Starting salaries for 2007 journalism grads

Some salary data from the most recent UGA Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication. This is starting salaries for people who graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in journalism or mass communications. Overall, the average was the same as last year: $30,000.


Text breakdown and comparison with previous year

All fields: $30,000, same as for 2006 grads
Daily papers: $28,000, up nearly $1,000 from 2006
Weekly papers: $26,900
Radio: $25,000, down $2,000 from 2006
TV: $29,300, down $440 from 2006
Cable: $30,500
Advertising: $32,000, up $2,000 from 2006
PR: $32,000, up $2,000 from 2006
Consumer magazines: $32,000
Specialized info publishers: $32,000
Web: $37,400