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Salary Statistics - Class of 2005 Salary Stats

Class of 2005 Salary Survey Results

The following statistics are based on a survey of the Leavey School of Business Graduate Business Class of 2006, conducted in Fall of 2006.

Undergraduate Degrees of MBA Class of 2005


Humanities and Social Sciences 5.0%
Economics 5.0%
Engineering and Science 54.0%
Business 17.0%
Other 19.0%

 

Base Salaries by Industry


Industry % of class Mean Median High Low
Government / Non-Profit 1.0% $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000
Manufacturing 48.0%  $ 83,300  $ 80,000 $131,000 $ 30,000
Service 51.0% $ 92,030 $ 90,000 $ 140,000 $ 48,000
Other -- -- -- -- --

 

Base Salaries by Function
% of class Mean Median High Low
Marketing / Sales 26.0% $ 78,350 $ 80,000 $ 125,000 $ 30,000
Finance / Accounting 24.0% $ 97,000 $ 95,000 $ 140,000 $ 64,000
Engineering / Computer Programming 7.0% $ 101,200 $ 104,000 $ 130,000 $ 72,000
General Management 4.0% $ 104,170 $ 110,000 $ 110,000 $ 92,500
Operations / Production 8.0% $ 69,250 $ 68,500 $ 92,000 $ 72,500
Human Resources 3.0% $ 81,800 $ 81,800 $ 93,600 $ 70,000
MIS 1.0% $ 85,000 $ 85,000 $ 85,000 $ 85,000
Legal 1.0% $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000
Consulting 5.0% $ 110,250 $ 120,000 $ 125,000 $ 76,000
Other Job Functions 21.0% $ 88,350 $ 87,500 $ 120,000 $ 60,000

 

Salaries by Years of Work Experience


No. of Years % of class Mean Median High Low
Less than 1 year  -- -- -- -- --
1 to 2 years 6.0%  $ 77,330  $ 72,000 $ 90,000 $ 70,000
3 to 5 years 19.0% $ 87,400 $ 81,000 $ 125,000 $ 64,000
6 to 10 years  54.0%  $ 90,070  $ 91,000  $ 140,000  $ 30,000
More than 10 years 21.0% $ 97,450 $ 95,000 $ 130,000 $ 76,000

 

Salaries by Undergraduate Degree


Major % of class Mean Median High Low
Engineering 42.0%  $ 88,120  $ 83,500 $ 130,000 $ 58,200
Business 19.0% $ 91,540 $ 90,000 $ 140,000 $ 48,000
Economics 6.0%  $ 93,000  $ 95,000  $ 125,000  $ 59,000
Sciences  17.0%  $ 83,080 $ 86,000  $ 110,000  $ 30,000 
Humanities & Social Sciences   6.0% $ 88,000  $ 85,000  $ 120,000  $ 62,000 
Other 10% $ 112,310 $ 111,500 $ 131,000 $ 95,000

 

2005 Signing Bonus and Guaranteed Compensation


Mean Median High Low
Signing Bonus  $ 7,190  $ 6,000 $ 12,500 $ 2,500
Other Compensation $ 20,600 $ 15,000 $ 80,000 $ 1,000

 

Other 2005 Averages


Salary Increase from Matriculation to Graduation $ 24,750
Tuition Reimbursement Received from Employer $ 21,870
Received Tuition Reimbursement from Employer  53%
Change of Industry as result of MBA 43%
Change of Function as result of MBA 46%
Employed by start-up company 11%

 

Top 10 Employers (in alphabetical order) and Average Salaries

Apple $ 80,000
Applied Materials $ 93,500
eBay $ 86,000
Electronic Arts $ 131,000
HSBC  $ 83,500
Intel  $ 82,000
KPMG  $ 95,500
Pitney Bowes Managment Services  $ 140,000
Teros, Inc.   $ 75,000
Trimble Navigation $ 86,000