Does Education Make A Difference In Salary?

Before entering the university life, a boy asked me that which degree is going to pay him the most? This is a very common question that pop in the minds of young generation. The race of being independent and self-sufficient is growing day by day. Does education make a difference in salary?

There are two types of education. The one that teaches you how to step in practical life and the other is that makes you a book worm and the man to hypothesis and vague ideas. Unfortunately, in most of the universities of Pakistan and subcontinent, we are taught the words written in some books. We forget that in order to secure a position amongst those who earn better you have to hold on to concepts along with theories and practical knowledge.

Join an institute to learn something. Whether or not you get a piece of paper called diploma but you will surely learn skills and acquire knowledge that will for sure boost your salary. A block from LinkedIn; Here’s How Your Degree, And Your Skills, Can Impact Your Salary (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/blog/how-education-impacts-salary) shows exactly the impact of education on earning.

Let’s take a common example of some doctor. There is no one who has ever become a doctor just by experience. One may know about the surgery but what about the medicine part? Here comes the education that makes you a doctor from just a boy working at some hospital. Same is the case with engineers and electricians. A common man who has just learned from experience and is a so called electrician may be able to fix some things and make some living. But an electrical engineer is the one who knows the technicalities, concept and to invent things. A simple electrician may be able to match the level of fresh electrical engineer after a decade of hard work and experience.

Then comes the question that which degree gives you more money. The salary comes with education, input and then luck. The field doesn’t give you salary but your interest and passion does. So stop singing the song of earning and start paving a way to it.