Economics

These Are the Highest Paying Jobs for the Class of 2019

  • Starting pay for Data Scientist graduates reported at $95,000
  • Physical therapist is the only non-technical job on the list
Big-Data Skills Earn Big Bucks
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The Class of 2019 is getting ready to enter one hot job market. And grads with a background in slicing and dicing data have an edge.

Data scientist was the highest-paying entry-level job last year, according to Glassdoor research. Young adults in this field earned a median annual base salary of $95,000. That’s higher than young Wall Street workers received as investment-banking analysts.