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Employment Statistics - May Class of 2008
Employment by Job Type
Employment by Geographical Region
Employment by Industry
| Career Highlights |
Class of 2007 |
Class of 2008 |
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| Average starting base salary |
$50,350 |
$53,274 |
| Median starting base salary |
$53,500 |
$55,000 |
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Employment by Job Type**:
Accounting
Actuarial
Consulting
Finance
Management
Marketing
Military
Teaching
Other
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4% 0% 19% 53% 4% 13% 1% 1% 4% |
1% 1% 20% 47% 4% 16% 1% 1% 8% |
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Employment by Industry**:
Business
Government/Education/Nonprofit
Health/Science-related
Manufacturing
Service
Other |
N/A N/A N/A 5% 95% N/A |
56% %2 2% 5% 33% 1% |
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By Geographic Region**:
North Carolina
Mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast (not NC)
West 
International  |
38% 15% 2.5% 23% 16% 5.5% 1% |
33% 16% 1% 21% 20% 7% 1% |
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Companies Hiring 2 or More Students: |
Deloitte Consulting Edgeview Partners Ernst & Young GE Genworth Financial IBM KPMG Lehman Brothers Metlife Morgan Joseph Morgan Stanley Navigant Consulting Neiman Marcus Opus Trading Fund Sageworks SunTrust Triage Consulting Group Wachovia Wachovia Securities Wells Fargo |
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 |
Students Satisfied or Very Satisfied with Job |
89% |
97% |
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Graduate School Admissions:
Law School
Master of Accounting
Other |
24% 17% 75% 8% |
24% 13% 76% 11% |
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. Starting salary is in the $60K range for the Real Estate & Sales and Trading & Management functional areas.
| Area |
Percent |
Salary Range |
Average |
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| Accounting* |
1% |
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| Actuarial* |
1% |
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| Consulting |
20% |
$30,000-$65,000 |
$54,500 |
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| Finance** |
47% |
$40,000-$70,000 |
$57,978 |
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3% |
$44,000-$60,000 |
$48,500 |
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Finance, Taxation, Monetary Policy |
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3% |
$30,00-$55,000 |
$44,500 |
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Financial/Treasury/Analysis |
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8% |
$44,000-$55,000 |
$50,600 |
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12% |
$48,000-$60,000 |
$58,412 |
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13% |
$40,000-$70,000 |
$59,118 |
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Portfolio Manager/Brokerage |
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2% |
$40,000-$55,000 |
$46,667 |
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2% |
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3% |
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| Management*** |
4% |
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| Marketing** |
16% |
$24,000-$52,000 |
$44,474 |
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3% |
$37,050-$40,000 |
$39,017 |
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Brand/Product Management* |
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1% |
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1% |
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1% |
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10% |
$24,000-$51,000 |
$44,182 |
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| Military* |
1% |
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| Teaching* |
1% |
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| Other |
8% |
$35,000-$90,000 |
$56,111 |
*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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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. Starting salary in Insurance Carriers is in $50K range.
| Area |
Percent |
Salary Range |
Average |
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| Business** |
56% |
$30,000-$70,000 |
$55,081 |
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| Accomodation & Food Services |
3% |
$53,000-$60,000 |
$55,250 |
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| Advertising & Related Services |
3% |
$37,050-$40,000 |
$39,017 |
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| Banking (Commercial) |
8% |
$44,000-$60,000 |
$48,778 |
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| Banking (Investment & Securities Dealing) |
34% |
$30,000-$70,000 |
$56,915 |
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| Insurance Carriers & Related Activities*** |
2% |
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| Retail Trade |
6% |
$40,000-$70,000 |
$50,111 |
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| Government/Education/Nonprofit |
2% |
$40,000-$45,000 |
$41,667 |
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| Government (Federal)* |
1% |
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| Other Nonprofit* |
1% |
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| Health/Science-related |
2% |
$45,000-$50,000 |
$48,333 |
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| Healthcare Services (for profit)* |
1% |
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| Medical Equipment & Supplies |
1% |
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| Manufacturing** |
5% |
$38,000-$51,000 |
$45,600 |
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| Computer & Electronic Products* |
1% |
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| Food Manufacturing |
3% |
$38,000-$51,000 |
$47,000 |
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| Transportation Equipment Manufacturing |
1% |
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| Other Manufacturing |
1% |
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| Service** |
33% |
$30,000-$70,000 |
$54,766 |
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| Consulting Services (Management) |
9% |
$40,000-$65,000 |
$58,273 |
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| Consulting Services (Other) |
10% |
$30,00-$62,000 |
$51,036 |
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| Employment Services* |
1% |
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| Financial Services |
7% |
$55,000-$70,000 |
$61,250 |
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| Real Estate |
2% |
$50,000-$52,000 |
$51,000 |
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| Software* |
1% |
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| Transportation* |
1% |
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| Other Services |
2% |
$24,000-$90,000 |
$51,333 |
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| Other* |
1% |
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