Graduate Earnings
STRIVE Baltimore assists participants in obtaining and maintaining careers in companies that pay living-wages. The average hourly starting wage for placements in 2006 was $9.46 per hour—nearly double the current federal minimum wage. The following tables illustrate 2006 STRIVE graduate placement by employer and by salary.
| Top Fifteen Employers by Number of Placements | | |
| Employer | Placements | Hourly Rate |
| Volt | 20 | $10.36 |
| Proper Staffing | 13 | $8.55 |
| Next Day Staffing | 9 | $8.55 |
| Citizen’s Trust Mortgage Company | 7 | $11.57 |
| Chocktaw’ kaul Management of Sparrows Point | 6 | $8.25 |
| Tote-It | 6 | $9.19 |
| Watkins Security | 5 | $8.76 |
| We Teach and Tutor | 5 | $9.10 |
| Giant Food | 5 | $10.75 |
| Benchmark Mortgage | 4 | $10.00 |
| SES Staffing | 4 | $8.28 |
| Food Warehouse Jessup | 4 | $10.93 |
| Pepsi, Inc. | 3 | $11.20 |
| Free-state Steel | 3 | $11.70 |
| American Home Mortgage | 3 | $13.00 |
| Top Fifteen Employers by Starting Salary | | |
| Employer | | Hourly Rate |
| Mid Eastern Construction | General Laborer | $ 25.00 |
| LaFarge | Driver | $ 25.00 |
| Madison Funding | Loan Officer | $ 22.00 |
| Aggressive Legal Services | Paralegal | $ 17.50 |
| Best Home Services | Carpet Cleaner | $ 16.66 |
| West End Dry Wall | Driver/laborer | $ 15.00 |
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© CFUF 2009
© CFUF 2009