People With These College Majors Get The Biggest Pay Raises

Payscale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database with more than 40 million salary profiles, looked at the difference between starting salary (less than five years of experience) and mid-career pay (10 or more years of experience) by college major, to determined the 13 majors with the largest salary growth

13. Business & Information Technology (IT)

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Common jobs: Information Technology (IT) Manager, Systems Analyst, Systems Administrator

Starting median pay: $56,900

Mid-career median pay: $99,100

Difference: $42,200 / 74.2%

12. Computer Science (CS) & Engineering

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Common jobs: Information Technology (IT) Architect, Software Developer, Programmer Analyst

Starting median pay: $66,700

Mid-career median pay: $112,600

Difference: $45,900 / 68.8%

11. Chemical Engineering

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Common jobs: Chemical Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Process Engineer

Starting median pay: $69,600

Mid-career median pay: $116,700

Difference: $47,100 / 67.7%

10. Aviation Management

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Common jobs: Aviation/Aerospace Program Manager, Corporate Jet Aircraft Pilot

Starting median pay: $48,100

Mid-career median pay: $90,000

Difference: $41,900 / 87.1%

10. Aviation Management

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Common jobs:Aviation/Aerospace Program Manager, Corporate Jet Aircraft Pilot

Starting median pay: $48,100

Mid-career median pay: $90,000

Difference: $41,900 / 87.1%

9. Physics

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Common jobs: Physicist, IT Data Scientist

Starting median pay: $57,200

Mid-career median pay: $105,100

Difference: $47,900 / 83.7%

8. Electronics & Communications Engineering

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Common jobs: Electronics Engineer

Starting median pay: $64,100

Mid-career median pay: $113,200

Difference: $49,100 / 76.6%

7. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Common jobs: Molecular Biologist, Research Scientist, Research Associate

Starting median pay: $44,700

Mid-career median pay: $88,800

Difference: $44,100 / 98.7%

6. Economics

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Common jobs: Economist, Management Consultant, Financial Analyst

Starting median pay: $51,400

Mid-career median pay: $97,700

Difference: $46,300 / 90.1%

5. Petroleum Engineering

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Common jobs: Reservoir Engineer, Petroleum Engineer, Drilling Engineer

Starting median pay: $102,300

Mid-career median pay: $176,300

Difference: $74,000 / 72.3%

4. Statistics

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Common jobs: Statistician, SAS Programmer, Data Analyst

Starting median pay: $54,900

Mid-career median pay: $103,100

Difference: $48,200 / 87.8%

3. Nuclear Engineering

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Common jobs: Nuclear Engineer, Health Physicist

Starting median pay: $67,000

Mid-career median pay: $118,800

Difference: $51,800 / 77.3%

2. Government

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Common job: Research Analyst

Starting median pay: $45,100

Mid-career median pay: $94,400

Difference: $49,300 / 109.3%

1. Actuarial Mathematics

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Common jobs: Actuary, Actuarial Analyst

Starting median pay: $60,800

Mid-career median pay: $119,600

Difference: $58,800 / 96.7%

(via Business Insider)