The NACE Salary Survey of new College graduates is out (full report) and it says:

Graduates within the computer sciences fields have starting salaries that are 2.4 percent higher this year; their overall median starting salary rose from $55,087 to $56,383. employers in the information sector reported the highest number of new graduate entrants, with an impressive starting salary to boot—$64,400.

and

Computer engineering grads are the highest paid of the engineering disciplines, with a median salary of $67,800, a 0.6 percent increase over their class of 2011 counterparts’ median salary.

The figure below is taken from the full report. 'Computer Science' salaries tend to be lower than 'Computer Engineering' simply because there are many community colleges and online schools that offer Computer Science degrees, while Engineering degrees are only offered by major Universities with Engineering Colleges.

The College of Education is looking for a GA to perform web programming tasks for the 2012 Summer I & II semesters, with possible re-appointment for Fall and Spring semesters. Experienced with SQL and .asp/javascript. This position is responsible for maintaining an existing codebase as well as the development of new applications. Tuition and stipend. Please send inquiries, including CV and references to David Michaels – michaels@sc.edu – no telephone calls, please. David Michaels Director of Information Technology USC College of Education

Every year in May the Computing Research Association publishes the Taulbee Survey which is the principal source for information on the enrollment, production, and employment of Computer Science and Engineering majors in the US and Canada. That is, this is data you want to know. Check out the Computing Degree and Enrollment Trends report. The chart below is taken from that report:

From Computing Careers Market, based on Bureau of Labor and Statistics, we get the following chart: In other words:

For the foreseeable future, nearly 3 out of 4 new science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) jobs in the U.S. are going to be in computing! By contrast, just 16% will be traditional engineering jobs, and even fewer will be in the sciences or mathematics.

It looks like Pac-man. Awesome.