Summer Intern Compensation by Industry* This information is as of September 30, 2009 and is collected and reported according to MBA CSC standards.
Industry
Monthly Salary Range
Monthly Median
% w/ Sign-On Bonus**
Sign-On Median
Consulting
2,400-22,000
10,000
8%
2,500
Consumer Products and Retail
1,600-16,000
6,000
10%
5,000
Consumer Products
2,5000-16,000
6,000
6%
5,000
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
3,000-8,500
6,200
21%
5,000
Retail
2,500-6,000
5,600
--
--
Energy and Utilities
1,550-8,200
5,000
--
--
Financial Services
250-19,500
7,900
7%
5,000
Diversified Financial Services
250-8,500
7,000
25%
5,000
Hedge Funds/Other Investments
400-10,000
6,000
--
--
Investment Banking/Brokerage
628-10,417
7,917
9%
2,500
Investment Management
2,500-11,917
8,000
4%
5,000
Private Equity/Buyouts/Other
500-19,500
6,000
--
--
Venture Capital
1,500-8,000
3,000
--
--
Health Care
1,500-9,600
6,303
17%
3,000
Health Care Services
3,000-8,000
6,100
22%
4,000
Medical Devices
6,600-9,600
7,200
15%
2,500
Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology
1,594-9,000
6,080
17%
2,000
Manufacturing ***
600-9,600
7,542
20%
4,500
Media and Entertainment
1,200-11,000
5,250
6%
2,000
Media
1,460-11,000
5,500
7%
2,000
Public Interest
1,000-10,000
2,800
--
--
Real Estate
750-10,000
5,500
7%
2,000
Technology Industries
874-11,000
5,600
--
--
Computer Hardware
1,500-6,260
5,380
--
--
Computer Software & Services
874-7,875
5,250
--
--
Internet Services
1,300-8,500
5,000
--
--
* In accordance with MBA-CSC Standards, compensation is not listed for categories reported by less than 1% of the class. Therefore, some industries are not listed.
** Percentage of students who report sign on bonuses of those who reported salary within a particular industry.
*** Manufacturing includes the Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Agribusiness, Chemical, Diversified Manufacturing, Mining/Materials and Transportation sectors.
