 | (850) |
| Average salary, in constant 2008 dollars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-75 recipients in February 19765 | $28,800 | (—) | $46,200 | (—) | $38,600 | (—) | $32,500 | (—) | $23,800 | (—) | — | (†) | $24,600 | (—) | $26,500 | (—) | — | (†) | $25,300 | (—) | (4) | (†) | $21,900 | (—) |
| 1979-80 recipients in May 19815 | 36,000 | (—) | 53,000 | (—) | 38,600 | (—) | 41,000 | (—) | 27,200 | (—) | $32,400 | (—) | 34,300 | (—) | 38,600 | (—) | $29,600 | (—) | 33,200 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 29,800 | (—) |
| 1989-90 recipients in June 1991 | 37,300 | (—) | 48,800 | (—) | 39,100 | (—) | 49,700 | (—) | 30,200 | (—) | 32,900 | (—) | 33,300 | (—) | 42,900 | (—) | 30,300 | (—) | 35,100 | (—) | (4) | (†) | 30,100 | (—) |
| 1999-2000 recipients in 20015 | 43,100 | (380) | 58,300 | (960) | 49,900 | (1,140) | 48,000 | (1,320) | 33,600 | (420) | 37,000 | (1,280) | 37,400 | (1,190) | 52,000 | (1,140) | 35,100 | (1,100) | 41,200 | (1,110) | $36,500 | (1,280) | 36,600 | (1,030) |
| Percent change in average salary, in constant 2008 dollars |
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| 1976 to 2001 | 49.7 | (—) | 26.3 | (—) | 29.2 | (—) | 47.4 | (—) | 41.0 | (—) | — | (†) | 52.0 | (—) | 96.3 | (—) | — | (†) | 62.6 | (—) | — | (†) | 66.8 | (—) |
| 1991 to 2001 | 15.4 | (—) | 19.3 | (—) | 27.6 | (—) | -3.6 | (—) | 11.2 | (—) | 12.4 | (—) | 12.4 | (—) | 21.1 | (—) | 15.8 | (—) | 17.4 | (—) | — | (†) | 21.5 | (—) |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes those who have not finished all requirements for teaching certification or were previously qualified to teach. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Most educators work 9- to 10-month contracts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes computer sciences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Included in social sciences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Reported salaries of full-time workers under $2,600 in 1976, $4,200 in 1981, and $1,000 in 2001 were excluded from the tabulations. Also, those with salaries over $500,000 in 2001 were excluded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are from sample surveys of recent college graduates. Data exclude bachelor's degree recipients from U.S. Service Academies, deceased graduates, and graduates living at foreign addresses at the time of the survey. Total includes fields not separately shown. Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Notes on methodology are included in Appendix A: Guide to Sources. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Recent College Graduates" surveys, 1976 through 1991; and 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:2000/01). (This table was prepared October 2009.) |
