How Much Do University Students Expect From Their First Salary?

How Much Do University Students Expect From Their First Salary? | Hot Take

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6 ай бұрын

How much do university students expect for their first salary after they graduate? And do their expectations differ depending on the industry that they want to pursue? We hit the streets to find out more!
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@mulelos 6 ай бұрын

This interview SOOOOOOO much more substantial than the previous salary/mortage related topics. Asking the right questions and questioning where the figures come from. These are all valid directions for any pre-uni or undergraduates to set their expectations right. Do your research well.

@zhenhaoguo4599 6 ай бұрын

should also ask if they think they can get by with those salaries

@zexfalanx5595 6 ай бұрын

As a fresh graduate who hasn't been able to find a job after a year of applying, I think this vid was rlly helpful to help set my expectations going forward

@Freikorptrasher 6 ай бұрын

yea don't listen to those in Reddit or EDMW starting 8k and 20k respectively. 🤣🤣🤣

@1ako415 6 ай бұрын

early career focus more on yr growth and what u can learn, not just highest salary

@hayleyt.4680 5 ай бұрын

I love how the video went into the main topic right after a very brief intro! Questions are very well designed to get more insights from the students! Great interview, keep it up! :)

@sherlim6694 Ай бұрын

I graduated from marketing as a local degree (not the top3) but my starting pay is 5k+! I’d say landing a good internship (in a bigger company) while schooling helps because I just went back to the same company after graduating last year in Jul.

@lubis1991 6 ай бұрын

Oh dear, the psych major. Who's gonna tell her?

@shufangina 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, think she better start researching 😅

@WEE159 5 ай бұрын

Maybe she opening OF? Cam earn more than her expected liao.

@HighKrasher Ай бұрын

Not unrealistic if she has relevant internships. Psychology degree is as general as a biz degree. Am speaking from personal experience as well.

@lj.2955 6 ай бұрын

When you graduate, choosing your first job is crucial because it shapes your future earning potential. In my experience, local and government jobs usually offer standard salaries based on qualifications. Even after working for 5 to 8 years, your pay might not increase much unless you excel and climb the career ladder. But not everyone can do that. Some US or global companies might offer higher salaries, though landing a job with them can be tough and sometimes requires a bit of luck. Interning with these companies can improve your chances of getting hired later on, especially if you perform well.

@iamfoodiesg 5 ай бұрын

2nd this. My mindset backthen thinking going through SMEs I can learn from many touch points. But end up you will just be jack of all trade master of none.

@LordBagdanoff 6 ай бұрын

Healthcare is the best in SG for those becoming doctors. Stressful is part of the job for these kind of top profession but high pay and secure.

@namyi6155 6 ай бұрын

saw Brenda and the TSL team at UTown when this was filming!! 😊

@Longtermalwayswins 6 ай бұрын

shes hot

@TheSmartLocal 5 ай бұрын

Come say hi next time 😗😗😗

@dhasliesylvesto 6 ай бұрын

Can have expectations so they can work towards it lah.. but more importantly is after they graduated, they can get a job first, doesn't really matter how much the salary is. If their first job after graduate is not what they expected and they wouldn't want to take it, then they will be on a losing end with no job. Good luck!

@x_tingting Ай бұрын

As someone who used to have this mindset for my first job, I really regretted cos I was being lowballed but I thought hey, better than no job. So i took it up but now i am forever playing catch up with my peers because many future employers based off my last pay. I’ll say don’t be too picky of cos, but know your worth so you don’t get shortchanged in future!

@remy7663 2 күн бұрын

@@x_tingting just lie abt ur prev salary

@loxc 6 ай бұрын

Dear Business Analytics guy, Please do ur research, ur starting salary is only 5k at best. Companies are cutting costs.

@qqsera 6 ай бұрын

Well he is only in his first year, and he did mention that this is probably on the higher end based on his seniors. Give chance la😅

@w990. 6 ай бұрын

I guess it depends if he is able to get into consulting. OW, Bain, McKin & etc.

@devvynneo6486 6 ай бұрын

? NUS GES 2022 (2 years ago), business analytics median salary is 5.5k? Why would you even say 5k at best

@gerardtx291 6 ай бұрын

nvm la can aim high. Usually reality is 20% lower.

@woodmon122 6 ай бұрын

@@devvynneo6486not to mention mean is $5966 This guy commenting 5k at best is the one who never do his research 😂

@r1r2r2 6 ай бұрын

Ummm guys. I graduated like years back and yet still paid $3k plus because companies are cutting costs like badly. No one is secured

@iamfoodiesg 5 ай бұрын

Local U $3k plus? Which field are you in? Honest curious.

@r1r2r2 5 ай бұрын

Science and now media

@qdgnd 6 ай бұрын

Not just about the salary but also about the stress, depression and poorer mental health that comes along with most of these careers. If possible, just quit the rat race for good.

@Daniel_RG 6 ай бұрын

Not every uni grad is depressed and stressed

@xxxcool2565 6 ай бұрын

And do what? Drive grab? Leech on parents? Lol at strawberry gen

@qdgnd 6 ай бұрын

@@xxxcool2565Nothing wrong with doing something easier. There is no point getting such a high salary if you are miserable. At the very most, just remain single

@joesr31 5 ай бұрын

Then what? U pay me for food and home? Most people don't need the very best, they just want to survive and enjoy some of life's luxuries occasionally

@JJ-ff7mm 6 ай бұрын

Many people dont understand that even though median salary growth is moderate, salary growth at the top end of the spectrum has increased significantly. Even outside the traditional IB/FICC, many jobs pay fresh grads significantly better. Citi pay their corp banking grads 8k/mo, JPM pays their entire GCIB fresh grad cohort 5 figure salary (incl transaction banking). MBB pays close to 8k, oliver wyman pays close to 9k. Tech firms still pay decent salary although fresh grad hires are reduced. 6-7k expectation already very conservative assuming the students know what their end goals are.

@TFRO_madRobots 6 ай бұрын

Actually this is really the most insightful and factful comment any of these videos on fresh grads have seen so far

@qqsera 6 ай бұрын

These 'outside' jobs may not be a good representation for the general market, as there are limited vacancies and rather competitive I would think? 😅

@JJ-ff7mm 6 ай бұрын

@@qqsera I agree that these high-paying fresh grad roles are not reflective of the average grad role and are probably limited to the top 5% of each cohort. However i’m not saying that every fresh grad should have unrealistic expectations of achiving these kind of remuneration. My point is that we shouldn’t just label these undergrads a delusional just because they have high salary expectations. A >6k fresh grad salary is more achievable now than 10 years ago where it was limited to the 0.1% who got a IB/markets role in a buldge bracket. This was largely driven by the tech boom towards the end of the last decade where your meta/AWS/google and equiv were throwing 5 figure salaries at fresh grads. Many of the MNCs in the traditional industries (US/EU banks, strat firms, law firms) started restructuring pay at the junior levels in order to remain competitive in their bid to attract/retain talent.

@xxxcool2565 6 ай бұрын

@@JJ-ff7mmjust in case you missed it, big tech firms are freezing hiring and retrenching in a big way. Paying >$6k p.m. is becoming an exception rather than the norm. Things has changed drastically. We are heading into a recession and a fresh grad in 6 months time would be lucky to find a job, any job let alone get a high pay

@LemonadeRock 6 ай бұрын

3k is the starting pay for all 😂

@edenassos 5 ай бұрын

When you think of how much junior doctors have to work compared to a person in another industry, that bump in pay isn't really worth it.

@trepozisoh8365 3 ай бұрын

3.5k to 4.5k excluding tech industry for sure, 3.5k on the lower end and 4.5k on the higher end.

@BrandedBow 6 ай бұрын

should ask the same questions to poly students

@600GLEMinuS 6 ай бұрын

first pair like in senandiri position ah

@oilygrossboy9313 6 ай бұрын

"senang diri" hahaha

@HelloHello-qf3ui 6 ай бұрын

Which uni students did smartlocal interviewed in this video?

@shiro-ii4rh 6 ай бұрын

NUS

@noctis_wehttam 6 ай бұрын

My first pay as a UX Designer here in SG was 2.8k, after 7 years of hustle, i'm at 4.8k now.

@BlackflowerGamerz 6 ай бұрын

Curious, is 3000SGD reasonable salary for a diploma holder w 3 years experience in an engineering plastic moulding manufacturing industry?

@cecilia.carloshow9559 6 ай бұрын

The max probably $3.5K⁉️

@BlackflowerGamerz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks !

@b0yxx 6 ай бұрын

more than reasonable because Engineering in SG is lowly paid.

@xiaoxinbenjy 6 ай бұрын

That depends if you're doing the same thing in the company If your experience doesn't cover what the company want, some companies may not accept. Heng suay tbh 😂

@Yami0to0hikari 6 ай бұрын

@@b0yxxmainly due to a glut of engineers and most companies outsourcing such roles sadly. If u go to the west you would be able to demand a better salary comparatively speaking

@koon2038 6 ай бұрын

sorry to be that person..but it's "lower/higher end of the spectrum" instead of "lower/higher spectrum"

@mystiqueterence 5 ай бұрын

$4.2k at least, and the girl at 7:42 seems so hyped up abt business administration idk why LMAO

@LacusClyneHime 5 ай бұрын

When you set your expectations too high, it's hard for you to accept anything you set your mind on already. My first salary was 1200.. (basically I knew nothing about my job) and over the years gained work experience and related certs and getting 10k right now. (8 years in the industry now) Aside from salary, I think getting the experience and exposure is more important.

@joesr31 5 ай бұрын

NUS grad? What major so low? Thats like an interns pay

@wallthemart 5 ай бұрын

If u dont mind sharing, what industry? Aircraft maintenance?

@LacusClyneHime 5 ай бұрын

@@wallthemart I was a Lab Analyst. Then I realised this isn't what I wanted and went into IT. From not knowing anything about IT until where I am currently.

@gh8066 5 ай бұрын

these salaries basically can survive but to thrive you have to create/find your own opportunities. taking risks and betting on yourself when you're young is good but not so common in sg

@bloop1163 5 ай бұрын

to all those saying 6-7k is too high, just take a look at the employment graduate survey for fresh grads nus, especially for computing related majors. its just the average pay, and most of my friends (just grad last year) mostly draw a starting of 5-8k depending on the company/ sector/ job scope. its really just average

@0rchimaru 5 ай бұрын

I hope you know how they even get the numbers for the GES you're referencing to lol. And if you have no experience in benchmarking the overall market, I don't think your so-called friends represent the entire cohort.

@joesr31 5 ай бұрын

Yeah but com science is one of the highest paid majors. On average, 6-7k is pretty high for fresh grad

@bloop1163 5 ай бұрын

@@0rchimaru hmm im honestly not sure, no experience benchmarking, just speaking from own experience and seems to match the ges. i thought they just get the stats by mass sending emails to grads and try to entice people to fill up the form with some gift vouchers cos thats what they did for my batch lol. filled up cos i thought i cld get a voucher but nope they didnt give me anything😠my circle of friends mostly draw 5-7k and our grades/ internships/ skills are kinda average imo so yea thought the computing kids had realistic expectations. but of course this is only for computing related majors, cant say for the rest

@bloop1163 5 ай бұрын

@@joesr31yeap it is definitely inflated for now (hope it stays inflated HAHAH)

@justinzy5 5 ай бұрын

Com science can’t get high salary anymore because too many grad mean too much supply. Unless you are the top 5%. High chance programming will replace by AI in the future.

@remy7663 2 күн бұрын

Who's gonna program the AI

@justinzy5 Күн бұрын

@@remy7663of course will be create by the top 5% elite teams. The rest will be doing IT support related jobs. That why big companies is doing retrenchment to filter out the unless position. I can said the golden era of IT have passed.

@syahh98 6 ай бұрын

Now work also require ITE already. Degree not easy

@linzixuan29 6 ай бұрын

6 K is possible .

@xxxcool2565 6 ай бұрын

For how many? Unless you are the lucky few like 1 in 1000, forget it. Many more FTs are willing to do what you do for half the salary

@linzixuan29 6 ай бұрын

@@xxxcool2565 this is why U can't be average

@TTSource 5 ай бұрын

that the starting salary for most comp science people

@holssiying 6 ай бұрын

Just graduated with a psych degree and am looking for a job but it’s quite hard 🥲 but I would say expected starting pay around 2.8 to 3k?

@joeyjoey22 Ай бұрын

That’s the same as 12 years ago…..

@user-lh6cp7oi7f Ай бұрын

It took slightly more than 8 months to get a job.

@rainingthepooh3547 6 ай бұрын

brenda casually met JEREMIAH TANG

@omega_3_998 6 ай бұрын

Real estate need degree? ... since when?

@amazingrace238 6 ай бұрын

You must be thinking real estate equals property agent.

@user-gv3ci1kl2j Ай бұрын

Till these kids start to look at the per hour pay once they start working... good luck. We have been there, went through that. That extra money is hard earn unless you are good at bootlicking and playing politics.

@user-zs5zd9os9g 6 ай бұрын

So much more realistic than Torres’ video. But still pains to know our fresh grads are starting with such a tight budget 😢

@TheSmartLocal 5 ай бұрын

😢

@theojunming 5 ай бұрын

hmmm ~~~ 3.8k for chem eng going into manufacturing sector , or even lower given current economy. anyway job market saturated most of the time for mainstream chem eng industry

@TJ86691 18 күн бұрын

Some areas even the technicians are earning more than engineers (with loads of overtime of course)

@chloejingen 5 ай бұрын

To Green Sweater guy. How you expect to get 6k when u cannot even do HSH? Bro the green sweater makes ur eyebags really prominent, pls go get a colour analysis. Tq:)

@meiyinli7409 15 күн бұрын

bachelor in chinese about 3k only😢

@steventay5834 22 күн бұрын

Now is about $4000-$5000

@milync 2 ай бұрын

“Thankly everybody’s guaranteed a job”

@johnfoo5402 6 ай бұрын

Curious about smu

@glcwvibes9022 5 ай бұрын

I wanna know about pharmacy and pharmaceutical sci undergrad salary😭

@MrBoliao98 5 ай бұрын

This sounds more on point, this sounds like my pay.

@kyrillosgavriil5553 6 ай бұрын

HISTORY LETS GOOO 🎉

@user-tn8ev9tk4j 6 ай бұрын

so is it me-di-cine or med-cine?

@myphonecamera4 6 ай бұрын

The latter

@acerkbr Ай бұрын

@@myphonecamera4 Really? How come google in American and British accents pronounce it as the former?

@nipulu77 6 ай бұрын

No comment for that couple studying medicine. To that business guy, 6k too low for you, should be 15k at least sake as MP, he just he living in Malaysia kampung 100 yrs old well

@bsolutions525 6 ай бұрын

Limpeh O lvls nia. Last yr $300k. Excluding capitals gains

@Longtermalwayswins 6 ай бұрын

boh bei chao. lespect.

@poolfans 5 ай бұрын

You need worker? I also O level

@bsolutions525 4 ай бұрын

@@poolfans Company quota full. pm your resume only if you SG/pr

@tsubakilee1728 6 ай бұрын

wow jerimiah sia cool

@davidlim7159 2 күн бұрын

good luck. lol

@xxxcool2565 6 ай бұрын

The business admin guy must be joking or trolling. Who pays $6k-$7k for a fresh grad from a general business degree?

@Daniel_RG 6 ай бұрын

He is studying Business Analytics, not Business Admin (3:42)

@foodfood9003 6 ай бұрын

poly grad doesnt know the difference

@juniorly4 6 ай бұрын

business analytics is under school of computing...please only comment when you know your stuff

@xxxcool2565 6 ай бұрын

@@juniorly4 lol. Business analytics are glorified management accountants that tell senior management what they already kow. Definately not worth >$6k p.m. either way. Show me how many company pay fresh grad in business analytics >$6k p.m. Completrly out of touch with reality. You might as well be better off driving grab. Maybe you can get $6k p.m. strawberry gen...seesh. drive grab lah

@juniorly4 6 ай бұрын

@@xxxcool2565 why are you so disgruntled? a simple google search and you can find that the BASIC monthly salary of a NUS Biz An is 5.8k median, 5.5k mean, and this is 2022 data. www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/post-secondary/ges-2022/web-publication-nus-ges-2022.ashx But i guess no point arguing with ignorant people who choose to ignore facts and speak out of your ass 🤡

@qilimercurial5116 6 ай бұрын

Lewis Hamilton pay few hundred millions..

@poolfans 5 ай бұрын

1 in a billion

@qilimercurial5116 5 ай бұрын

@@poolfans messi salary few hundred million.

@arer4047 6 ай бұрын

6k-7k?? for starting pay? with no experience and nothing to bring to the table besides what you crammed up in university, and yet expect 6-7k? so delusional!

@userwheretogo 5 ай бұрын

You are probably the old generation loser

@TTSource 5 ай бұрын

their few lines of codes can generate much more economical value than the paperwork a humanities student writes

@xiaoxinbenjy 6 ай бұрын

Starting pay higher but more stressful. Lower pay lesser responsibility Lesser workload Lesser stressed. Are you ready? 😂

@moot8107 6 ай бұрын

Good luck keep dreaming

@syaril20032 6 ай бұрын

Enough with all this degree holders. Having a degree is over hype nowadays. People do uni just for the status and can say they have a “degree cert”. When in reality even an ITE cert nitec or higher nitec can get a degree salary. Just have to find the right industry and right company. The only good thing for a degree is you can climb to management faster but goodluck doing that if youre in the government sector. Make a video of graduates from ITE or poly that have been in the workforce and ask whats their salary range. Can easily beat this undergrads. And alot alot of uni kids dont even pursue the industry they were studying in. Like i said its just for status.

@摇蝉 6 ай бұрын

it's not a competition blud

@syaril20032 6 ай бұрын

@@摇蝉 yeaaaah i know. Im just saying like every time when locals talk about this kind of topics they straight go to uni kids or degree holders thats all. Anything below a degree is looked down upon. Thats just how i see it 🤷🏽‍♂️

@kkkkkkkb9945 6 ай бұрын

@@syaril20032 low iq cope

@kkkkkkkb9945 6 ай бұрын

@@syaril20032 low iq cope

@justinzy5 5 ай бұрын

Ya for SME can .. but MNC and gov sector all see qualification. No degree mean you stuck as technician. Got degree you are engineer.

@davidcorrrenberg373 6 ай бұрын

She's very pretty but why she keeps asking the same questions?

@Daniel_RG 6 ай бұрын

umm... because that's the topic of the video?

@ZAstrayZ 6 ай бұрын

There are plenty of ways to edit this video to not sound repetitive.

@gef2 6 ай бұрын

6k kid is really dreaming lol

@devvynneo6486 6 ай бұрын

No… bro shopee and grab data science starting pay is around 6.5k…

@davidcorrrenberg373 6 ай бұрын

Footballers in the UK earn a monthly salary of 100k-700k Singapore dollar. Just saying

@JosephChris-qb2wg 6 ай бұрын

LOL, I think u need a reality check, for SWE fresh grad, govtech is 7k-8k, DSTA is 6k-7k, GIC is 7k, JPM is 6k-7k, Goldman is 6k-7k, Meta is 9k, Apple is 7k-8k VC and Hedge Fund is above 10k

@heyilikeable 6 ай бұрын

@@JosephChris-qb2wgstill a dream to enter those companies right hahaha

@JosephChris-qb2wg 6 ай бұрын

@@heyilikeable Hmm not really, I guess it depends on ur circle of friends, majority I know and myself are in these companies