DC salaries for Top 20 MBA grads

[Anonymous]

Non Top 20 MBA and make $150k base + 2-3.5x bonus. There aren't that many finance jobs here, but there are some. A few large banks have large offices here, there are the larger fund managers and PE shops, and lots of fund managers tapping into the power base here.

[Anonymous]

Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

[Anonymous]

4 years post-MBA, top 20
$120k base, minimal bonus, government consulting
40-45 hours/week, minimal stress, no travel

Would pursue a more challenging, higher-wage job but would likely lose work-life balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

Good lord. Do you consult on your own or work for somebody?

[Anonymous]

5 years post MBA, top 20
160 base, another 15k salary.
Consulting, recently switched to federal consulting(in same company) for no travel. Working 40-45 hours a week. Worked a ton more when I did commercial consulting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

Good lord. Do you consult on your own or work for somebody?

I've done both. For my school I think I am scraping the bottom of the barrel. Some of my classmates give that much to the school in alumni giving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

Good lord. Do you consult on your own or work for somebody?

I've done both. For my school I think I am scraping the bottom of the barrel. Some of my classmates give that much to the school in alumni giving.

are you ex-Mckinsey, BCG, Bain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A previous post on MBAs got me wondering. The salaries seemed way high. Is that really what other top tier MBAs make? This isn't a huge MBA town, but in general, what's the market like these days?

I'll start
Top 10 finance program, CFA charterholder
5 years at CEB before b school
4 years post MBA, making 125k+30k in a nonstressful 40hr/wk finance/research role

Seems low compared with those just graduating.

Not sure but I make significantly more than that without an MBA. I also have never had any student loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

Good lord. Do you consult on your own or work for somebody?

I've done both. For my school I think I am scraping the bottom of the barrel. Some of my classmates give that much to the school in alumni giving.

Statistically there aren't any bschools in this country where earning 400-500 isn't doing really well compared to peers. That's BS.

[Anonymous]

275k. VP of Finance. 10 years out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 5 MBA
4 years out
$180 ish

Could be a lot more if I went into consulting or something but I like my job.

industry?

I'm guessing kellogg, cbs, sloan, booth, or tuck?

Not sure where you got that top 5 list I'm a Kellogg grad. I do strategy / analytics work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. Top school. Been out a while. Generally earn $400-500k but it can vary. Sometimes stressful and does require some travel but also very flexible.

Good lord. Do you consult on your own or work for somebody?

I've done both. For my school I think I am scraping the bottom of the barrel. Some of my classmates give that much to the school in alumni giving.

Statistically there aren't any bschools in this country where earning 400-500 isn't doing really well compared to peers. That's BS.

Probably a troll, but it might be a function of industry / circle of friends. If I compare myself to my PE and IB friends I make jack shit, many of them if not all of them are north of $500k now. Some (and not an insignigicant #) are north of a million. Compared to my $200k and change....I'm only a few years out, Pp may be in a similar boat and just have more years behind him/her.

[Anonymous]

Huh I thought MBAs made more.

I make the same in a job requiring only a BS (sales).

[Anonymous]

Fortune 100 company; $450K.

Went to a top ten B-School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh I thought MBAs made more.

I make the same in a job requiring only a BS (sales).

Depends a lot on industry and function. There's not a lot of finance here so you don't see numbers quite as high as you might if you posed the question in a NYC or sfo board