What Consulting Firms Pay Biz Undergrads Will Surprise You

Accenture Strategy

• Base: $80-85,000 (Canada: C$70,000)

• Performance Bonus: up to $8,500 (10% of base)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $93,500

• Retirement: 6% match for 401k

• Stock: 15% discount of Accenture stock

• Signing Bonus: $10,000 (Canada: C$10,000)

• Relocation: up to $5,000

A.T. Kearney

• Base: $72,000 (Canada: C$70,000)

• Performance Bonus: up to $14,400 (20% of base in US and Canada)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $86,400

• Retirement: 6% match for 401k

• Profit Sharing: up to $7,200 (10% of base depending on firm performance)

• Signing Bonus: $5,000 (Canada: C$5,000)

• Relocation: up to $10,000 (Canada: up to C$10,000)

Bain & Company

• Base: $83,500

• Performance Bonus: up to $12,525 (15% of base)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $96,025

• Retirement: 4.5% of base + bonus into 401k, no contribution required

• Signing Bonus: $5,000

• Relocation: $2-8,000

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• Base: $84,000 (Canada: C$78,000) (Aus: A$67,000) (Germany: €68,500)

• Performance Bonus: up to $16,800

• Total Cash (sum of above): $100,800

• Retirement: 15% match for 401k

• Profit Sharing: up to $4,400

• Signing Bonus: $5,000 (Canada: C$8,000) (Aus: A$15,000)

• Relocation: $2-8,000 (Germany: €3-10,000)

Deloitte S&O

• Base: $78,000 (Canada: C$66,000) (NZ: NZ$47,000) (UK: £39,500) (Germany: €50,500)

• Performance Bonus: up to $11,700 (15% of base) (UK: up to 5%)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $89,700

• Retirement: 6% match for 401k

• Signing Bonus: $12,500 (Canada: C$5,000) (NZ: NZ$2,000)

• Relocation: up to $2-5,000

EY

• Base: $75,000

• Performance Bonus: None

• Total Cash (sum of above): $75,000

• Retirement: 2.5% of base + bonus into 401k, no contribution required

• Signing Bonus: $3-7,500

• Relocation: up to $2,000

FTI Consulting

• Base: $68,000

• Performance Bonus: up to $10,000

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $78,000

• Signing Bonus: $7,000

• Relocation: up to $1,000

Huron

• Base: $67,500

• Performance Bonus: up to $6,750 (10% of base)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $74,250

• Retirement: 6% match of base into 401k

• Stock: $5,000 (25% match of personal investment up to $20,000)

• Signing Bonus: $5,000

• Travel Bonus: up to $3,750 (typically $3,000)

• Relocation: up to $2,000

IBM Global Business Services

• Base: $77,500 (Canada: C$68,000)

• Performance Bonus: up to $9,300 (12% of base)

• Total Cash (sum of above): up to $86,800

• Retirement: 5% match for 401k

• Signing Bonus: $7,000 (Canada: C$5,000)

• Relocation: up to $3,000

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