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Salary Statistics - Class of 2004 Salary Stats

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

 

Other 2004 Averages


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