2025 New Hires by Industry: Full-Time

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September 7, 2025

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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
Consulting	36.7%	172	$70,000	$227,000	$190,000	$30,000
Consumer Products	1.7%	8	$107,000	$160,000	$128,000	$36,000
Consumer Goods	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Food/Beverage/Tobacco ¹	1.5%	7	$107,000	$160,000	$129,000	$37,000
Education/Government/Non-Profit	1.9%	9	$90,000	$130,000	$117,850	Insufficient data¹
Education	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Government	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Non-Profit	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Employment/Executive Search	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Energy - Clean Tech/Renewables	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Financial Services	31.6%	148	$100,000	$400,000	$175,000	$45,000
Diversified Financial Services	9.0%	42	$110,000	$200,000	$175,000	$40,000
Family Office	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Hedge Funds	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Insurance	1.5%	7	$145,000	$155,000	$150,000	$30,000
Investment Banking/Brokerage	8.3%	39	$150,000	$225,000	$175,000	$50,000
Investment Management/Research ¹	5.3%	25	$100,000	$200,000	$165,000	$40,000
Private Equity	5.3%	25	$125,000	$285,000	$175,000	Insufficient data¹
Venture Capital ³	1.5%	7	$120,000	$150,000	$130,000	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare	4.1%	19	$95,000	$205,000	$145,000
Biotech & Life Sciences ¹	1.1%	5	$120,000	$130,000	$125,000	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare Products/Medical Devices	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Healthtech/Telemedicine ¹	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Pharmaceutical Products	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Healthcare - Services ¹	1.7%	8	$145,000	$205,000	$150,000	$35,000
Hospitality	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Law	4.5%	21	$72,000	$235,000	$225,000	Insufficient data¹
Manufacturing	1.3%	6	$155,000	$165,000	$160,000	$30,000
Chemicals Plastics	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Manufacturing ¹	1.1%	5	$155,000	$165,000	$157,500	$25,000
Media/Entertainment/Sports	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Arts/Media/Entertainment	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Recreation/Leisure/Sports	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Other Services	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Printing/Publishing	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Real Estate	0.9%	4	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Retail ¹	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Technology	14.1%	66	$78,000	$250,000	$151,000	$35,000
Ecommerce & Internet ¹	7.9%	37	$78,000	$245,000	$149,000	$44,300
Financial Technology ¹	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Hardware ¹	1.5%	7	$150,000	$220,000	$186,000	Insufficient data¹
Software ¹	3.4%	16	$90,000	$250,000	$152,000	$25,000
Technology - Services ¹	0.4%	2	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Telecommunications ¹	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	0.2%	1	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
Automotive/Transportation Equipment ¹	0.6%	3	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹	Insufficient data¹
All	100.0%	469	$70,000	$400,000	$175,000	$30,000

(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, 65% of accepted offers reported a sign-on bonus.
(3)	Accepted offers in these industries include graduates working at start-ups: Automotive/Transportation Equipment (1), Food/Beverage/Tobacco (2), Investment Management/Research (1), Biotech & Life Sciences (2), Healthtech/Telemedicine (1), Healthcare - Services (1), Manufacturing (1), Retail (1), Ecommerce & Internet (1), Financial Technology (1), Technology - Hardware (1), Technology - Services (1), Technology - Software (5) and Telecommunications (1). In total, 4% of accepted offers for the Class of 2025 were with start-ups. For base salary, the minimum was $78,000, the maximum was $250,000, and the median was $160,000.

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