Show Gen Z the money

College grads are overestimating their starting salaries by a whopping $50,000. Ten years into their careers, students anticipate making $200,000+, well above the average mid-career salary of $132,497. Keep reading >> https://ow.ly/jbJ250J4713

The reality of the job market is that salaries aren’t keeping pace with inflation and the financial compensation is becoming the driving factor for most job changes. Recognizing this, how do college students think they should be paid so much for their first job?

College grads are overestimating their starting salaries by a whopping $50,000. Ten years into their careers, students anticipate making $200,000+, well above the average mid-career salary of $132,497. Keep reading >> https://ow.ly/jbJ250J4713

College grads are overestimating their starting salaries by a whopping $50,000. Ten years into their careers, students anticipate making $200,000+, well above the average mid-career salary of $132,497. Keep reading >> https://ow.ly/jbJ250J4713

YIKES. Students overestimate their starting salaries by 88%. Journalism, psychology?and liberal arts hugely overestimate their future pay with Computer Science being he highest paid group. https://lnkd.in/eCvsnuyE #collegegraduates #hr #computerscience #salary

Unrealistic expectations? Ten years into their careers, students anticipate making more than $200,000, well over the mid-career average of $132,497. https://lnkd.in/ggHwjCST

The strength of the economy has likely inspired unrealistic salary expectations that will leave students disappointed.

College students who expect to make more than $100,000 right out of school might seem out of touch with reality, but that six-figure income is now in range with?what Americans need to earn in order to secure some of the basic amenities previous generations enjoyed, experts said. A survey, conducted by Real Estate Witch, found that undergraduate college students overestimated their starting salaries by 88%, with students expecting to make about $103,880 in their first post-graduation job – nearly double the average starting salary at about $55,260. Despite undergraduate students’ high wage expectations for entry level positions, they may not be as out of touch with reality as it may seem. ? “College graduates are looking for six-figure positions because that honestly is what it takes now in order to experience some of the financial comforts that previous generations have been able to experience,” Danetha Doe, an economist for Clever Real Estate, told USA TODAY.