Salary Information - 2002
Tables 20 through 24 provide information on salaries paid to 2002 graduates two years after their graduation.  Eighty-three percent (N=222) of the respondents provided salary information.

Table 20
Salary Ranges - Class of 2002


Salary Ranges  Number  Percent
Volunteer, no paid employment       2     0.9
Under $15,000     19     8.6
$15,000 - $19,999     10     4.5
$20,000 - $24,9999     24   10.8
$25,000 - $29,999     41   18.5
$30,000 - $34,999     38   17.1
$35,000 - $39,999     25   11.3
Over $40,000      63   28.4
Total   222 100.0

Consistent with the results of the survey conducted one year after graduation, male graduates reported higher average salaries than did their female counterparts (see Table 21).

Table 21
Estimated Average Salaries by Gender

Number Average Salary
Females   117        $30,684
Males      45        $34,889 
Table 22 compares estimated average salaries for three geographical areas. In the table below, the average salaries suggest that graduates working in the Southeast - Outside of SC and Outside of the Southeast have comparable salaries($34,338 and $36,000). Whereas, graduates who work within South Carolina on average have a somewhat smaller salary.

Table 22
Estimated Average Salaries by Geographical Placement


Region  Number Average Salary
South Carolina       85       $29,912
Southeast - Outside South Carolina       34       $34,338
United States - Outside Southeast        25         $36,000

Table 23 lists the estimated average salaries in several selected cities. Only cities where five or more salaries were reported are included in the summary.
Table 23
Estimated Average Salaries by Selected City

City  Number Average Salary
Charleston, SC     37       $29,392
Mount Pleasant, SC     10       $27,750
Columbia, SC       8       $29,375
North Charleston, SC       7       $31,429
Washington, DC       5       $38,500
Table 24 estimates average salaries for different industry groups. The highest average salaries are reported by the graduates who are employed in Business and Industry ($34,335) and the Self-Employed ($32,500). Note that although the highest salary is reported by the Armed Forces, it is excluded from the above summary due to the low sample size for this group.

Table 24
Estimated Average Salaries by Sector of Employment


Sector  Number Average Salary
Armed Forces         1       $40,000
Business and Industry       79       $34,335
Education       42       $28,631
Government       10       $32,000
Non-Profit Human Services         8       $29,063
Self-Employed         8       $32,500
Other        26       $29,808
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