Entry level salary right after university

[u/Ok-Poem653]

Hi yall, I recently landed an entry level material engineering job and received a salary offer of $63k per year. I graduate with my chemical engineering degree this May. I am wondering if this salary offer is fair or if I am underselling myself.

When I attempted a salary negotiation with the recruiter in HR, they mentioned that the salary system is based on an annual evaluation and that the company has seen an average salary increase of 10% to 12% due to inflation.

I have accepted the offer, but I would appreciate any input or insights from those with more experience in the field. Thank you in advance for your help!

[u/aib1]

I can’t speak to a materials engineer salary personally; however, when I graduated in 2016 I was making $70 K in a Low Cost of Living City as an entry project engineer.

[u/Ok-Poem653 → u/aib1]

Is it odd for a chemical engineer major to work as a material engineer? It's a polymer company, I've taken 2 polymer classes and worked with some of the same equipment in my labs

[u/DecisiveMove- → u/Ok-Poem653]

It's not odd. Chemical engineer is a very expansive term .

You aren't really limited to anything, as long as you show interest and maybe some relevant experience you could do it with this degree. Well outside of law or medicine lol.

Getting your first job is the hardest so congrats , from here it only gets easier.

[u/aib1 → u/Ok-Poem653]

No not odd at all. Different types of jobs do have different salary ranges in companies with the same background education, and I don’t personally have as much insight to that role. I probably could have stated that better in my original comment. Thanks for asking clarification!

[u/Chance-Bison3132 → u/Ok-Poem653]

It’s not add, ChemE is such an applicable degree you can work in a lot of different places. But, be sure know you the consequences. Material engineering do not make as much as systems engineers or process engineers (generally, not tryna start a riot or anything)