Class of 2004 Salary Survey Results The following statistics are based on a survey of the Leavey School of Business Graduate Business Class of 2004, conducted in Fall of 2004. | Undergraduate Degrees of MBA Class of 2004 | | Humanities and Social Sciences | 11.0% | | Economics | 7.0% | | Engineering and Science | 52.0% | | Business | 24.0% | | Other | 6.0% | | Base Salaries by Industry | | Industry | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Government / Non-Profit | 5.0% | $ 80,000 | $ 78,000 | $ 95,000 | $ 72,000 | | Manufacturing | 54.0% | $ 92,880 | $ 95,000 | $150,000 | $ 50,000 | | Service | 41.0% | $ 89,650 | $ 88,700 | $ 145,000 | $ 43,000 | | Other | 0% | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Base Salaries by Function | | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Marketing / Sales | 20.0% | $ 81,020 | $ 82,500 | $ 105,000 | $ 43,000 | | Finance / Accounting | 22.0% | $ 82,820 | $ 50,000 | $ 150,000 | $ 50,000 | | Engineering / Computer Programming | 15.0% | $ 107,000 | $ 102,000 | $ 134,050 | $ 72,000 | | General Management | 16.0% | $ 102,130 | $ 101,000 | $ 126,000 | $ 65,700 | | Operations / Production | 7.0% | $ 92,260 | $ 90,000 | $ 150,000 | $ 50,000 | | Human Resources | 3.0% | $ 60,330 | $ 58,000 | $ 80,000 | $ 43,000 | | MIS | 3.0% | $ 92,800 | $ 95,000 | $ 100,000 | $ 83,400 | | Legal | 1.0% | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | | Consulting | 2.0% | $ 75,000 | $ 75,000 | $ 80,000 | $ 71,000 | | Other Job Functions | 11.0% | $ 93,720 | $ 81,670 | $ 145,000 | $ 50,000 | | Salaries by Years of Work Experience | | No. of Years | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Less than 1 year | 1.0% | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | $ 85,000 | | 1 to 2 years | 4.0% | $ 92,670 | $ 82,000 | $ 115,000 | $ 81,000 | | 3 to 5 years | 22.0% | $ 73,250 | $ 74,500 | $ 102,000 | $ 43,000 | | 6 to 10 years | 49.0% | $ 94,840 | $ 94,400 | $ 145,000 | $ 50,000 | | More than 10 years | 24.0% | $ 98,030 | $ 100,000 | $ 150,000 | $ 43,000 | | Salaries by Undergraduate Degree | | Major | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Engineering | 36.0% | $ 100,400 | $ 98,990 | $ 150,000 | $ 50,000 | | Business | 24.0% | $ 89,900 | $ 85,000 | $ 150,000 | $ 50,000 | | Economics | 7.0% | $ 74,860 | $ 70,000 | $ 100,000 | $ 43,000 | | Sciences | 16.0% | $ 86,060 | $ 83,330 | $ 130,000 | $ 45,000 | | Humanities & Social Sciences | 11.0% | $ 79,560 | $ 85,000 | $ 95,000 | $ 43,000 | | Other | 6.0% | $ 82,000 | $ 102,000 | $ 105,000 | $ 50,000 | | 2004 Signing Bonus and Guaranteed Compensation | | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Signing Bonus | $ 6,850 | $ 5,500 | $ 15,000 | $ 1,500 | | Other Compensation | $ 22,530 | $ 17,000 | $ 130,000 | $ 1,000 | | Salary Increase from Matriculation to Graduation | $ 24,780 | | Tuition Reimbursement Received from Employer | $ 25,650 | | Received Tuition Reimbursement from Employer | 62% | | Change of Industry as result of MBA | 18% | | Change of Function as result of MBA | 27% | | Employed by start-up company | 12% | | Top 10 Employers (in alphabetical order) and Average Salaries | | Applied Materials | $ 105,000 | | Cisco Systems | $ 80,200 | | eBay | $ 89,500 | | Hewlett Packard | $ 120,000 | | KLA Tencor | $ 85,500 | | Silicon Valley Bank | $ 70,500 | | Sun Microsystems | $ 113,500 | | Veritas Software | $ 94,000 | | Wells Fargo Bank | $ 68,700 | | Xilinx | $ 86,500 |
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