2015 Salary Survey of College Graduates and Interns

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I. About

Compensation Resources, Inc.

2 Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications

35 II. Study Background

3 Math and Statistics

36 III. Participant Demographics

4 Medical and Health Related

37 IV. College Graduate Salary Results

10 Sciences (Biological, Chemistry, Pharma, etc.)

38 Associate’s Degree Recipients

11 Other

39 Business and Finance

12 Doctorate Degree Recipients

40 Computers and Web Related

13 Engineering

41 Engineering

14 Math and Statistics

42 Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications

15 Sciences (Biological, Chemistry, Pharma, etc.)

43 Other

16 Other

44 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients

17 V. College Graduate Employment Practices

45 Actuarial

18 VI. College Intern Salary Results

49 Business and Finance

19 Actuarial Department

50 Computers and Web Related

20 Business, Finance, and Math Department

54 Engineering

21 Computer and Web Related Department

58 Fine and Performing Arts

22 Education Department

62 Language and Literature

23 Engineering Department

66 Liberal Arts

24 Language and Literature Department

70 Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications

25 Liberal Arts Department

74 Math and Statistics

26 Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications Dept

78 Medical and Health Related

27 Math and Statistics Department

82 Sciences (Biological, Chemistry, Pharma, etc.)

28 Medical and Health Related Department

86 Social Sciences and History

29 Public Administration Department

90 Other

30 Retail and Merchandising Department

94 Master’s Degree Recipients

31 Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Pharma, etc.) Department

98 Business and Finance

32 Other Jobs

102 Computers and Web Related

33 VII. College Internship Employment Practices

106 Engineering

34 VIII. Survey Participants

110 Copyright © 2015

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All Rights Reserved. No part of the report may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Compensation Resources, Inc.

This survey has been prepared based on the responses received by Compensation Resources, Inc. Although CRI believes that the data provided by participants was reliable and representative of the practices within responding organizations, the survey results are provided for informational purpose only and without warranty of any kind. The results represented in this survey report should be considered in light of your organization’s mission, business plan, strategy, competitive position and the manner in which the information contained herein supports its direction. CRI recommends that this study be used in concert with additional sources of information in order to validate all results.

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Compensation Resources, Inc.

provides compensation and human resource consulting services to mid- and

small-cap public companies, private, family-owned, and closely-held firms, as well as not-for-profit

organizations.

CRI

specializes in executive compensation, sales compensation, pay-for-performance and

incentive compensation, performance management programs, and expert witness services.

For more information on our services, please contact:

Paul R. Dorf, APD

Chairman & Founder

prd@compensationresources.com

Diana D. Neelman, CCP

Principal, Executive Vice President

ddn@compensationresources.com

310 Route 17 North

Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

(201) 934-0505

(201) 934-0737 (Fax)

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Compensation Resources, Inc.

(CRI)

is pleased to present the results of the

2015 Salary Survey of College Graduates and Interns

. The

purpose of this study was to obtain compensation data for new and recent college graduates and college interns. Data was collected

between February and April and results were compiled from survey questions that were developed by

CRI

and distributed to companies in all

industrial classifications, broken down among seven categories. There were 133 organizations that participated in this study.

Compensation data is reported as of

February 1, 2015

in the following dimensions:

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Average

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Median

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25th and 75th percentiles

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Reported minimum and maximum

Where participant data was insufficient to report at least average and median figures, these pages were removed from the survey.

CRI

is dedicated to providing accurate results of this survey to participants; therefore, should you have any questions or need clarification

regarding any aspect of the survey's results, please contact Diana Neelman, Principal, at (201) 934-0505, x105 or John Fuhrman,

Compensation Analyst, at (201) 934-0505, x112.

We thank you for your participation.

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51 - 99 employees

100 - 499 employees

500 - 999 employees

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Utilities/Construction

Manufacturing, Durable Goods

Manufacturing, Nondurable Goods

Retail/Wholesale Trade, Transportation, and Warehousing

Publishing, Media, Telecommunications

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Services (including Business and Professional)

Educational, Health Care, Social Assistance, and Public Administratioin

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Company Type

51.9%

28.7%

19.4%

Publicly-Traded

Privately-Held

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Incumbents Average 25th Percentile Median (50th) 75th Percentile Reported Minimum Reported Maximum Overall 623 $49,410 $41,796 $50,000 $56,250 $22,880 $82,600 Revenue

Less than $9.9 million 5 $39,728 * $41,184 * * *

$10.0 million - $99.9 million 1 * * * * * *

$100.0 million - $499.9 million 2 * * * * * *

$500.0 million - $999.9 million 6 * * * * * *

More than $1 Billion 609 $51,288 $45,000 $52,000 $58,000 $22,880 $82,600

Company Type Publicly-Traded 528 $50,852 $45,000 $50,071 $57,000 $34,000 $82,600 Privately-Held 83 $52,026 $45,500 $53,128 $57,250 $42,000 $62,000 Not-for-Profit 12 $35,816 $35,000 $39,520 $40,494 $22,880 $41,184 Industry Utilities/Construction 7 $51,333 * $52,000 * * *

Manufacturing, Durable Goods 106 $52,950 $48,000 $52,000 $59,550 $40,000 $63,550

Manufacturing, Nondurable Goods 187 $50,920 $42,092 $47,000 $58,000 $34,840 $82,600

Retail/Wholesale Trade,

Transporation, and Warehousing 27 $48,759 $43,530 $50,000 $54,628 $40,000 $55,000

Publishing, Media,

Telecommunications 99 * * * * * *

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 44 $46,825 $44,000 $50,036 $54,518 $22,880 $60,000

Services (including Business and

Professional) 138 $49,173 * $50,000 * * *

Educational, Health Care, Social

Assistance, and Public Administration 15 $46,099 $40,494 $45,000 $52,000 $35,000 $58,000

Region Region 1 445 $49,495 $40,000 $50,000 $58,000 $22,880 $82,600 Region 2 32 $53,333 * $52,000 * * * Region 3 41 $53,314 * $53,128 * * * Region 4 105 $47,315 $42,295 $45,000 $50,768 $35,000 $62,100 Region 5 0 * * * * * *

Annual Bonus/Incentive Target Sign-On Bonus

Long-Term Incentive Target *

$4,300

Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications - Bachelor's Degree Recipient

All Organizations

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Incumbents Average 25th Percentile Median (50th) 75th Percentile Reported Minimum Reported Maximum Overall 175 $76,039 $67,186 $71,000 $79,520 $49,920 $145,000 Revenue

Less than $9.9 million 17 $75,556 * $70,000 * * *

$10.0 million - $99.9 million 0 * * * * * *

$100.0 million - $499.9 million 9 $69,200 * $70,500 * * * $500.0 million - $999.9 million 38 $79,603 * $75,520 * * * More than $1 Billion 111 $76,948 $66,750 $71,817 $80,000 $49,920 $145,000

Company Type Publicly-Traded 156 $77,152 $67,186 $71,000 $80,000 $49,920 $145,000 Privately-Held 11 $72,099 $70,654 $73,800 $75,000 $62,000 $79,040 Not-for-Profit 8 $75,556 * $70,000 * * * Industry Utilities/Construction 10 $72,710 * $72,400 * * * Manufacturing, Durable Goods 105 $76,544 $70,000 $72,490 $80,000 $67,371 $100,000 Manufacturing, Nondurable Goods 13 $89,548 * $81,636 * * * Retail/Wholesale Trade,

Transporation, and Warehousing 5 * * * * * *

Publishing, Media,

Telecommunications 21 * * * * * *

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 8 * * * * * * Services (including Business and

Professional) 5 * * * * * *

Educational, Health Care, Social

Assistance, and Public Administration 8 $66,222 * $66,667 * * *

Region Region 1 57 $82,213 $68,500 $75,000 $91,309 $49,920 $145,000 Region 2 5 * * * * * * Region 3 73 $70,868 $67,019 $70,000 $75,020 $62,000 $80,000 Region 4 36 $69,951 $67,500 $70,000 $71,327 $62,000 $80,000 Region 5 4 * * * * * *

Annual Bonus/Incentive Target Sign-On Bonus

Long-Term Incentive Target *

Engineering - Master's Degree Recipient

$8,562

All Organizations

$7,705

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Survey Participants(List contains only organization that gave permission to identify their name)

A. O. Smith Citi - Consumer Operations & Technology LG&E-KU Services Robertshaw

Aerojet Rocketdyne Colorado Springs Utilities Lifetime Healthcare Companies ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA

Aerospace Corporation ConAgra Foods, Inc. L'Oreal US Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

AgStar Financial Services CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK Macys, Inc Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Altria COPT MAHLE Industrial Thermal Systems America Siemens

American Chemical Society Country Financial MasterCard Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders

American National Insurance Company Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. MDRC Southwest Research Institute

Amica Mutual Ins Co Digi International Mercedes Benz USA LLC SRC Inc.

Anheuser-Busch InBev Endo International plc Merchants Bonding Company Symetra

Aptar Group - Mukwonago Fannie Mae MetLife Teledyne LeCroy

Aquinas Consulting Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Micro Stamping Corporation Terumo BCT

Aramco Services Company Federal Reserve Bank of New York MidAmerican Energy Company Tesoro Corporation

Arizona Public Service Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Molex Texas Instruments

Armstrong World Industries Findley Davies, Inc. MSA LLC Textron Inc

Associated Banc-Corp FirstEnergy MSC Industrial Direct The Christ Hospital Health Network

Automatic Data Processing FM Global Mutual of Omaha The Lubrizol Corporation

Avis Budget Group Grande Cheese Company Mylan The Pampered Chef

Babcock & Wilcox, Co. Hershey Company Nisivoccia LLP Toyota Technical Center

Barry Callebaut Hitachi Data Systems Noblis Travelers Insurance

BB&T Honeywell FM&T North Shore-LIJ Health System - North Shore University Hospital United Launch Alliance

Benchmark Electronics, Inc Independence Blue Cross NuStar Energy United Water

BNSF Logistics, LLC J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Office Comptroller of the Currency University of Minnesota Physicians

BNSF Railway Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC Omnitrans University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Boston Scientific John Wiley & Sons Inc. One Call Care Management US Bank

Briggs & Stratton Corporation Johnson & Quin OneAmerica Financial Partners Verizon

Build-A-Bear Workshop Johnson Controls, Inc. Owens Illinois W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Cablevision Key Bank, N.A. Praxair, Inc. Waggener Edstrom Communications

Centre County Mutual Kimberly-Clark Premier Health Whirlpool Corporation

Checkpoint Systems Laureate Education, Inc. ProTrans International

Citi Lawrence Livermore National Lab RBC Ministries