Travel Time Compensation and Overtime. 1  A non-exempt, hourly employee who is compensated for travel time in connection with any of the scenarios noted on this Hourly Travel page will be paid at his/her normal wage rate.
A: As of 2014, the average starting salary for someone with a finance degree is $57,300. This figure makes a finance degree the eighth most valuable college degree and the only one associated with high entry level pay rates not in a tech field.
Beginning Salaries. Recipients of a master's degree in economics can expect an average starting salary of $58,000 a year, according to a 2010 salary survey by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE).