2021 New Hires by Function: Full-Time

Chicago Booth students are making bold moves across a variety of functions. Use this page, the class-by-class comparison, and the internship vs. full-time comparison to make educated decisions and get good insights into salary in each function.

September 9, 2021

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Function (Click on a function for more info)	Percent of Hires	Number of Hires	Minimum Salary ¹	Maximum Salary ¹	Median Salary ¹	Median Sign-On ^1,2
Analytics/Data Science ³	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Business Development ³	2.8%	13	$75,000	$135,000	$117,500	Insufficient data¹
Consulting ³	35.9%	165	$79,000	$198,000	$165,000	$30,000
Corporate Strategy/Strategic Planning ³	6.5%	30	$110,000	$190,000	$139,000	$25,000
Finance	30.3%	139	$90,000	$225,000	$150,000	$47,500
Company Finance (Analysis/Treasury)	5.0%	23	$118,000	$160,000	$137,500	$40,000
Investment Banking	11.1%	51	$116,000	$185,000	$175,000	$50,000
Investment Management/Research ³	4.4%	20	$104,545	$175,000	$150,000	$40,000
Private Client Services	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Private Equity	6.3%	29	$115,000	$225,000	$150,000	Insufficient data¹
Real Estate ³	1.1%	5	$100,000	$140,000	$112,500	Insufficient data¹
Venture Capital ³	2.2%	10	$90,000	$170,000	$150,000	Insufficient data¹
General Management ³	4.6%	21	$120,000	$170,000	$130,000	Insufficient data¹
Information Technology ³	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Law	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Marketing	6.8%	31	$80,000	$155,000	$123,165	$30,000
Advertising / Communications	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Brand/Product Management ³	5.2%	24	$85,000	$155,000	$125,000	$32,500
Merchandising	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Sales ³	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Operations - Production/Supply Chain Mgmt/Logistics	2.4%	11	$113,348	$145,000	$130,000	$40,000
Product Management (Tech) ³	7.4%	34	$106,000	$173,000	$144,000	Insufficient data¹
Project Management	1.5%	7	$130,000	$130,000	$130,000	Insufficient data¹
All	100.0%	459	$75,000	$225,000	$155,000	$35,000

(1)	Compensation information is self-reported. 88% of students reporting accepted offers included salary information. Insufficient data indicates less than 1% reporting for all accepted offers and/or less than 50% with salary information.
(2)	To be noted in this table, at least 50% of accepted offers in this function reported a bonus. Overall, 67% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus.
(3)	Accepted offers in these functions include graduates working at start-ups: Analytics/Data Science (1), Business Development (8), Consulting (1), Corporate Strategy/Strategic Planning (4), Finance - Investment Management/Research (1), Finance - Real Estate (1), Finance - Venture Capital (2), General Management (1), Information Technology (3), Marketing - Brand/Product Management (2), Marketing - Sales (1), and Product Management (Tech) (1). In total, 6% of accepted offers for the Class of 2021 were with start-ups. For base salary, the minimum was $80,571, the maximum was $175,000, and the median was $130,000.

2021 New Hires by Function: Full-Time

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