Class of 2007 Salary Survey Results The following statistics are based on a survey of the Leavey School of Business Graduate Business Class of 2007, conducted in Fall of 2007. Back to statistics home page | Undergraduate Majors | Percentage | N | | Humanities and Social Sciences | 9% | 8 | | Economics | 5% | 5 | | Engineering and Science | 43% | 40 | | Business Administration | 20% | 19 | | Other | 23% | 21 | | Base Salaries | | | Mean | $ 96,200 | | Median | $100,000 | | Base Salaries by Industry | | | | | | | Industries | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Government / Non-Profit | 4% | $ 78,800 | $ 83,500 | $100,000 | $ 48,000 | | Manufacturing | 17% | $ 91,500 | $ 89,000 | $140,000 | $ 65,000 | | Service | 44% | $ 98,100 | $100,000 | $158,000 | $ 32,000 | | Other | 35% | $107,500 | $110,000 | $120,000 | $ 85,000 | | Base Salaries by Function | | | | | | | Industries | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Marketing | 17% | $103,500 | $102,500 | $145,000 | $ 70,000 | | Sales | 1% | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | | Finance | 15% | $ 88,700 | $ 85,000 | $120,000 | $ 70,000 | | Accounting | 3% | $ 69,700 | $ 65,000 | $ 96,000 | $ 48,000 | | Engineering/Computer Programming | 9% | $107,900 | $102,500 | $158,000 | $ 75,000 | | General Management | 4% | $ 98,000 | $ 97,500 | $147,000 | $ 50,000 | | Operations/Production | 1% | $ 77,000 | $ 77,000 | $ 77,000 | $ 77,000 | | Human Resources | 1% | $105,000 | $105,000 | $105,000 | $105,000 | | MIS | 3% | $ 95,250 | $ 95,250 | $100,000 | $ 90,000 | | Legal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Consulting | 3% | $ 83,300 | $ 95,000 | $100,000 | $ 55,000 | | Other Job Functions | 43% | $ 97,100 | $105,000 | $120,000 | $ 32,000 | | Salaries by Work Experience | | | | | | | Years of experience | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Less than 1 year | 2% | $ 84,000 | $ 84,000 | $120,000 | $ 48,000 | | 1 to 2 years | 4% | $ 82,800 | $ 80,500 | $105,000 | $ 65,000 | | 3 to 5 years | 13% | $ 76,700 | $ 77,000 | $105,000 | $ 32,000 | | 6 to 10 years | 32% | $ 94,500 | $ 97,600 | $120,000 | $ 70,000 | | More than 10 years | 49% | $116,200 | $120,000 | $158,000 | $ 50,000 | | Salaries by Undergraduate Major | | | | | | | Major | % of class | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Engineering | 26% | $105,400 | $100,000 | $158,000 | $ 75,000 | | Business | 18% | $ 86,200 | $ 85,000 | $140,000 | $ 32,000 | | Economics | 5% | $ 99,000 | $100,000 | $120,000 | $ 75,000 | | Sciences | 6% | $ 82,300 | $ 82,000 | $115,000 | $ 50,000 | | Humanities & Social Sciences | 9% | $ 98,300 | $ 93,000 | $145,000 | $ 70,000 | | Other | 36% | $ 96,000 | $ 97,600 | $115,000 | $ 76,000 | | Signing Bonus and Guaranteed Compensation | | | | | | Compensation type | Mean | Median | High | Low | | Signing Bonus | $ 9,670 | $ 8,000 | $ 21,000 | $ 3,000 | | Other compensation | $ 20,800 | $ 10,000 | $200,000 | $ 1,000 | | Other Averages | | | Salary increase from Matriculation to Graduation | $ 18,900 | | Tuition reimbursement received from employer | $ 29,800 | | Change of industry as result of MBA | 13% | | Change of function as a result of MBA | 47% | | Employed by start-up company | 5% | | Top 10 Employers for Class of 2007 (in alphabetical order) | | Apple Computers | | Cisco Systems | | Condor Electronics | | Google | | Hewlett-Packard | | Intuit | | National Semiconductor | | SupportSoft | | Wells Fargo | | Yahoo! |
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