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MBA Salary by Industry

Median base salary, bonus and share of hires for the class of 2025 at the top business schools, from each school’s own employment report.

By industry

Each school’s largest destination and what it paid

Each school’s largest destination and median base, class of 2025
SchoolLargest destinationShareMedian base
MIT SloanConsulting32.3%$190,000
Chicago BoothConsulting36.7%$190,000
Duke FuquaConsulting26.1%$190,000
KelloggConsulting38%$190,000
UVA DardenConsulting37.3%$190,000
Dartmouth TuckConsulting41%$190,000
Michigan RossConsulting33.5%$190,000
Yale SOMConsulting Services36.7%$190,000
Stanford GSBTechnology35%$185,000
Harvard Business SchoolTechnology22%$178,000
Columbia Business SchoolFinancial Services35.4%$175,000
WhartonFinancial Services38.2%$175,000
NYU SternFinancial Services36.6%$175,000
Cornell JohnsonFinancial Services41%$175,000
Berkeley HaasTechnology/Telecom38.6%$159,000
UCLA AndersonTechnology28.3%$147,000
London Business SchoolConsulting40%PPP $144,740
INSEADManagement Consulting23%$117,700
HEC ParisTechnology27%$98,956
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References

Full-time MBA placement and pay for the class of 2025 at 19 schools, from each school's employment report as compiled in F1GMAT's workbook (16 February 2026) and published on F1GMAT's analysis pages. Shares are each school's own column (% of hires, % hired, % of accepted offers); no school states the denominator, so shares compare within a school and only loosely across schools.

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