What can I do with a degree in economics? What is will be my starting salary with no experience?
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With a degree in economics I have always been told it's not very useful to get a job with. It is more usesful to start a business with. Although economics is very important and in my opinion the smartest people have high understandings of economics, I have always been told to pair it with anouther major. The most useful feild to use econ in are all feilds relating to finance, but most of those position require a degree in finance. Thus I am majoring in Econ and finance with an accounting minor.
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depends on where you work.  most go into academics and make from 19-30k to start.
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it depends, if u have experience..u earn more....\nalso u need to have M.D or PH.D....
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that really depends on your idea of comfortably.  What does comfortable mean to you?  How big of an apartment do you want, how close will you live to your workplace (ie. how much $ will go to public transportation, taxis), how often do you like to buy new clothes, how often do you like to go out socially? \n\nBased on my standard of living comfortably, I would say, for a single person with no dependants, you should be making at least $30,000/year.  Good Luck
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Bad idea. That is what I have and never helped me with getting jobs. Better to specialize somewhat but still keep is somewhat broad like a BA or BS in Business, economics, etc.. Employers seem to like that better I have found.
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There's a wide range of job oportunity for you with B.s Economics, you could work in any sector you can ever think of, just send ur c.v to any firm, bank, industry or any organisation and there you go, so long as you have a very good result and what the organisation require of you.
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Anything in business, engineering, or the sciences is great. If you go the humanities route, just be sure to balance class time with internships and independent research, both of which will make you more marketable.  A humanities major also gives you more flexibility in your career path. Worst major? Something you absolutely hate or aren't good at--you'll eventually regret it.\n\nThe Princeton Review.com listed these starting salaries for their most popular majors: \nElectrical Engineering $51,372\nAccounting $41,110\nEconomics/Finance $40,906\nBusiness Administration/Management $38,188\nMarketing $35,321\nPolitical Science $32,999\nEnglish $31,169\nBiology $29,750\nPsychology $27,791\nJournalism $27,646\n\nYou may want to check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which tells you about different professions, education needed, salary, and job outlook. Go to http://www.bls.gov/oco\n\nAlso check out the source links I cited.
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it depends, an economist for a private company will make more than one employed by the government; an auction appraiser will make more than a land appraiser. An electrical engineer (i know i am a mechanical engineer) will start out of college at 40-60k and go up into the 100k+ range.
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Do some networking in the profession to dig around.  Read professional journals, call public and private sector (corporate)economists working in the field about what issues are not adequately resolved, ask your professors and advisors.  You need to peg an emerging area of the field where there are still unanswered questions (i.e. not saturated with publications on the same topic), but with enough published material for you to cite credible sources and enough empirical data cost-effectily available for you to run your supporting econometrics -- it's a balancing act. \n\nIf you are a micro-economic specialist, I would go for the corporate staff economists.  They are always overworked and on tight budgets, so you might be able to find one with a puzzle to solve who will welcome free help in doing so, and not care about claiming academic credit.
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Find something you are interested in and get a job.  You might not get paid a lot, but you can live with your parents rent free (I assume) and get good experience.\n\nLife has not started already.  This guy below is wrong.
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a general understanding of commodity trading, portfolio management and economic trends would seem to be in order. Most jobs require at least a B.S. Most of the jobs I saw were looking for someone that had 5 years experience or an advance degree (Financial Engineering was hot last year).\n\nFXGame - Currency Trading Game might be a way to test some of your knowledge and skills without risking any cash.
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My mother has taken up the courses of the University of Economic Studies, became an economist and now she is Head of a Department of the local Financial Administration. Even if she earns a medium salary , it's not a job that would tempt me, although my interests are centered on the field of economics. Therefore I have chosen to study business at a university in Germany as it will really put all my abilities to test, meaning both computer science and maths, humanities and a fair share of economics. There is much more to economics than we learn during high school where we hardly manage to gain an insight into macro and microeconomics. There are a lot of specializations that you could choose such as: accounting, finance, management, marketing, banking and so on and the career prospects are as varied as the possible majors are. I would like to become head of a department in a multinational company and to travel around the world. while someone else could choose to become an accountant, a consultant, an analyst, a manager and the list can go on. The field of economics is, without a doubt, an area you should be familiar with if you want to produce and sell any kind of goods and that is why economy is often chosen as a major. Good luck!
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learn economics and apply your knowledge
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Basing your choice of majors on the "jobmarket" is ALWAYS a very bad idea.  What you end up doing is selecting a field before you know enough about the subject to know if its right for you.  You also confine yourself to a narroow standard of value: the paycheck.  And there is absolutely no way of knowing what the job market will be in 5 years--much less 10 when you will really need to be establishing a career track.\n\nFor your undergraduate work, choose something YOU are interested in--don't even look at thes so-called "job market guides."  You will get far better grades if you are interested in what you are doing.  Take some courses in other fields with you r electives to get a feel for what alternatives you might also be interested in.\n\nAnd of course, the question you have at this point is "But what if I can't get a job?"  Trading the restof your life for the false security of a job survey is no solution.  But if you are goodat--and enjoy--what you do--your odds will be very good--a lot better in fact.  And here are a couple of tips that may help:\n\n1) your "major" will consist of only a minority of your courses.  Many people take a double major (if this springboards off your minor, it may require no more than 8 courses--less if you use electives).  So you have options--don't committ yourself to early.\n\nAnd find out what non-academic resources your university has available.  There will be internships in different fields (which give youjob experience and a taste of the "real thing"), there are professionals in every field who are only too happy to talk to undergrads--but ralely get a chance because few of you will go knock on their office door and ask! And a wide  array of other resources.\n\nBottom line: THINK FOR YOURSELF! That's what a college education is all about--not job training.
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Never base your education on "impressing" someone, base it on what you want to do and then set out to market yourself in that area.\n\nIf economics is not your style, go with what you love. Too many people major in subjects they later chuck for what really interest them in a job. \n\nNetwork with those in GIS, ask questions, take names and numbers, work for someone during the summer and build your reputation. GO FOR IT!
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Depending on your age, experience and grades, it can be fairly easy.  You would likely work for a chemical company or an oil company.  Current starting salaries are around $59K.  I wouldn't get an engineering degree though. You'll regret it.
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Get an entry-level job in the field and work your way up.  You can start doing something semi-related that doesn't require a degree, then once you're in, if the company has an education assistance program they will help pay for your degree granted you stay employed for so many years.  That's the best way to go, student loans are another option, but that's just borrowing money now that you'll have to pay back with interest later.