This page contains key outcome data for the Computer Science 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: $78,000 (Rank: 8 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $44,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.70% (Rank: 77 of 171)
- Percent Female: 23.9%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 26.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.9%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 2.6%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 12 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.12 (Rank: 33 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.
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 32.57% (Average Income: $99,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 10.64% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Computer Programmers: 9.48% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 5.49%
- Computer Support Specialists: 3.63% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.75% (Average Income: $95,000)
- Computer and Information Systems Managers: 1.55% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators: 1.40% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Management Analysts: 1.27% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers: 1.17% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.02% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Engineers, : 0.93% (Average Income: $95,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 0.89% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 0.84% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Computer Hardware Engineers: 0.68% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 0.64% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Database Administrators: 0.63% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.62% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 0.58% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Designers: 0.56% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Cashiers: 0.52% (Average Income: $18,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 0.51% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Financial Managers: 0.45% (Average Income: $83,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 0.42% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 0.41% (Average Income: $32,000)
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