The hindsight salary thread

samiamy
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:50:24 +0000

Not to be nit picking, but… seems entry level to get a job is Masters level, deeper in the article it stated:

Digging Deeper
The 0-2 year experience levels showed a small increase – average salaries for that category were up 6.2 percent.

“Recently graduated bachelor level geologists had a difficult time finding work,” Ayling said, “and the few that did worked for lower salaries, depressing the overall average.”

He pointed out that a master’s degree is the “working degree” for petroleum geologists, and also noted that in the average salary by degree for the 15-19 year experience group was nil this year “because there weren’t any bachelor’s geologists in that grouping to chart.”