The 2006 survey of final year students in the Mining Engineering program at UNSW found the median starting package was $99,713 with the cash component varying between $55k and $98k.
This is backed up by national surveys conducted by Graduate Careers Australia that has found Mining Engineering graduates are amongst the
highest paid
professionals.
The table compares the starting salaries for a range of professional courses over a three year period.
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What the press has been reporting...
- Newly qualified mining engineers are earning as much as $130,000 a year, the Minerals Council of Australia says...A salary package of about $100,000 for holders of a four-year bachelor of mining engineering degree entering the workforce 'is not unexpected'.... Remote locations bring more.
Extract from Mining engineer graduates strike it rich, The Australian, 5/10/05, p38
- A mining engineer graduate could expect to earn anything between $75,000 and $90,000 on completion of the course. The cream can start dreaming of six-figure pay packets"
Extract from Crying out long and loud for new mining engineers, The Weekend Australian, 20/8/05, supplement on Resouces Boom p3.
- Those who specialize in mining are being aggressively pursued, and are having higher salaries and signing bonuses dangled before them."
Extract from Lack of qualified workers strains mining companies, The Wall Street Journal, 18/8/05, pp1 & 7
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