GMAC
Consulting Salaries for MBA & Master’s Graduates
Jan 2025
GMAC uses Management Consulted's 2025 Consulting Salary Report to benchmark compensation at major strategy and professional-services firms.
#Consulting CompensationConsulting Compensation in the Media
Where Management Consulted experts are cited on consulting compensation.
Consultant Starting Salaries at MBB, Big 3, Remain Flat: Report
Jan 2025
Business Insider uses Management Consulted's annual compensation report to explain continued salary stagnation despite improving consulting demand.
#Consulting CompensationMBB Explained: How Hard It Is to Get Hired and What It’s Like to Work for McKinsey, Bain, and BCG
Nov 2024
Business Insider uses Management Consulted's salary benchmarks throughout its guide comparing McKinsey, BCG, and Bain.
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Consultants Are Paid to Fix Businesses. Why Can’t They Fix Their Own?
Mar 2024
The Wall Street Journal uses Management Consulted compensation benchmarks in its major feature on layoffs, underutilization, delayed starts, and declining demand across consulting.
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Poets&Quants
Consulting Pay: What MBAs Earned In 2023
Jan 2024
Poets&Quants uses Management Consulted's annual report to examine salary stagnation, weaker MBA hiring, and growing demand for technical specialists.
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Consulting Firms Freeze US Starting Salaries in Bid to Shore Up Profit
Nov 2023
The Financial Times cited Management Consulted’s compensation data and COO Namaan Mian in its coverage of consulting firms freezing U.S. starting salaries amid slowing demand and tighter hiring. Mian characterized the market as exceptionally competitive, with fewer openings and more candidates shifting toward consulting from banking and technology.
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Poets&Quants
Consulting Pay: What MBAs Earned In 2022
Jan 2023
Poets&Quants extensively analyzes Management Consulted's compensation database, including rapid pay growth and career-long earnings potential.
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Fortune
Base Salaries for MBA Grads at Top Consulting Firms Are Nearing $200K in 2023
Jan 2023
Fortune cited Management Consulted COO Namaan Mian to explain the sharp rise in MBA consulting salaries, including roughly 10% increases in starting base pay at leading firms. Mian attributed the increases to inflation, consultant retention pressures, and intense competition among consulting, banking, and technology employers for top talent.
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eFinancialCareers
Are Consultants Finally Making More Than Bankers in 2023?
Jan 2023
eFinancialCareers uses Management Consulted's compensation research to compare consulting and banking pay, including senior-level earnings and exit economics.
#Consulting Career PathsNew MBA Grads at McKinsey, BCG, and Bain Can Now Land Base Salaries of Nearly $200K
Aug 2022
Fortune features Namaan Mian explaining the fierce competition among consulting, tech, finance, and corporate employers that drove major MBB salary increases.
#Consulting CompensationMcKinsey, Bain and BCG Lift Pay as Talent War Heats Up
Aug 2022
The Financial Times featured Management Consulted’s Namaan Mian in its coverage of major salary increases at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG as the firms competed more aggressively for top MBA talent. Mian emphasized that while candidates consider a broader mix of benefits and career factors, compensation remains the most powerful recruiting lever.
#Consulting CompensationConsulting Firm L.E.K. Pays MBA Graduates a Base Salary of $175,000. Here’s How They’re Recruiting for Open Positions
Aug 2022
Business Insider uses Management Consulted salary data to benchmark L.E.K.'s MBA compensation against MBB while examining its recruiting strategy.
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