2024 New Hires by Industry: Full-Time

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September 1, 2024

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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 ³	1.1%	5	$102,000	$175,000	$169,000	$25,000
Consulting	33.8%	148	$73,000	$249,375	$190,000	$30,000
Consumer Products	2.3%	10	$125,000	$155,000	$128,000	$40,000
Consumer Goods	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Food/Beverage/Tobacco	1.4%	6	$128,000	$155,000	$131,500	$40,000
Education/Non-Profit	1.4%	6	$128,000	$160,000	$144,000	Insufficient data¹
Education	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Non-Profit	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Employment/Executive Search ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Energy	1.8%	8	$104.500	$210,000	$150,000	Insufficient data¹
Clean Tech/Renewables ³	1.4%	6	$104,500	$210,000	$145,000	Insufficient data¹
Oil & Gas	0.5%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Financial Services	32.9%	144	$82,500	$400,000	$175,000	$50,000
Commercial Banking	0.5%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Diversified Financial Services	11.4%	50	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Insurance	1.1%	5	$110,000	$150,000	$142,000	$40,000
Investment Banking/Brokerage	9.4%	41	$120,000	$225,000	$175,000	$52,500
Investment Management/Research	2.5%	11	$120,000	$400,000	$182,500	$30,000
Private Equity	6.4%	28	$85,000	$375,000	$175,000	Insufficient data¹
Venture Capital ³	1.6%	7	$125,000	$160,000	$159,000	Insufficient data¹
Government - Federal	0.5%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare	4.1%	18	$130,000	$180,000	$145,000	$30,000
Biotech & Life Sciences ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare - Services	1.8%	8	$140,000	$175,000	$145,000	$30,000
Healthtech/Telemedicine ³	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Pharmaceutical Products	1.4%	6	$130,000	$148,000	$135,000	$30,000
Hospitality	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Law	2.7%	12	$215,000	$235,000	$225,000	$25,000
Manufacturing	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Real Estate	1.6%	7	$120,000	$175,000	$140,000	$9,000
Retail	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Technology	14.8%	65	$94,731	$218,000	$152,000	$37,500
Ecommerce & Internet	7.8%	34	$100,000	$218,000	$148,000	$44,800
Financial Technology	0.5%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Hardware ³	1.6%	7	$94,731	$175,000	$150,000	$40,000
Software ³	3.7%	16	$126,000	$194,400	$165,000	$20,000
Technology - Services ³	1.1%	5	$140,000	$190,000	$172,500	$15,000
Technology - Other ³	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Travel and Transportation	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Aerospace/Aviation ³	0.7%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Automotive/Transportation Equipment	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
All	100.0%	438	$73,000	$400,000	$175,000	$31,000

(1)	Compensation information is self-reported. 90% 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, 71% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus.
(3)	Accepted offers in these industries include graduates working at start-ups: Aerospace/Aviation (1), Arts/Media/Entertainment (1), Clean Tech/Renewables (2), Employment/Executive Search (1), Healthtech/Telemedicine (1), Technology - Hardware (1), Technology - Services (2), Technology - Software (3), Technology - Other (1), and Venture Capital (1). In total, 3% of accepted offers for the Class of 2024 were with start-ups. For base salary, the minimum was $94, 731, the maximum was $210,000, and the median was $147,900.

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