What MBAs Make At Top Consulting Firms

Salaries for Incoming MBA/PhD Graduates

Accenture Strategy

• Base: $147,500 (Canada: C$140,000)
• Performance Bonus: up to $44,400
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $191,900

• Retirement: 6% match for 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement: up to $80,000 ($50,000 after taxes)
• Signing Bonus: $25,000 (Canada: C$15,000)
• Relocation: up to $8,000

A.T. Kearney

• Base: $147,000 (Germany: €85,000)
• Performance Bonus: up to $44,100 (Germany: up to €16,000)
• Total Cash (sum of above): $191,100

• Retirement: 401k contribution up to $8,000
• Signing Bonus: $25,000 (plus $10,000 for summer interns)
• Relocation: up to $10,000 (Germany: up to €5,000)

Bain & Company

• Base: $148,000 (Canada: C$120,000) (UK: £85,000)
• Performance Bonus: up to $37,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $185,000

• Retirement: 401k contribution up to $8,000
• Signing Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: up to $5,000

Boston Consulting Group

• Base: $147,000 (Dubai: $130,000) (UK: £87,500)
• Performance Bonus: up to $44,100
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $191,100

• Retirement: No 401k match but profit sharing is deposited into 401k account
• Signing Bonus: $30,000 (Dubai: $30,000)
• Relocation: $2-8,000

Booz Allen Hamilton

• Base: $120-145,000 (depending on work experience; Dubai)
• Performance Bonus: up to $36,250 (25% of base; Dubai)
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $181,250 (Dubai)

• Housing Allowance: $32,000 ($50,000 if married/family; Dubai)
• Relocation: up to $25,000 (Dubai)

Cognizant Business Consulting 

• Base: $125,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $15,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $140,000

• Signing Bonus: $20,000 (Dubai: $30,000)
• Relocation: up to $6,000

Deloitte

• Base: $145,000 (Canada MBA: C$125,000)
• Performance Bonus: up to $31,900
• Total Cash (sum of above): $176,900

• Retirement: 25% match of first 6% into 401k (a total of 1.5%)
• Tuition Reimbursement: Full 2nd year tuition for returning interns
• Signing Bonus: $25,000 (additional $17,500 for returning interns, $20K early signing) (Canada: C$20,000)
• Relocation: $2,500 if local; up to $10,000 otherwise

Ernst & Young

• Base: $145,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $31,700
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $176,700

• Signing Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: up to $5,000

IBM Global Business Services

• Base: $147,500
• Performance Bonus: up to $14,750
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $162,250

• Signing Bonus: $25,000 (additional $15,000 for returning interns)
• Relocation: up to $6,500

IMS Consulting Group

• Base: $130,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $16,250
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $146,250

• Signing Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: up to $8,000

Infosys

• Base: $122,500
• Performance Bonus: up to $25,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): $147,500

• Signing Bonus: $20,000
• Relocation: up to $3,000

Kalypso

• Base: $124,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $15,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): $139,000

• Signing Bonus: $15,000
• Relocation: up to $3,000

KPMG

• Base: $145,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $25,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): $170,000

• Signing Bonus: up to $35,000
• Relocation: up to $5,000

L.E.K.

• Base: $150,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $25,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): $175,000

• Retirement & Profit Sharing: up to $30,000
• Signing Bonus: $25,000 (additional $25,000 for returning interns)
• Relocation: up to $5,000

McKinsey & Company

• Base: $152,500 (UK: £90,000)
• Performance Bonus: up to $35,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $187,500

• Retirement: up to $11,900 (7% of qualified compensation, capped at $170,000)
• Signing Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: $2,000-9,000

Mercer

• Base: $110,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $22,000 (20% of base)
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $132,000

• Signing Bonus: $20,000
• Relocation: up to $3,000

Parthenon-EY

• Base: $170,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $9,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $179,000

• Signing Bonus: $35,000
• Relocation: up to $2,000

PwC

• Base: $135,000-140,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $27,000
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $167,000

• Starting Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: up to $2,000

Strategy&

• Base: $147,000
• Performance Bonus: up to $47,040
• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $194,040

• Retirement: 6% of base + bonus into 401k, no contribution required (5 year vesting period)
• Signing Bonus: $25,000
• Relocation: up to $3,000
• Student Loan Repayment: $1,200/year for up to six years or until you become a manager