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The 9 most popular jobs for college grads, according to LinkedIn

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One of the job rakes in a salary of $92,300 a year.
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• Landing a job after college is a major priority for college seniors and recent graduates.

• LinkedIn compiled a list of the jobs that class of 2017 grads flocked toward.

• Of the jobs, the best paying role was that of a software engineer.


Finding a job after college can feel like a daunting task.

Many college seniors — and other college students with an eye on the future — are looking in the same place, finds LinkedIn, which put together a list of the most popular jobs among class of 2017 graduates.

The list was compiled by taking into account all LinkedIn users who graduated from a US college with a bachelor’s degree in 2017. These members were incorporated in the survey if they added a new role to the experience section of their profile after graduation.

These are the top nine most popular job titles among 2017 grads, along with median starting salaries provided by LinkedIn:

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