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Industry - Full Time
Sign-on Bonus Acceptances - by Industry, Full-time Class of 2018
| Industry* | Low($) | High($) | Average($) | Median($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting | 7,500 | 70,000 | 28,130 | 25,000 |
| Consumer Packaged Goods | 5,000 | 42,000 | 27,318 | 27,500 |
| Food and Beverage | 14,000 | 42,000 | 29,667 | 30,000 |
| Household / Personal | 5,000 | 35,000 | 27,500 | 32,500 |
| Financial Services | 8,000 | 82,500 | 39,388 | 40,000 |
| Investment Banking / Brokerage | 17,500 | 82,500 | 50,568 | 50,000 |
| Investment Management | 20,000 | 50,000 | 32,000 | 25,000 |
| Health Care Products and Services | 3,000 | 60,000 | 24,157 | 20,000 |
| General | 3,000 | 48,474 | 26,869 | 28,000 |
| Medical Devices | 10,000 | 60,000 | 22,857 | 20,000 |
| Manufacturing | 15,000 | 70,000 | 29,647 | 25,000 |
| Other | 15,000 | 70,000 | 36,250 | 40,000 |
| Retail | 5,000 | 40,000 | 20,714 | 20,000 |
| Technology | 4,500 | 100,000 | 32,013 | 25,000 |
| Equipment / Hardware / Networking | 5,000 | 65,000 | 32,500 | 25,000 |
| General | 4,500 | 50,000 | 23,947 | 25,000 |
| Internet Services / E-Commerce | 5,000 | 55,000 | 34,520 | 45,000 |
| Software | 15,000 | 100,000 | 39,500 | 32,500 |
| *This table includes only those industries where at least 50% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus. For the Class of 2018, 60% of accepted offers reported receiving a sign-on bonus. | ||||
Function - Full Time
Sign-on Bonus Acceptances - by Function, Full-time Class of 2018
| Function* | Low($) | High($) | Average($) | Median($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting | 3,000 | 70,000 | 27,505 | 25,000 |
| Finance/Accounting | 10,000 | 82,500 | 42,929 | 50,000 |
| Investment Banking | 17,500 | 82,500 | 50,595 | 50,000 |
| Investment Management | 20,000 | 50,000 | 37,500 | 40,000 |
| General Management | 4,500 | 60,000 | 28,646 | 25,000 |
| General Management | 7,500 | 60,000 | 27,967 | 25,000 |
| Project Management | 7,000 | 60,000 | 28,000 | 22,500 |
| Rotational / Development Program | 10,000 | 50,000 | 33,030 | 27,500 |
| Information Technology | 5,000 | 60,000 | 29,065 | 25,000 |
| Business Analysis and Design | 5,000 | 30,000 | 15,500 | 12,500 |
| E-commerce / Internet / Web Site Management | 15,000 | 50,000 | 34,000 | 37,500 |
| Marketing/Sales | 5,000 | 60,000 | 28,959 | 25,000 |
| Brand / Product Management | 5,000 | 60,000 | 26,888 | 25,000 |
| General | 5,000 | 60,000 | 29,300 | 25,500 |
| Product Development | 10,000 | 50,000 | 31,000 | 25,000 |
| Other | # | # | # | # |
| Business Development | 10,000 | 50,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 |
| Data Analytics | 5,000 | 40,000 | 18,750 | 15,000 |
| Strategic Planning | 5,000 | 100,000 | 35,000 | 27,500 |
| *This table includes only those functions where at least 50% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus. For the Class of 2018, 60% of accepted offers reported receiving a sign-on bonus. #Reporting numbers do not meet requirement to provide bonus data. |
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Please note that the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 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.