The median starting salary for bachelor’s degree recipients with less than a year of experience held flat in 2011 at $40,000. For those with more than three years of experience, it dropped nearly 3% from 2010 to $39,000 in 2011.But for those with 12 to 36 months of experience, entry pay rose 9% to $40,259.n the case of master’s degree recipients, median starting salaries for those with less than 12 months, 12 to 36 months, or more than three years of experience were $46,703 (up 4% from 2010), $55,300 (up 29%), and $63,700 (up 18%), respectively.