2021 New Hires by Industry: Full-Time

From technology and consulting to nonprofit and real estate, Chicago Booth students have questions to ask and waves to make in every industry. Compare and research to see the data for the industries that interest you.

September 9, 2021

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Industry	Percent of Hires	Number of Hires	Minimum Salary ¹	Maximum Salary ¹	Median Salary ¹	Median Sign-On ^1,2
Arts/Media/Entertainment	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Consulting ³	34.4%	158	$79,000	$198,000	$165,000	$30,000
Consumer Products	4.4%	20	$85,000	$140,400	$120,000	$35,000
Consumer Goods ³	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹
Food/Beverage/Tobacco ³	3.7%	17	$85,000	$140,400	$120,000	$35,000
Education	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Energy	1.1%	5	$120,000	$175,000	$140,000	$35,000
Energy - Clean Tech/Renewables ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Energy - Oil & Gas ³	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Environment/Natural Resources ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Financial Services	27%	124	$90,000	$225,000	$160,000	$50,000
Diversified Financial Services	6.1%	28	$123,500	$175,000	$175,000	$50,000
Hedge Funds	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Insurance	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Investment Banking/Brokerage	7.2%	33	$116,000	$185,000	$175,000	$50,000
Investment Management/Research ³	4.1%	19	$104,545	$175,000	$150,000	$30,000
Private Equity	6.8%	31	$115,000	$225,000	$150,000	Insufficient data¹
Venture Capital ³	2.2%	10	$90,000	$170,000	$150,000	Insufficient data¹
Government - International	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare	3.3%	15	$80,000	$160,000	$132,500	$27,500
Biotech & Life Sciences ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare Products/Medical Devices	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Healthtech/Telemedicine	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Pharmaceutical Products	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Services	1.1%	5	$130,000	$140,000	$135,000	$32,500
Hospitality	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹
Law	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Manufacturing/Chemicals ³	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Real Estate ³	1.5%	7	$100,000	$150,000	$125,000	Insufficient data¹
Retail ³	0.7%	3	$135,000	$140,000	$137,500	Insufficient data¹
Technology	22.9%	105	$80,571	$200,000	$133,000	$40,000
eCommerce and Internet ³	13.5%	62	$106,000	$173,000	$130,000	$50,000
Financial Technology	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Hardware	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹
Services ³	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹
Software ³	6.5%	30	$100,000	$200,000	$140,000	Insufficient data¹
Telecommunications	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Transportation Services/Equipment	1.1%	5	$90,000	$160,00	$132,500	Insufficient data¹
Aerospace/Aviation ³	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Automotive/Transportation Equipment ³	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹
Transportation Services	0.2%	1	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 industry reported a bonus. Overall, 67% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus.
(3)	Accepted offers in these industries include graduates working at start-ups: Aerospace/Aviation (1), Automotive/Transportation Equipment (1), Consulting (1), Consumer Products - Consumer Goods (1), Consumer Products - Food/Beverage/Tobacco (1), Energy - Clean Tech/Renewables (1), Energy - Oil & Gas (1), Environment/Natural Resources (1), Financial Services - Investment Management/Research (1), Financial Services - Venture Capital (2), Healthcare - Biotech & Life Sciences, Manufacturing/Chemicals (1), Real Estate (1), Retail (1), Technology - Ecommerce And Internet (1), Technology - Services (2), and Technology - Software (8). 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.

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