This is the highest paying entry level job of 2019

This is the highest paying entry level job of 2019 This is the highest paying entry level job of 2019 Another year, another crop of young graduates eager to secure economic independence as quickly as possible. Though it varies depending on the occupation, by and large, it takes graduates about three to six months to land an entry-level job, assuming they’re prudent enough to start applying for positions around three months before graduation.The thing is, as of 2019, 50% of recent graduates earn wages less than $42,000 a year, and 25% earn less than  $32,000. Forty-percent of grads are underemployed, as per  U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population SurveyShow me the moneyIf you belong to the class of 2019 you might want to check out Glassdoor’s recent economic  study of the most competitive internship pay and the types of ent ry-level jobs that command the highest salaries.The report is an extensive analysis of salary reviews left in 2018 by American employees ages 25, and under. This year’s results showcase a clear winner; not only do “Data Scientists” start off with a median wage of $95,000 a year,  the position has been voted “Best Job In America”  four years in a row, with the highest reports of job satisfaction, and the most job openings of all the occupations reviewed.It’s one of the few jobs that isn’t threatened by the progression of technology. The more technology advances, the greater the need for skilled professionals to collect and organize data. It stands to reason that the second and third highest paying entry level positions belong to similar  fields.  Software engineers secure a median starting wage of  $90,000 a year, and Product Managers can expect to earn around $89,000 annually. Check out the full list below, Rank Job Title Median Base Salary 1 Data Scientist $95,000 2 Software Engineer $90,000 3 Product Manager $89,000 4 Investment Banking Analyst $85,000 5 Product Designer $85,000 6 UX Designer $73,000 7 Implementation Consultant $72,000 8 Java Developer $72,000 9 Systems Engineer $70,000 10 Software Developer $68,600 11 Process Engineer $68,258 12 Front End Developer $67,500 13 Product Engineer $66,750 14 Actuarial Analyst $66,250 15 Electrical Engineer $66,000 16 Mechanical Engineer $65,000 17 Design Engineer $65,000 18 Applications Developer $65,000 19 Test Engineer $65,000 20 Programmer Analyst $65,000 21 Quality Engineer $64,750 22 Physical Therapist $63,918 23 Field Engineer $63,750 24 Project Engineer $63,000 25 Business Analyst $63,000 Using data collected from salary reviews  submitted by interns between March 1st, 2018, and February 28th, 2019, Glassdoor also determined which Internships offer the most competitive pay.Tech industries dominated this list as well, accounting for 44% of the entire ranking. In an effort to ensure they have the very best of the best, to chose from, Facebook offers a median monthly pay of $8,000 to their interns, just ahead of Amazon’s $7,725. Many of the top contenders settle around $7,000 a month for their intern budget, which means new interns generally earn about $84,000 a year. Rank Employer Median Monthly Pay 1 Facebook $8,000 2 Amazon $7,725 3 Salesforce $7,667 4 Google $7,500 5 Microsoft $7,250 6 Uber $7,167 7 Bloomberg L.P. $7,000 8 Capital One $7,000 9 Apple $6,667 10 Bank of America $5,833 11 J.P. Morgan $5,667 12 Goldman Sachs $5,367 13 Viasat $5,333 14 Visa Inc. $5,167 15 Intel Corporation $5,000 16 SAP $4,833 17 EY $4,825 18 Tesla $4,667 19 Deloitte $4,667 20 Cisco Systems $4,667 21 PwC $4,500 22 KPMG $4,500 23 Genentech $4,500 24 Dell $4,333 25 Boeing $4,167  You might also enjoy… New neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happy Strangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds 10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity The worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs 10 habits of mentally strong people