Wharton MBA Employment Report: Class of 2025 Salary and Outcomes
Wharton Class of 2025 full-time outcomes: median salary, sign-on bonus, job offers, industries, functions and locations.
Employment overview
Wharton's Class of 2025 had 879 students, of whom 608 (69.2%) were seeking employment. Of those seeking, 90.5% reported job offers and 87.0% reported job acceptances. The median base salary was $185,000 (25th percentile $165,000, 75th percentile $192,000). 48% reported a sign-on bonus, with a median of $30,000. Financial services took 38.2% of accepted jobs, consulting 28.2% and technology 15.3%. 7.9% accepted an offer with a startup.
Salary and compensation
- Median base salary
- $185,000
- Median sign-on bonus
- $30,000
- Base salary 25th to 75th percentile
- $165,000 to $192,000
Job search results
- Seeking employment
- 69.2%
- Seekers reporting job offers
- 90.5%
- Seekers reporting job acceptances
- 87.0%
Industry distribution
| Industry | Percentage of accepted jobs |
|---|---|
| Financial services (total) | 38.2% |
| Consulting | 28.2% |
| Technology | 15.3% |
| Health care | 3.8% |
| Financial services: Investment banking/brokerage | 14.2% |
| Financial services: Private equity/buyouts/other | 13.4% |
| Financial services: Investment management | 5.3% |
| Financial services: Venture capital | 2.8% |
Function distribution
| Function | Percentage of accepted jobs |
|---|---|
| Consulting/strategy | 25.5% |
| Private equity/venture capital | 11.6% |
| General/project management | 9.6% |
| Investment banking | 9.3% |
| Product management | 6.7% |
| Investment management/portfolio management | 6.2% |
Geographic distribution
| Region | Percentage of accepted jobs |
|---|---|
| Northeast U.S. | 53.0% |
| Western U.S. | 20.2% |
| Mid-Atlantic | 9.8% |
| Midwest | 4.3% |
| Southwest | 4.3% |
| South | 2.6% |
| Outside U.S. | 6.0% |
Career switchers
| Change | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Industry and function change | 53.1% |
| Function change only | 16.6% |
| Industry change only | 10.3% |
| Same function and industry, new title | 9.7% |
| No change | 10.3% |
Employers that hired two or more Class of 2025 graduates
- Accenture
- Adobe
- Alpine Investors
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Amazon
- American Express
- Analysis Group
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Global Management
- Bain & Company
- Bank of America
- Barclays
- Bernstein
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Capital One
- Capital Rx
- Centerview Partners
- Cisco Systems
- Citi
- DaVita
- Deloitte
- Digital Alpha Advisors
- eBay
- Evercore
- EY-Parthenon
- Goldman Sachs
- Guggenheim Securities
- H.I.G. Capital
- J.P. Morgan
- Jefferies
- Kearney
- KKR
- Lazard
- McKinsey & Company
- Microsoft
- Moelis & Company
- Morgan Stanley
- PJT Partners
- Sheridan Capital Partners
- Shore Capital Partners
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Strategy&
- T. Rowe Price
- TikTok
- Uber
- Vanguard
- Walmart
- Wellington Management
- William Blair
Sources
- 1. Wharton MBA Career Management, Full-Time Jobs Overview, Class of 2025
- 2. Wharton MBA Career Management, 2025 MBA Career Report (PDF)
- 3. Wharton MBA Career Management, Full-Time Industry Choices
- 4. Wharton MBA Career Management, Full-Time Location Choices