ic designer
Kind of like cops and prostitutes, you can never find
one when you need them. We may be more like the
latter, in that part of the art is breaking the law and
not getting caught.
There are a number of online salary calculators which
ought to be right to the point.
If you are looking for openings, that's a very low
percentage kind of approach. It's always better in
every way, when the opening is looking for you. But
at 1 year's experience, those contacts are probably
not developed.
Still you are fresh enough perhaps to be "entry level"
which means companies are willing to take a chance
and not insist on a proven track record and a skill set
that exactly matches the project. Sell on adaptability
and interest, put on a good face and you may get in.
Many major companies explicitly seek new grads and
have special features on their web HR sites for that.
Big companies can afford to carry you for a while and
hope you turn out useful; small hungry ones, not so much.