Gen Z Graduates Want To Make $100,000 In Their First Job Out Of College: Here’s How To Get There
- Miguel Virgen, PhD Student in Business
- May 1
- 6 min read
Generation Z has made it clear—they’re not interested in climbing the salary ladder in a slow pace. Many of them are setting their sights on a bold, unapologetic target: earning $100,000 or more right out of college. Some are moving to high earning cities like San Francisco and New York. Unlike previous generations who might have considered such ambitions unrealistic, Gen Z is leveraging a powerful combination of digital fluency, access to data, and career transparency to define their own professional worth early on. Their entrepreneurial spirit can be seen as some of them have become so dedicated in launching a successful startup company that they go as far as sleeping in their offices rather than getting an apartment in order to allocate their financial resources into their startups.
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