Job outlook for graduate student interns in the United States

Graduate student internship job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected graduate student internship job growth rate is 21% from 2018-2028.

• About 34,000 new jobs for graduate student interns are projected over the next decade.

• Graduate student internship salaries have increased 9% for graduate student interns in the last 5 years.

• There are over 52,102 graduate student interns currently employed in the United States.

• There are 56,982 active graduate student internship job openings in the US.

• The average graduate student internship salary is $30,945.

Compare the number of graduate student internship jobs and the average graduate student internship salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of graduate student internship job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where graduate student interns earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.