Median Annual Earnings of Terminal Master’s Degree Holders Employed Full-Time, by Field of Degree, 2018

Median Annual Earnings of Terminal Master’s Degree Holders Employed Full-Time, by Field of Degree, 2018

The median annual earnings of those who hold a master’s degree in the humanities ($60,000) were very similar to those of workers whose highest degree was a bachelor’s in the field ($59,000) and below those of master’s degree recipients from almost every other major academic field. While slightly higher than master’s degree recipients in the arts ($54,000), humanities graduates’ earnings were well below the median for master’s degree holders generally ($82,000) and approximately half of what engineering graduates earned ($116,000).31

Endnotes

• 31Ibid.