Graduate Salary at RMIT Grads: Which Suburb Can You Afford Post-Study?

Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

RMIT graduates land in median starting salaries that vary widely by faculty - and the question of which Melbourne suburb you can actually afford on a first-job income depends on those numbers. This is the honest 2026 matrix: by RMIT faculty, by realistic graduate salary, by what 30%-of-income looks like in different Melbourne suburbs.

RMIT Graduate Salary by Faculty

From the 2025 Graduate Outcomes Survey (the most recent published): median full-time starting salaries by RMIT faculty - Engineering $72,000, Business $65,000, Computing/IT $75,000, Architecture $58,000, Design $55,000, Health Sciences $66,000. Salaries are 12-month-after-graduation medians, before tax. Variation within each faculty is substantial: senior IT roles hit $90k+, junior design roles below $50k.

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Graduate Salary at RMIT Grads: Which Suburb Can You Afford Post-Study?

RMIT Graduate Salary by Faculty