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This study aims at inquiring into the individual and institutional factors which affect college graduates' wages at the first job. For this purpose, we analyzed panel data of 'Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey (2010 GOMS)' and University Information Data posted by colleges and universities, using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). This study revealed that gender, income, grade, employment experience, vocational training, language study abroad and major are having a significant influence at individual level and among others, influence of major and gender turned out to be higher. And among institutional level variables, college type, location, and employment rate affect the wage at the first job. However, qualitative characteristics of college did not show a significant influence. These results imply that individual background and structural characteristics of colleges are more influential than individual and institutional efforts, and suggest policy support to improve the structural inequality which influence college graduates' labor market outcomes is required.