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Employment Statistics - May Class of 2009
Employment by Functional Area or Type of Job
Employment by Industry or Type of Employer
Employment by Geographic Region or Job Location
| Career Highlights |
Class of 2008 |
Class of 2009 |
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| Average starting base salary |
$53,274 |
$52,155 |
| Median starting base salary |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
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Employment by Functional Area or Type of Job**:
Accounting
Actuarial
Consulting
Finance
Management
Marketing
Military
Teaching
Other
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1% 1% 20% 47% 4% 16% 1% 1% 8% |
3% 0% 27% 42% 4% 18% 1% 3% 2% |
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Employment by Industry or Type of Employer**:
Business
Communication/Arts/Entertainment
Government/Education/Nonprofit
Health/Science-related
Manufacturing
Service
Other |
56% 0% 2% 2% 5% 33% 1% |
42% 2% 7% 2% 9% 31% 6% |
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Employment by Geographic Region or Job Location**:
North Carolina
Mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast (not NC)
West 
International  |
33% 16% 1% 21% 20% 7% 1% |
33% 16% 1% 21% 20% 7% 1% |
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Companies Hiring 2 or More Students: |
Banc of America Securities Bank of America BB&T BearingPoint Black & Decker Deloitte Consulting FTI Consulting General Mills Genworth Financial Goldman Sachs KMPG Macquarie Capital Advisors McColl Partners Morgan Keegan Morgan Stanley Navigant Consulting Oppenheimer & Co. Stockamp & Associates SunTrust The Hershey Company Triage Consulting Group Wachovia |
Bank of America BB&T Capital One Credit Suisse Deloitte Consulting GE Goldman Sachs Huron Consulting Group IBM Morgan Stanley Pepsi Co. Teach for America Triage Consulting |
Students Satisfied or Very Satisfied with Job |
97% |
81% |
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Graduate School Admissions:
Law School
Master of Accounting
Other |
24% 13% 76% 11% |
31% 1% 56% 43% |
Salary figures are based on accepted offers (in U.S. dollars); base pay only.
*Salary figures not reported for categories listing 1 percent.
**Discrepancy between cumulative and individual percentages due to rounding.
***To ensure confidentiality, salary figures not reported.
| Area |
Percent |
Salary Range |
Average |
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| Accounting |
3% |
$32,000-$49,000 |
$43,333 |
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| Consulting |
27% |
$17,000-$65,000 |
$57,722 |
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| Finance** |
42% |
$35,000-$70,000 |
$55,688 |
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Commercial Banking (Consumer)* |
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1% |
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Commercial Banking (Lending)* |
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1% |
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Finance, Taxation, Monetary Policy |
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9% |
$41,000-$70,000 |
$54,222 |
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Financial/Treasury/Analysis |
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9% |
$35,000-$70,000 |
$51,333 |
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Investment Banking (Corporate Finance) |
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11% |
$46,000-$70,000 |
$58,412 |
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5% |
$45,000-$70,000 |
$58,000 |
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Investment Banking (Real Estate)* |
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1% |
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Investment Banking (Sales and Trading)*** |
|
2% |
$60,000 |
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Portfolio Manager/Brokerage |
|
3% |
$45,000-$60,000 |
$53,000 |
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| Management |
4% |
$33,000-$70,000 |
$54,750 |
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Management Trainee (Entry-level Mgt) |
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2% |
$33,000-$70,000 |
$51,500 |
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Management, General (Mid- to Upper-level |
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2% |
$46,000-$70,000 |
$58,000 |
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| Marketing |
18% |
$15,600-$60,000 |
$43,398 |
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1% |
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6% |
$15,600-$55,000 |
$45,767 |
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1% |
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1% |
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9% |
$27,500-$60,000 |
$41,722 |
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| Military* |
1% |
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| Teaching |
3% |
$14,400-$40,000 |
$29,633 |
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| Other and Unspecified |
2% |
$27,500-$42,000 |
$34,750 |
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1% |
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1% |
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Salary figures are based on accepted offers (in U.S. dollars); base pay only. *Salary figures not reported for categories listing 1 percent.
**Discrepancy between cumulative and individual percentages due to rounding. ***To ensure confidentiality, salary figures not reported.
| Area |
Percent |
Salary Range |
Average |
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| Business |
42% |
$30,000-$70,000 |
$55,081 |
- Accommodation & Food Services*
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1% |
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- Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping & Payroll*
|
1% |
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- Advertising & Related Services*
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1% |
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10% |
$45,000-$60,000 |
$53,400 |
- Banking (Investment & Securities Dealing)
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20% |
$45,000-$70,000 |
$58,450 |
- Insurance Carriers & Related Activities
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3% |
$41,000-$50,000 |
$44,000 |
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6% |
$30,000-$70,000 |
$45,167 |
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| Communication/Arts/Entertainment |
2% |
$15,600-$32,000 |
$23,800 |
- Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
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2% |
$15,600-$32,000 |
$23,800 |
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| Government/Education/Nonprofit |
7% |
$14,000-$42,000 |
$32,158 |
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3% |
$14,400-$40,000 |
$29,633 |
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2% |
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- Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar Organizations*
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1% |
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1% |
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| Health/Science-related |
2% |
$36,000-$55,000 |
$45,500 |
- Healthcare Services (for profit)*
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1% |
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- Medical Equipment & Supplies*
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1% |
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| Manufacturing** |
9% |
$35,000-$65,000 |
$52,917 |
- Beverage & Tobacco Products***
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2% |
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$54,000 |
- Computer & Electronic Products***
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2% |
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$65,000 |
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1% |
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- Household & Personal Care Products*
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1% |
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- Printing & Related Support Activities*
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1% |
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2% |
$50,000-$55,000 |
%52,500 |
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| Services** |
31% |
$27,500-$70,000 |
$46,891 |
- Computer Systems Design/Computer Consulting (incl. computer programming)
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3% |
$40,000-$49,000 |
$46,000 |
- Consulting Services (Management)
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15% |
$53,500-$65,000 |
$61,867 |
- Consulting Services (Other)
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8% |
$46,00-$65,000 |
$53,813 |
- Financial Services (Securities, Commodity Contracts & Other Investments)
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3% |
$54,000-$70,000 |
$64,667 |
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1% |
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1% |
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| Other** |
6% |
$32,000-$56,000 |
$46,100 |
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5% |
$35,000-$56,000 |
$51,200 |
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1% |
$32,000-$50,000 |
$41,000 |
*Salary figures not reported for categories listing 1 percent. **Discrepancy between cumulative and individual percentages due to rounding. ***To ensure confidentiality, salary figures not reported. Starting salary in Other Northeast is in $40K range.
| Region |
Percent |
Salary Range |
Average |
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| Mid-Atlantic** |
16% |
$38,000-$65,000 |
$53,263 |
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3% |
$50,000-$55,000 |
$52,333 |
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6% |
$46,000-$65,000 |
$54,333 |
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6% |
$51,000-$60,000 |
$54,667 |
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| Midwest |
1% |
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| Northeast** |
21% |
$40,000-$70,000 |
$55,733 |
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17% |
$40,000-$70,000 |
$58,154 |
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4% |
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| Southeast (not N.C.)** |
20% |
$45,000-$65,000 |
$53,875 |
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15% |
$50,000-$65,000 |
$56,167 |
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2% |
$45,000-$51,000 |
$47,000 |
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3% |
$45,000-$48,000 |
$47,000 |
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| North Carolina** |
33% |
$24,000-$90,000 |
$51,812 |
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5% |
$30,000-$60,000 |
$41,842 |
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19% |
$30,000-$60,000 |
$54,524 |
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1% |
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4% |
$24,000-$45,000 |
$40,800 |
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4% |
$45,000-$90,000 |
$67,500 |
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| West** |
7% |
$40,000-$65,000 |
$51,944 |
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4% |
$40,000-$65,000 |
$54,250 |
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3% |
$40,000-$55,000 |
$47,500 |
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| International* |
1% |
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