The National Association of Colleges and Employers survey puts the average new grad salary at $68,000/year (https://www.naceweb.org/docs/default-source/default

The National Association of Colleges and Employers survey puts the average new grad salary at $68,000/year (https://www.naceweb.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2024/publication/executive-summary/2024-nace-winter-salary-survey-executive-summary.pdf?Status=Master&sfvrsn=b8ff91c4_3 https://www.naceweb.org/docs/default-source/default-document...) That’s ~$7000 more than the median earnings of the overall population (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm). There will be college grads struggling and non grads thriving, but on average a person just out of college is doing at least as well as the general population income wise and can expect their incomes to rise with time.