Salaries for fresh college graduates jumped 20 percent last month from a year ago, with the biggest hirers being information technology and Internet firms, recruitment portal zhaopin.com said yesterday.
The average salary offered for fresh graduates was 4,793 yuan (US$773.06) per month, about 840 yuan more than a year ago, the website said in a survey conducted in April that covered 58,996 university students who are slated to graduate in July.
Law graduates were highest paid with an average salary of 5,200 yuan a month, while philosophy graduates earned the lowest average salary of 3,667 yuan, the survey said.
