This page contains key outcome data for the Communication Technologies Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $45,000 (Rank: 115 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $23,000
- Unemployment Rate: 6.70% (Rank: 164 of 171)
- Percent Female: 36.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 13.2%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.1%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.0%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 67 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.22 (Rank: 23 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Designers: 9.10% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Artists and Related Workers: 7.94% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Broadcast and Sound Engineering Technicians and Radio Operators, and media and communication equipment workers, all other: 4.14% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 3.70% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 3.58% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 3.17% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.11% (Average Income: $47,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.50% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 2.46% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Actors, Producers, and Directors: 2.22% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.90%
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.76% (Average Income: $27,000)
- Editors, News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents: 1.61% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors: 1.54% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.50% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 1.34% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Cashiers: 1.34% (Average Income: $17,000)
- Photographers: 1.26% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 1.21% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.12% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Chefs and Cooks: 1.05% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Office Clerks, General: 1.01% (Average Income: $33,000)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 1.01% (Average Income: $21,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 0.90% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 0.76% (Average Income: $31,000)
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