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I'd really research what a normal salary is for what you're looking in. While a degree in finance might help you get the job, if the average salary is $35,000, than most people in that field probably have a degree in finance.
I live in South Carolina, where wages are lower than anywhere else (they're even talking about doing away with property taxes because people can't afford to live here on the salaries they're making), so I may not be the best judge, but I know when I graduated I expected to be making $40,000 and I started out at $27,000. A little over a year later, I'm now making about $10,000 more, once my commissions are factored in. I'd say most everyone I know started out at $30,000, no matter what they're doing. Like I said, though, it's completely dependent on what the competition is. I'd suggest going to salary.com. They even have an entry level section. That doesn't mean that if the average is 35,000 you can't ask for 40,000, but you have to put together a realistic budget for yourself to figure out where your breaking point really is.
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