If you want to earn the highest starting salaries as soon as you graduate, you need to be in the right place at the right time.

Specifically, you should aim to get a job in one of the top 10 countries that pay graduates the highest starting salaries.

To improve your chances, you should also aim to have earned a good bachelor’s degree in a subject that has a track record of leading to the highest-paying jobs in one of these countries too.

This is important as it’s usually hard for someone with a degree from an Indian university to get a job in the US, for example.

But if you have a degree from a US university, you can qualify for up to three years of work in the US that’s related in the degree through the Optional Practical Training programme.

Most countries have similar schemes where university graduates get to stay and find work legally, and even earn points to qualify them to become permanent residents.

Having a bachelor’s degree from any one of the top 10 countries that pay graduates the most is a requirement, having a master’s or PhD is a bigger advantage.


That’s not to say it’s impossible for you to work in any of these countries if you didn’t study there, if you’re a high potential individual, you’re welcome in the UK even without a job offer, for example.


And that’s not to say you can’t ever earn a lot if you don’t have a bachelor’s degree — there are diploma courses that have led to well-paying jobs too.

The point is, if you tick all of the following, you stand the greatest chance to earn the biggest salaries right after uni:

1. At least a bachelor’s degree in an in-demand field like computer science and law
2. Your university is in one of the top 10 countries that pay fresh graduates the most
3. You fulfill all requirements to work legally in one of those countries after graduating

Below are the top 1o countries with the highest average salaries, according to data from OECD in 2021.


To find the world’s highest starting salaries, we’ve looked into a combination of the most up-to-date and most authoritative data of each of the country below.

Check if the country you studied in is listed among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest starting salaries below:

1. United States.....

Several factors will influence your pay, including which company you work at, which US state it’s in, which school you went to, and which major you took.

The US Bureau of Labour Statistics states that graduates with a business degree earn US$65,000 on a yearly basis....

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