Saturday, January 29, 2011

Pay for fresh polytechnic graduates rises

Yes, we mentioned that Marketing graduates command high starting salaries, but just how high? Well, according to an article from TODAYonline, the starting pay for fresh Polytechnic graduates rose by 5.3% last year (2010) to a whopping $1,871 on average!


For males, you might have more reasons to celebrate: "Post-NS diploma holders earned an average gross monthly salary of $2,183 last year, an increase of about 2.5% from 2009."


But wait... heres the best part:


"Fresh maritime diploma holders earned an average gross salary of $1,996 compared to $1,821 for accountancy or business graduates."


and


"The post-National Service poly graduates from the accountancy, business, finance and law, maritime and chemical, and life sciences courses commanded higher gross salaries, as much as $2,362 a month"


Yes, your eyes are not fooling you. The figure is indeed $2,362.

Source: http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC110112-0000155/Pay-for-fresh-polytechnic-graduates-rises

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