The Gender Gap in Salaries for Business School Graduates

A study by Bloomberg Business of 12,700 alumni of more than 100 business schools in the United States found a major gender gap in salaries of their graduates. The data shows that women earned slightly lower salaries in their first jobs after graduating from business school than men. But six to eight years after leaving business schools, women had a median salary that was significantly below the median salary for men.

The gender gaps in salaries for business school graduates is particularly pronounced for minority women. For minority women who graduated from business school six to eight years ago, the median salary was $132,250. For White men who graduated from business school six to eight years ago, the median salary was $181,000. Black men who graduated from business school six to eight years ago had a higher median salary than White women who graduated from business school six to eight years ago.