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.
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, accountants with bachelor's degrees earned an average starting salary of $48,993 in 2009. Accountants with master's degrees started at an average salary of $49,786.