This page contains key outcome data for the International Business 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: Business
- Average Income: $58,000 (Rank: 51 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $31,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.00% (Rank: 98 of 171)
- Percent Female: 57.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 29.2%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.4%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.5%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 62 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 4.83% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 4.10% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 4.03% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 3.83% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 3.73% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 3.53%
- Retail Salespersons: 3.23% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 3.01% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Financial Managers: 2.90% (Average Income: $89,000)
- Management Analysts: 2.71% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 2.57% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Sales Representatives, Services, All Other: 2.27% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 2.06% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.88% (Average Income: $72,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.45% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 1.44% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Office Clerks, General: 1.18% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.16% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.16% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.15% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Personal Financial Advisors: 1.14% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 1.14% (Average Income: $79,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.11% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products: 1.08% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Cashiers: 1.06% (Average Income: $17,000)
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