For ordinary people, applying for a high-paying career is still the top priority. So what major pays well? Many people think it is a programmer, but this is a profession rather than a university major. There are thousands of majors. What is the best choice? Let's take a look.
Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released the average salary data of urban employees in 2022. This data shows that in 2022, the information transmission, software and information technology service industries will have the highest annual average wages in urban non-private units and private units.
The research data of the "2023 China Undergraduate Employment Report" (Employment Blue Book) released by the Mycos Research Institute also shows that among the top 10 high-paying majors for undergraduate graduates in 2022, almost all of them are computer and electronic information closely related to IT. Professional occupation. In addition, the major of "Data Science and Big Data Technology" has been very popular in recent years, ranking third on the list for the first time.
The starting salary of big data majors exceeds 7,000 yuan
According to the 2023 Employment Blue Book data, the major with the highest monthly income for undergraduate graduates in 2022 is information security (7,579 yuan), followed by information engineering (7,157 yuan), data science and big data technology (7,074 yuan) and software engineering (7,056 yuan). ). The starting salary of fresh graduates of these majors is more than 7,000 yuan.
The 5th to 10th majors in the high-paying list are electronic science and technology (6,971 yuan), microelectronics science and engineering (6,889 yuan), network engineering (6,878 yuan), Internet of Things engineering (6,870 yuan), electronic information science and Technology (6761 yuan) and automation (6698 yuan).
Among the 10 majors, computer majors account for 5, and electronic information majors account for 4. With the popularization of IT technology application scenarios, the job market has a huge demand for excellent IT talents. Therefore, graduates majoring in computer and electronic information have broad employment prospects and development space.
The "monthly income" counted in the 2023 Employment Blue Book includes all monthly cash income such as wages, bonuses, performance commissions, and cash welfare subsidies.
High-paying graduates are mainly engaged in occupations such as Internet development
One of the important indicators to measure the employment quality of graduates is monthly income, but it is not the only indicator. Employment quality is also closely related to employment satisfaction, job-professional relevance, turnover rate, and main occupation after graduation.
According to the data of Mycos Research Institute, among the top 10 high-paying majors, network engineering, microelectronics science and engineering, and information engineering have the highest employment satisfaction, all exceeding 80%; software engineering jobs are highly related to majors (81 %); microelectronics science and engineering, and information security have better career stability and lower turnover rates, 12% and 14% respectively. Internet developers, computer programmers, and electronic engineering technicians are the main occupations for graduates of the top 10 high-paying undergraduate majors in 2022 after graduation.
According to the data of Mycos Research Institute, judging from the employment data of the 10 undergraduates from 2013 to 2022, network engineering and software engineering have entered the top 10 list of undergraduate high-paying majors for 10 consecutive years, and information engineering and information security have nearly 10. It has been on the list 9 times every year, and Internet of Things Engineering and Electronic Science and Technology have been on the list 7 times. The salary of information security majors has been at the top of the list for 9 consecutive years. It is worth mentioning that the data science and big data technology major, which began to recruit students in 2016, ranked third in the high-paying list for the first time.
The science and big data technology major ranked among the top three for the first time on the list
The salary of information security majors has been at the top of the list for 9 consecutive years. In the past nine years, the salary of graduates of this major has risen from 5,026 yuan in 2014 to 7,579 yuan in 2022, which is particularly impressive.
It is worth noting that the "Data Science and Big Data Technology" major, which began to enroll students in 2016, ranked third in the high-paying list for the first time.
Data science and big data technology is a highly interdisciplinary major, mainly researching knowledge and skills related to computer science and big data processing technology. This major was announced by the Ministry of Education as a newly added undergraduate major in 2015. Only Peking University, University of International Business and Economics, and Central South University were among the first to apply for this major. They began to recruit students in 2016.
Since 2017, more and more colleges and universities have begun to offer this major, and by 2018, the number of colleges and universities offering this major has soared to 250. This cohort of students will graduate in the Class of 2022.
According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education, in the seven years from 2015 to 2022, a total of 715 colleges and universities across the country have successfully registered for this undergraduate major. With the rapid development of the Internet economy, the demand for high-quality big data talents with multidisciplinary capabilities continues to increase, so this major quickly entered the TOP10 list of high-paying majors.
Relevant persons from the Mycos Research Institute pointed out that job market demand, professional talent training quality, graduates' final ability level, and industry career development trends will all have an impact on the monthly income of graduates of various majors. Therefore, for candidates who are about to fill in the college entrance examination, the average monthly income of graduates of each major can only be used as one of the reference information. They should not blindly pursue high-paying majors, but should consider various factors such as personal characteristics and changes in future social needs. .
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