Top 10 Bachelor’s Salaries – Hint, Engineering Scores Big

A walk through BLS data shows that the top 10 salaries for those with a bachelor’s degree are all STEM.

Rob Spiegel

January 17, 2024

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At a Glance

  • High paying jobs
  • Bachelor degree careers

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), graduates with a bachelor’s degree make an average of almost $68,000. That was about $19,000 more than those with an associate’s degree and $27,000 more than those with only a high school diploma.

The top salaries for those holding a bachelor’s degree are in science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). As for the highest-paying bachelor's degrees? Here are the current top 10 according to the BLS.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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