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Industry — Full-Time
Sign-on Bonus Acceptances — by Industry, Full-Time Class of 20201
| Industry† | MEDIAN ($)1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting | 30,000 | |||
| Consumer Packaged Goods | 30,000 | |||
| Apparel/Textiles | ||||
| Food and Beverage | 30,000 | |||
| Household/Personal | ||||
| Luxury Goods | ||||
| Energy | ||||
| Financial Services | 50,000 | |||
| Commercial Banking | ||||
| Diversified Financial Services | 50,000 | |||
| General Financial Services | ||||
| Hedge Funds | ||||
| Investment Banking/Brokerage | 55,000 | |||
| Investment Management | ||||
| Other Financial Services | ||||
| Private Equity | ||||
| Venture Capital | ||||
| Government | ||||
| Healthcare | 22,500 | |||
| Biotechnology | ||||
| General Healthcare | ||||
| Medical Devices | ||||
| Other Healthcare | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Manufacturers | ||||
| Providers & Services | 20,000 | |||
| Manufacturing | 25,000 | |||
| Media/Entertainment | ||||
| Nonprofit | ||||
| Other2 | ||||
| Real Estate | ||||
| Retail | 25,000 | |||
| Technology | 40,000 | |||
| Equipment/Hardware/Networking | 47,500 | |||
| FinTech | ||||
| General Technology | 25,000 | |||
| HealthTech | ||||
| Internet Services/E-Commerce | 70,000 | |||
| Multimedia Products & Services | ||||
| Software | 30,000 | |||
| Telecommunications Services | 25,000 | |||
| Transportation & Logistics Services | ||||
| †94% of job-accepting Full-Time graduates reported usable salary information. 1This table includes signing bonuses in industries where at least 50% of accepted offers reported a signing bonus. For the Full-Time Class of 2020, 83% of accepted offers reported receiving a signing bonus. 2Other includes Advertising-Communications/Public Relations, Agribusiness, For-profit Education, International Trade-Import/Export. |
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Function — Full-Time
Sign-on Bonus Acceptances — by Function, Full-Time Class of 20201
| Function† | MEDIAN ($)1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Development | ||||
| Consulting | 30,000 | |||
| Corporate Strategy/Strategic Planning | 25,000 | |||
| Finance/Accounting | 50,000 | |||
| Corporate Development | ||||
| Corporate Finance | 50,000 | |||
| Fundraising/Development | ||||
| Investment Banking | 55,000 | |||
| Investment Management | ||||
| Other Finance/Accounting | ||||
| Private Equity | ||||
| Real Estate | ||||
| Venture Capital | ||||
| General Management | 30,000 | |||
| Human Resources | ||||
| Marketing/Sales | 30,000 | |||
| Advertising | ||||
| Brand Management | 30,000 | |||
| Buyer/Merchandising | ||||
| General Marketing | 25,000 | |||
| Other Marketing | ||||
| Product Development | ||||
| Product Marketing Management | 17,750 | |||
| Sales | ||||
| Operations/Logistics | 42,250 | |||
| Other | 20,000 | |||
| Administration | ||||
| Corporate Social Responsibility | ||||
| Data Analytics/Data Science | ||||
| Healthcare/Medical Professional | ||||
| Other | 70,000 | |||
| Technology | 42,500 | |||
| Business Analysis and Design | ||||
| General Information Technology | 37,500 | |||
| Integration/Implementation | ||||
| Product Management | 45,000 | |||
| Systems Management | ||||
| †94% of job-accepting Full-Time graduates reported usable salary information. 1This table includes signing bonuses in functions where at least 50% of accepted offers reported a signing bonus. For the Full-Time Class of 2020, 83% of accepted offers reported receiving a signing bonus. |
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Please note that the 2015-2020 Employment Reports only include data from the 1Y, MMM and 2Y programs. This differs from previous years’ employment reports, which included data from the 1Y, MMM, 2Y, JDMBA, MDMBA, E&W OCR and Sponsored populations. As a result, benchmarking these more recent reports against previous reports is not advised.
Download the 2020 employment report
Click here to download program-specific data broken out by 2Y, 1Y and MMM programs. Please note full program breakout data is not available prior to 2020.
Download the 2020 employment report
Click here to download program-specific data broken out by 2Y, 1Y and MMM programs. Please note full program breakout data is not available prior to 2020.