Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
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NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

MBA Pay By Occupation & Industry: Here’s How Much You’re Worth

A school-by-school look at how much MBA grads are earning in every industry

by: Jeff Schmitt on September 01, 2026 | 35 minute read

CMU Welcome Wall on the 1st floor of the Tepper School of Business

RETAIL, MIS, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS

RETAIL

U.S. News Rank School 2025 Retail Low 2024 Retail Low 2023 Retail Low 2025 Retail Average 2024 Retail Average 2023 Retail Average 2025 Retail High 2024 Retail High 2023 Retail High
1 Stanford GSB NA NA NA $155,067 NA NA NA NA NA
2 Wharton School $142,000 $116,000 $116,000 $164,625 $148,333 $143,250 $200,000 $190,000 $160,000
3 Chicago (Booth) NA NA $100,000 NA NA $131,833 NA NA $148,000
4 Northwestern (Kellogg) NA $130,000 $120,000 NA $149,143 $134,375 NA $178,000 $160,000
4 Harvard Business School NA $46,000 $125,000 NA $134,873 $168,083 NA $170,000 $240,000
6 MIT (Sloan) NA NA $120,000 NA NA $146,500 NA NA $175,000
7 New York University (Stern) NA $100,000 NA NA $135,000 NA NA $155,000 NA
9 Dartmouth (Tuck) NA $115,000 NA NA $140,833 NA NA $170,000 NA
11 Yale SOM $110,000 $110,000 $142,800 $142,890 $147,190 $161,106 $170,000 $170,000 $194,400
11 Virginia (Darden) $130,000 $130,000 $130,000 $140,311 $143,333 $142,880 $155,000 $175,000 $161,000
13 Michigan (Ross) $120,000 $125,000 $125,000 $130,400 $134,286 $141,482 $140,000 $145,000 $175,200
14 Duke University (Fuqua) $108,180 $130,000 NA $127,197 $134,200 NA $140,000 $146,000 NA
16 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) $140,000 NA $115,000 $157,275 NA $145,000 $169,100 NA $155,000
16 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) NA $80,000 NA NA $130,000 NA NA $155,000 NA
18 Texas (McCombs) $115,000 $122,000 $120,000 $129,167 $137,857 $134,167 $135,000 $155,000 $145,000
18 UCLA (Anderson) NA NA $80,000 NA NA $121,667 NA NA $155,000
20 University of Washington (Foster) $102,000 $120,000 NA $126,443 $131,788 NA $142,800 $148,000 NA
21 Indiana (Kelley) NA NA $142,800 NA NA $143,133 NA NA $143,800
21 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) $85,000 $80,000 NA $117,500 $125,833 NA $130,000 $155,000 NA
23 Emory (Goizueta) NA $110,000 $120,000 NA $125,000 $123,333 NA $140,000 $130,000
25 USC (Marshall) $110,000 NA $130,000 $130,200 NA $138,750 $144,000 NA $150,000
25 Georgia (Terry) $142,800 NA $95,000 $142,800 NA $120,700 $142,800 NA $150,000
32 Minnesota (Carlson) $125,000 NA $140,000 $136,250 NA $140,700 $140,000 NA $142,800
34 Notre Dame (Mendoza) $130,000 NA $60,000 $132,667 NA $105,000 $135,000 NA $130,000
46 Boston University (Questrom) NA $90,000 NA NA $112,333 NA NA $132,000 NA
48 Arkansas (Walton) $77,000 $85,000 NA $82,250 $85,000 NA $90,000 $85,000 NA

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

U.S. News Rank School 2025 MIS Low 2024 MIS Low 2023 MIS Low 2025 MIS Average 2024 MIS Average 2023 MIS Average 2025 MIS High 2024 MIS High 2023 MIS High 
2 Wharton School $140,000 NA NA $155,000 NA NA $165,000 NA NA
4 Northwestern (Kellogg) NA NA $120,000 NA NA $159,312 NA NA $194,400
6 MIT (Sloan) $136,000 NA NA $172,250 NA NA $190,000 NA NA
10 UC Berkeley (Haas) $125,000 $73,769 $100,800 $155,946 $154,493 $166,450 $220,000 $230,000 $215,000
11 Yale SOM $110,000 $97,500 $132,000 $134,960 $140,920 $165,167 $160,000 $169,100 $194,400
11 Virginia (Darden) $120,000 $120,000 $125,000 $142,844 $150,589 $161,613 $165,000 $180,000 $180,000
13 Michigan (Ross) NA $169,000 NA $178,333 NA $186,000
14 Duke University (Fuqua) NA $162,000 NA NA $168,500 NA NA $184,000 NA
16 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) NA $100,000 $144,000 NA $164,520 $173,000 NA $194,400 $210,000
21 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) NA $120,000 $160,000 NA $138,333 $187,150 NA $175,000 $249,600
23 Texas-Dallas (Jindal) $115,000 NA NA $133,106 NA NA $149,318 NA NA
27 Georgia Tech (Scheller) $123,832 $150,000 NA $151,636 $168,333 NA $190,000 $185,000 NA
29 Rice University (Jones) NA NA $90,000 NA NA $120,667 NA NA $140,000
38 Iowa State (Ivy) NA $61,000 NA NA $85,359 NA NA $109,000 NA
39 Utah (Eccles) NA $68,349 NA NA $94,450 NA NA $130,000 NA
47 Boston University (Questrom) $105,000 NA NA $122,610 NA NA $140,000 NA NA
48 Pittsburgh (Katz) NA NA $75,000 NA NA $135,875 NA NA $170,000
48 Wisconsin NA $135,000 NA NA $145,000 NA NA $150,000 NA
48 Arkansas (Walton) NA $70,000 NA NA $80,000 NA NA $90,000 NA
51 UC Irvine (Merage) NA $119,000 $100,000 NA $133,800 $120,800 NA $155,000 $142,400

HUMAN RESOURCES

U.S. News Rank School 2025 Human Resources Low 2024 Human Resources Low 2023 Human Resources Low 2025 Human Resources Average 2024 Human Resources Average 2023 Human Resources Average 2025 Human Resources High 2024 Human Resources High 2023 Human Resources High 
4 Northwestern (Kellogg) NA NA $125,000 NA NA $129,667 NA NA $138,000
13 Michigan (Ross) NA $80,000 $122,000 NA $115,000 $132,000 NA $150,000 $150,000
15 Cornell Johnson $100,680 NA NA $117,670 NA NA $130,000 NA NA
16 Vanderbilt (Owen) $110,000 $118,000 $90,000 $119,750 $128,250 $121,760 $135,000 $135,000 $142,800
18 UCLA (Anderson) NA NA $120,000 NA NA $126,333 NA NA $131,000
25 USC (Marshall) NA NA $115,000 NA NA $121,667 NA NA $130,000
31 Georgetown (McDonough) $120,000 NA NA $134,267 NA NA $162,000 NA NA
39 BYU (Marriott) $87,045 $85,000 $85,000 $98,011 $106,998 $101,425 $116,000 $128,000 $128,000
43 Michigan State (Broad) NA $100,000 $85,000 NA $101,667 $121,667 NA $105,000 $150,000
48 Wisconsin NA $64,500 $60,000 NA $97,833 $99,714 NA $129,000 $130,000
48 Boston University  (Questrom) NA NA $108,500 NA NA $114,500 NA NA $125,000

TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS

U.S. News Rank School 2025 Transportation and Logistics Low 2024 Transportation and Logistics Low 2023 Transportation and Logistics Low 2025 Transportation and Logistics Average 2024 Transportation and Logistics Average 2023 Transportation and Logistics Average 2025 Transportation and Logistics High 2024 Transportation and Logistics High 2023 Transportation and Logistics High
7 New York University (Stern) $100,000 NA $85,000 $143,333 NA $111,667 $180,000 NA $125,000
10 UC Berkeley (Haas) NA $139,700 NA NA $146,767 NA NA $150,060 NA
11 Yale SOM $102,000 $60,000 NA $136,400 $118,333 NA $150,000 $150,000 NA
11 Virginia (Darden) $118,000 $120,000 NA $131,833 $123,167 NA $149,500 $130,000 NA
14 Duke University (Fuqua) $103,000 NA NA $121,000 NA NA $130,000 NA NA
18 Texas (McCombs) NA $120,000 $100,000 NA $127,000 $114,333 NA $140,000 $123,000
21 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) NA $115,000 $115,000 NA $120,000 $122,500 NA $125,000 $130,000
21 Indiana (Kelley) NA $94,236 NA NA $109,229 NA NA $118,450 NA
23 Emory (Goizueta) NA $118,450 $115,000 NA $119,613 $118,113 NA $120,000 $120,000
25 Georgia (Terry) NA $72,000 NA NA $112,400 NA NA $130,000 NA
27 Georgia Tech (Scheller) NA $118,450 $69,996 NA $119,742 $105,049 NA $120,000 $123,000
29 Arizona State (W. P. Carey) $110,000 $60,000 NA $110,000 $99,717 NA $110,000 $129,150 NA
36 SMU (Cox) NA NA $108,000 NA NA $117,100 NA NA $128,000
48 Arkansas (Walton) $75,000 NA NA $81,500 NA NA $110,000 NA NA

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