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Graduate Careers Australia

ergo - Number 92 September 2003

Graduate Destination Survey Report Roundup

The 2002 Graduate Starting Salaries report, the first in the latest series of reports derived from the Graduate Destination Survey, was released in July this year. The Graduate Careers Council of Australia’s (GCCA) annual report on the earnings of new university graduates shows that, in 2002, bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 and in their first full-time employment started work on a median salary of $35,500 per year. This is 82.7 per cent of male average earnings (all ages), which were $42,900 at the time of the survey.

Graduate Starting Salaries 2002 is based on data gathered from almost 96,000 respondents to the GCCA’s Graduate Destination Survey. These benchmark salary figures are based on information from over 12,000 new bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 and in their first full-time employment in Australia.

You can order Graduate Starting Salaries now by contacting the gradlink Helpdesk on (03) 9349 4300 or [email protected] .

The 2002 Report Series
The remaining reports in the 2002 series, including the Graduate Destination Survey, Postgraduate Destination Survey, the Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire and the Course Experience Questionnaire reports, are all due to be released over the coming months, and their release will be publicised through the gradlink website - www.gradlink.edu.au .

In 2003, the first two editions of a new report, entitled Grads, Jobs and Dollars, are to be made available as web-only documents. These two editions of the new report, which consists of the institutional and field of study data included in the Graduate Destination Survey report in previous years, will be available to download from the gradlink website - www.gradlink.edu.au - as PDF files.

For more information about the Graduate Destination Survey and other GCCA products please go to www.gradlink.edu.au and click on “About Gradlink/Products and Services”. You can also download Grad Stats and The Grad Files, executive summaries of the main findings of the Graduate Destination Survey, which are found in the “What Job For You” section of the gradlink website.