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    Employment Report

    When the world's most selective organizations seek new talent, they turn to Berkeley Haas. The school's key location and deep ties to global firms provides you with the tools and connections you need to launch the next stage of your career.

    Below are the employment reports for the two most recent graduating classes:

    Top financial institutions and technology companies are among those that hire Haas graduates as interns and full-time employees. Employers seek out Berkeley MFE students, because they demonstrate not only a mastery of powerful quantitative and management tools, but also a solid understanding of best practices for the changing technological, global, and human dimensions of business.

    Our employment report showcases the career trends, hiring trends, and salaries of our most recent graduates.

    Class of 2023

    Full-time positions, Class of 2023

    Students looking for jobs: 76

    Students who received offers: 73

    Students who accepted offers: 72

    96% of students looking for jobs were placed by three months after graduation.

    95% of students looking for jobs accepted offers by three months after graduation.

    Compensation

    • Mean base salary: $147,578
    • Median base salary: $150,000
    • High base salary: $275,000
    • Mean signing bonus: $26,180
    • Median signing bonus: $15,000
    • High signing bonus: $110,000

    Industries

    • Asset Management, 43%
    • Investment Banking, 33%
    • Trading House, 18%
    • Fintech, 3%
    • Other, 3%, includes ratings agencies and market research firms

    Functions

    • Portfolio management, quant research and analysis, 56%
    • Strats/structuring, 17%
    • Trading, 15%
    • Developer/engineer, 4%
    • Risk Management, 4%
    • Other, 4%, includes data science

    Recent Hiring Firms

    • Akuna Capital
    • Allspring
    • Balyasny Asset Management (B.A.M.)
    • BlackRock
    • Centiva Capital
    • Citadel
    • DRW
    • Fidelity Investments
    • Goldman Sachs
    • JP Morgan Chase & Co.
    • Morgan Stanley
    • PanAgora
    • Societe Generale
    • Tower Research Capital
    • U.S., East Coast (New York, Boston, Miami): 51%
    • U.S., California: 18%
    • U.S., Chicago: 13%
    • International: 10%
    • U.S., Other: 8%

     

    Class of 2022

    Full-time positions, Class of 2022

    Total number of students: 79

    Students looking for jobs: 78

    Students who received offers: 78

    98.7% of students looking for jobs were placed by three months after graduation.

    98.7% of students looking for jobs accepted offers by three months after graduation. 

    Compensation

    • Mean base salary: $150,190
    • Median base salary: $150,000
    • High base salary: $200,000
    • Mean signing bonus: $26,064
    • Median signing bonus: $20,000
    • High signing bonus: $100,000

    Industries

    • Investment Banking, 39%
    • Asset Management, 33%
    • Trading House, 10%
    • Tech/Fintech, 8%
    • Other, 9%, includes consulting and rating agencies

    Functions

    • Portfolio management, quant research and analysis, 41%
    • Trading, 21%
    • Strats/structuring, 16%
    • Developer/engineer, 8%
    • Data science, 6%
    • Other, 8%, includes strategy and risk

    Recent Hiring Firms

    • Barclays
    • BlackRock
    • Blackstone
    • Centiva Capital
    • Citadel
    • Goldman Sachs
    • IMC
    • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    • Millennium
    • Moody's
    • Morgan Stanley
    • PIMCO
    • Point72
    • RBC
    • UBS
    • WorldQuant

    Job Location

    • East Coast (New York, Boston, Miami): 60%
    • West Coast (California): 19%
    • International: 13%
    • U.S., Other: 8%

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