Computer Science Salary

[draker]

Out of curiousity , I am curious about getting close estimate of how much a normal graduate makes from just graduating from school as well as the salary if a person has their masters degree. Does the salary of a fresh, brand new computer science student compare closely to a new engineer's?If someone could help me out tat'd be appreciated.

[Tony]

So what's "normal"? Non-"top-school", no work experience, and performing in the middle of the graduating class?

Ugghh... 40K, in Canada. Maybe. It's a pseudo-educated guess.

Top of the class at UofT/UW, in USA, starts at about 80K (less taxes too!). So clearly there's quite a lot of variance in the figures.

I don't think there's any difference in pay between CS/SE/CE if you end up in the same job (and a lot of graduates are).

[rdrake]

I know programmers at IBM start at about $62k/year. I'm not sure the school matters.

[draker]

ahh ok i see thanks guys but lets say a graduate from ryerson with co op experience how much would you think thjat normally makes in Canada.

[bobmorton]

Well, it's obviously that computer related jobs are indeed one of the high paying jobs now.

[Donald123]

I agree. Computer related jobs are highly paid nowadays because the trend in this field is fast accelerating. A lot of businesses nowadays are made up of programming, internet marketing,etc. which is related to computer field.