Hat tip to Beth Tallman (via Big Picture blog) for this QoD.

Answer:

Questions:

• Do you see a pattern with the highest paying jobs for this year's college grads?
• What do you think are the factors that determine the salary of a recent college grad? 
• Does seeing information like this impact how you think about your college major?

Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the numbers (via Bloomberg):

The Class of 2019 is getting ready to enter one hot job market. And grads with a background in slicing and dicing data have an edge. 

Data scientist was the highest-paying entry-level job last year, according to Glassdoor research. Young adults in this field earned a median annual base salary of $95,000. That’s higher than young Wall Street workers received as investment-banking analysts.

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Check out our Careers Unit page for more lessons and activities to help your students navigate the world of work. 

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Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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