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Salary Data and Occupational Outcomes for Social Sciences Majors

Steven Rothberg

October 15, 2015

52.3% of recent graduates in this major are employed full-time. These are the top occupations for recent graduates in Social Sciences:

Occupation	First Year Avg. Salary	Pct of Other Social Sciences grads in this occ
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$28,400	4.9%
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$26,500	4.4%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$30,200	3.2%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$28,400	2.6%
Retail Salespersons	$20,600	2.5%
Waiters and Waitresses	$24,300	2.3%
Managers, All Other	$36,300	2.2%
Customer Service Representatives	$29,000	2.2%
Emergency Management Directors	$49,700	2.2%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$46,800	2.1%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$23,900	1.9%
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$19,700	1.9%
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$18,500	1.8%
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	$20,400	1.6%
Office Clerks, General	$25,000	1.5%
Desktop Publishers	$25,400	1.4%
Operations Research Analysts	$40,500	1.3%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$32,400	1.3%
Human Resources Specialists	$39,200	1.3%
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$22,400	1.2%
Marketing Managers	$38,700	1.2%
Survey Researchers	$29,400	1.2%
Financial Managers	$42,800	1.1%
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$60,100	1.1%
Sales Representatives, Services, All Other	$31,800	1.1%
Editors	$21,800	1.0%

Note: Values in the right hand column do not total to 100% as we do not include occupations of less than 1%. Data courtesy of Educate to Career.