Full-Time Function Choices

FUNCTION25th% Annual Salary (US $)Median Annual Salary (US $)75th% Annual Salary (US $)3-Year Annual Median (US $)# with Sign-On BonusMedian Sign-On Bonus (US $)
Business Development$130,000 $160,500 $173,000 $148,00016$25,000
Consulting/Strategy$165,000 $175,000 $175,000$165,000 148$30,000
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)$150,000 $155,000$170,000 $132,500 2$22,500
Entrepreneurial Management$130,000 $162,500 $175,000 $150,000 1$10,000
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development$139,000 $160,000 $175,000 $144,500 20$27,500
Investment Banking$175,000 $175,000 $175,000 $150,000 49$50,000
Investment Management/Portfolio Mgmt$150,000 $170,000 $180,000 $150,000 21$40,000
Operations/Production Management/Supply Chain$150,000 $165,000 $175,000 $135,000 9$35,000
Private Equity/Venture Capital - Investor$150,000 $175,000 $200,000 $175,00034$25,000
Product Management$144,000 $160,000 $170,000 $128,000 26$35,000
Product/Brand Marketing$120,000 $126,500 $135,000 $144,000 17$35,000
Real Estate$140,000 $150,000 $165,000 $140,000 7$20,000
FUNCTIONNumber 2022% of Accepted 2022% of Accepted 2021% of Accepted 2020% of Accepted 2019% of Accepted 2018% of Accepted 2017
Analytics/Data Science30.49%1.1%1.4%1.4%2.0%2.0%
Business Development365.91%3.4%3.7%3.7%5.1%5.5%
Consulting/Strategy19732.35%34.1%31.2%32.2%29.7%32.2%
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)71.15%2.7%2.5%1.6%2.5%2.3%
Entrepreneurial Management60.99%1.8%1.1%1.0%0.8%0.7%
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development355.75%6.0%4.8%5.6%5.7%6.7%
Human Capital40.66%1.1%0.2%0.3%n/an/a
Innovation and Design10.16%n/a0.3%n/an/an/a
Investment Banking6811.17%11.1%10.1%10.9%11.8%11.2%
Investment Management/Portfolio Mgmt416.73%6.4%5.8%9.1%9.6%7.7%
Legal Services40.66%1.1%1.8%2.0%1.5%1.0%
Management Information Systems/ITn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Merchandising/Buying/Planningn/an/a0.4%n/an/an/an/a
Operations/Production Management/Supply Chain152.46%2.8%3.0%2.9%4.5%3.3%
Private Equity/Venture Capital9816.09%12.2%13.3%12.5%9.7%8.6%
Product/Brand Marketing233.78%3.4%4.0%4.4%4.0%6.5%
Product Management477.72%7.8%6.4%3.9%3.7%3.4%
Real Estate152.46%2.3%2.7%2.9%3.2%2.8%
Research20.33%0.4%0.5%0.3%0.8%1.0%
Restructuring10.16%1.2%0.3%n/an/an/a
Sales40.66%0.2%0.5%0.7%0.7%1.1%
Sustainability10.16%0.2%n/an/an/an/a
Othern/an/a0.7%1.6%1.7%3.2%2.4%

When listed, guaranteed compensation is per month, and does not include discretionary bonuses or other forms of compensation. In accordance with MBA CSEA Standards, compensation is not listed for categories reported by less than 1% of students seeking employment.