{"id":2489,"date":"2009-02-20t15:40:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-20t20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:35:03","slug":"salary-offers-to-new-accounting-grads-hit-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2009\/02\/20\/salary-offers-to-new-accounting-grads-hit-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"salary offers to new accounting grads hit the wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
compensation for accounting majors rises less than 2%.<\/strong><\/p>\n the staffing crisis is so-o-o-o-o over.<\/em><\/p>\n the overall average salary offer made to 2009 bachelor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degree graduates is $49,353\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnearly identical to the 2008 average of $49,300.<\/p>\n for business majors as a group, average salary offers have increased compared to last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s report, but only by 2.6 percent, according to the national association of colleges and employers. within the business category, many of the individual business disciplines saw small increases.<\/p>\n for example, the offer to accounting majors rose by 1.9 percent. their average starting salary offer stands at $48,334. similarly, grads earning finance degrees saw their average offer increase 2 percent, bringing it to $49,794.<\/p>\n business administration\/management graduates realized a more generous increase: their average offer rose 4.7 percent to $45,887. conversely, marketing graduates saw their average offer slip by 0.3 percent, from $43,459 to $43,334. of greater significance: just one year ago, marketing grads saw a sizable increase of 5.2 percent from 2007.<\/p>\n