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 Pay for a Bachelor's Degree. According to a salary survey of recent college graduates conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, students graduating with a bachelor's degree in finance earned an average of $52,800 per year as of 2012.