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.
Starting Salary. The average starting salary for people with a bachelorâs degree in biochemistry is $45,000; while the average starting salary for those with a masterâs degree is $60,000. That figure rises to $90,000 for Ph.Ds, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers' Winter 2011 Salary Survey.