Average salaries for college graduates in various majors tended to be highest among workers in the 41- to 45-year-old age group, except for those in business and in the social sciences or cultural or area studies. Peak salaries for business majors were found among 46- to 50-year-olds, and for people who majored in the social sciences or cultural or area studies among 56- to 60-year-olds. People who majored in business had the highest average starting salaries, and people in STEM fields had the highest peak salaries. Although majors in the liberal arts (language or philosophy, and social sciences or cultural or area studies) were the lowest-paid among 18- to 25-year-olds, their salaries increased at the highest rate, and those in the social sciences or cultural or area studies caught up well enough that their salaries surpassed those of health-care majors during much of the latter part of their careers.
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