salary insecurity?
probably a dumb post on my part, but I recently got a job offer with my state’s DOT working as a concrete/soils lab tech. It’s not the most geology centric role out there, but hey, it’s my first full time salaried offer!
I’m about to graduate with my bachelors, and my college’s reported average starting salary is 67K. This role offered me 52K. Even seeing this sub’s salaries out of a B.S. program, I’m worried I’m going to be miserable. I’m in a fairly high COL area. The position goes up to 72K, but I don’t know how many years of promotions that will be, and I’m hoping to go to grad school full-time in a year or two.
At the same time, although I applied to other positions, I’m just happy to get a job in this market. But I still can’t help but feel a little take advantage of. Also the job asked for an associates, so I feel a little insecure. At the same time, I am also terrified bc I feel like I know nothing lol since it’s technically in CivE ig…
Okay to clarify since maybe it didn’t seem obvious, I’m about to graduate with my B.S. and I have two years of internship experience in hydrology.