Anonymous
01/30/2026 19:57
Subject: Re:Starting salary or expected for your child
Anonymous wrote:My kid is a 2025 graduate from a top architecture school. He is making $75,000 at a firm living in a large but low cost of living city.
He is working a pretty standard 40 hour work week and loving his job.
What school? What city?
Anonymous
01/20/2026 11:34
Subject: Re:Starting salary or expected for your child
The entry level job outlook for 2026 grads is getting worse. If new grads don’t have work experience or a networking foundation they are in trouble. Their starting salaries could be $0.00 or whatever Starbucks pays.
Anonymous
01/19/2026 20:55
Subject: Starting salary or expected for your child
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The median bachelor's at MIT was $105k. MIT probably has the highest starting salaries in the country. Hopefully this can ground everyone in reality. Most grads make significantly less than this across the country.
A NVCC associates degree gets a 2026 grad $90,000 to start at the Arlington County Police Department.
So?
School, degree, starting salary are wildly variable. I am not sure you even need a high school diploma for ICE.
ICE does not
Anonymous
01/19/2026 20:49
Subject: Re:Starting salary or expected for your child
Anonymous wrote:My kid is a 2025 graduate from a top architecture school. He is making $75,000 at a firm living in a large but low cost of living city.
He is working a pretty standard 40 hour work week and loving his job.
Congratulations, it's more important to love your job and life than make a lot of $$$ and be miserable.