New | Computing jobs most lucrative for China’s graduates
Medical professions earn much less, with physicians the lowest paid among those who graduated last year, study shows
China’s computing graduates are enjoying the highest incomes, riding on the back of the country’s internet boom, a study says.
Jobs in internet development and applications were China’s best-paid professions, with last year’s graduates in those jobs earning an average monthly salary of 4,582 yuan (HK$5,800), according to a report released on Wednesday by education analysis firm Mycos.
These were followed by graduates in computer- and data-processing jobs, who earned 4,562 yuan a month on average.
Graduates in those high-paying professions studied computer science or technology and software engineering, the report said.
The long-term income advantage of college education is considerable
The annual study – which has become Chinese graduates’ authoritative handbook for employment since it was first published seven years ago – surveyed 264,000 graduates from 2011 and 2014.
Among those who graduated in 2011, jobs in internet development and applications were also the best-paid, with the graduates earning 8,289 yuan a month on average, the report said.
