Who is likely to earn more money?

Graduate School
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<p>Civil engineerer or financial analyst?</p>

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<p>A Civil Engineer who is a PE and does environmental design consulting or hazardous waste disposal design will make more money hands down.</p>

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<p>i think it depends on what u do with it. u can always get a better job than the one u have. i doubt that u want to stay a civil engineer or a financial analyst all ur life. if u know how to invest ur money, it doesnt matter what u do!</p>

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<p>If you’re a CFA? I am pretty sure the average salary for a CFA is somewhere in the ballpark of 140k. It only goes up from there.</p>

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<p>Whoever puts more passion and innovation in their job. Seriously.</p>

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<p>Nah. It’s good, but it’s not THAT good.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-45344/fid-6886[/url]”>http://www.payscale.com/salary-survey/vid-45344/fid-6886&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Sakky,</p>

<p>I think those numbers are very inaccurate. They are round numbers, and are calculated from only a few replicates. I went to the CFA Institute’s website, and found some numbers from 2003 (it was all I could find, but I doubt they have changed drastically)
For the United States, the numbers look like this:</p>

<p>2003 Median Salary: $109,550
2003 Median Bonus: 30,800</p>

<p>The numbers go up substantially with experience, too.
Clearly, it isn’t an apple-to-apple comparison, but I am lead to believe that the average salaries are indeed higher than the website listed. I find myself more inclined to believe the CFA Institute, as they actually issue the credential. </p>

<p>The CFA Institute’s website is <a href=“http://www.cfainstitute.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.cfainstitute.org</a>
I found these numbers on page 14 on this PDF:
<a href=“http://www.cfainstitute.org/memservices/pdf/03exec_sum.pdf[/url]”>Something Went Wrong;

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<p>Actually, I think you are confusing the issue. There is a big difference between salaries and total compensation. Salaries are exactly that - what you can always be expected to get as part of your regular pay. Bonuses, on the other hand, are highly variable.</p>

<p>I agree that the salaries on my link are probably unusually low. However, I think the key takehome point is that it’s not really the CFA certification per se that gives you that high salary. It’s the combination of the CFA, your investment management experience, and your investment knowledge that gets you the money. You can’t just decide one fine day that you’re going to take the CFA exam, pass it, and then demand the same kind of money that all other CFA’s get.</p>

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<p>Well, the OP was asking who was likely to earn more money, not about austere salaries. But, your point is well taken. Still though, a 30k bonus median doesn’t sound bad to me!</p>