Gen Z graduates who majored in ‘AI-proof’ careers like pharmacy, biology, and education are making less than $50,000 after graduation

Gen Z graduates are tossing their tassels with six-figure salaries in their eyes. But some won’t be making $50,000—even if they chased college degrees hailed as AI-proof. 

While some college majors like liberal arts and performing arts are resulting in rock-bottom salaries, other stable career pathways are handing out the same dismal pay. 

Post-grad pharmacy majors aged 22 to 27 earned just $40,000, the lowest median income of all college concentrations, according to a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York report analyzing 2024 U.S. census data. 

And the “AI proof” healthcare degree might not be worth the price tag; pharmacy’s early-career payout is thousands of dollars lower than the U.S median income of $45,140, according to Census Bureau data.

Other Gen Z college graduates are feeling the pinch, earning less than the average American; theology and religion majors made $41,600, social services took home $43,000, performing arts earned just $44,000, and liberal arts received just $45,000 in the years after graduating college. 

And there are more careers touted to withstand AI layoffs and recessionary impacts that also made the list. Read Entire Article