Lowest Paying Jobs for College Grads

August 31, 2021 By Jobs

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The benefits of having a bachelor’s degree are many and well documented. Chief among them is the opportunity for higher-paying jobs. While jobs that require training and education certainly tend to a pay more, a college degree by no means guarantees a high salary. In fact, the typical annual wage for occupations that require a college degree is as little as $20,000.

24/7 Wall St. reviewed the median annual wage for jobs classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as typically requiring a bachelor’s degree. Even the lowest paying jobs among them tend to be relatively high paying. The median annual salaries of the 14 jobs on this list are all less than $50,000. In all but four of these occupations, the typical worker earns more than the national median wage of $36,200 a year.

It may puzzle some to learn that there are jobs that require the most education but pay some of the lowest wages. However, there will likely always be people who choose greater levels of education and careers for reasons other than money. Six of the 14 occupations on this list are jobs typically found at religious or educational institutions.

Click here to see the lowest paying jobs for college grads.

Student debt levels and tuition costs are rising in the United States. However, need-based financial aid and government forgiveness programs make going to college in order to pursue a low-paying profession a reasonable option for many Americans. After 10 years of public service, for example, college loans may be completely forgiven.

Employment in several of the lowest paying jobs for college graduates is expected to decline over the next decade, but others will likely growth considerably. By 2024, employment across all occupations is projected to grow by 6.5%. Five of the 14 jobs are expected grow faster than average, while the number people employed in four of these occupations is expected to decline.

To identify America’s lowest paying jobs for college graduates, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed 2015 annual median pay data for 449 jobs tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the broad occupation level of aggregation — the third of four government labor classifications. Only jobs that typically require at least a bachelor’s degree were considered. 2014 employment figures, and projected change in employment from 2014 to 2024 came from the BLS.

These are the lowest paying jobs for college graduates.

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  • DrArtaud

    It’s time that police train for and are issued “less lethal” technologies for use under specific circumstances. At this point, we don’t know about Sylville Smith (recent shooting by police), I’m not advocating universal use of less lethal technologies, the officer may well have been justified.

    Philando Castile, the black man shot in his car and who’s girlfriend streamed the scene on Facebook, did, indeed, have a license to carry, issued one month before his death, as confirmed by Fox News, they had a photograph of the letter that accompanied his permit, so it’s unlikely that he had any prior criminal history. The stream of F-Words from the cop, soliloquized to himself after the shooting, to me are a sign he knew he was wrong.

    Ex-South Carolina Trooper Pleads Guilty After Shooting Unarmed Man, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

    After Groubert asks for a driver’s license, Jones leans into his car. “Get out of the car,” Groubert can be heard shouting before immediately firing several shots at Jones.

    In a statement Groubert gave after the shooting, he said that he “observed” Jones “take an aggressive stance toward me.” Believing that Jones had a pistol in his hand, Groubert said, he fired several times.

    YouTube and the News are filled with graphic examples of innocent people and/or their pets being wrongfully shot by overzealous officers. Here’s a few, ludicrous examples.

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    Police Shoot Dead a Chihuahua, But Only After Tasing it First

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