Salary change w/ master's degree

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<p>Is there any general trend with change in salary with a master's degree? Im doing some career research and all the average salaries I am finding consider that you have a bachelor's degree. On one site (collegegrad.com), it gives the avg starting salary for a bachelor's and then one for a master's.</p>

<p>For biomedical engineering, it says 39K for bachelor's and 61k for master's....so can you assume that for every tier they give a salary for (0-2yrs, 2-4yrs, 4-6yrs, etc.) you can add 20k to what they say for a master's?
For Civil engineering, they only show a 6k difference. Does that mean there's only a 6k difference for starting salary or throughout.</p>

<p>I guess my main question is, can u assume that the difference between salary (bachelor's vs. master's) will be the same throughout your career. I.e. if you would get a 20K boost as a starting salary, will you get a 20k boost if you get your masters 5 years in?</p>

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<p>No, I don't think that is a valid assumption.</p>

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<p>I'm with lil_killer on this one. You can't base salary simply on the level of degree. There are so many factors that go into the salary; such as career field, job demand, and countless others.</p>

<p>And on a sidenote--I'm fairly sure a biomedical engineering undergraduate degree will make more than 39k.</p>