Average salary for a Harvard MBA graduate: $114,400

Here's some interesting data. The average base salary for a Harvard MBA graduate in 2009 was $114,400. The average signing bonus was $20,000.

What if we broke that down by job function? 

Function (Class of 2009)	%	Median Base Salary
Business Development	8%	$100,000
Consulting	28%	$125,000
Finance	32%	$110,000
General Management	16%	$105,000
Marketing	9%	$97,000
Strategic Planning	4%	$109,000
Other	3%	$97,500

What if we broke that down by industry?

Industry (Class of 2009)	%	Median Base Salary

Consulting	26%	$125,000
Entertainment/Media	4%	$104,000
Financial Services	31%	$110,000
Non-Profit/Government	7%	$90,000
Retail	3%	$105,000
Other Services (incl. Real Estate)	2%	$100,000
Healthcare	7%	$105,000
Consumer Products	5%	$95,000
Manufacturing	8%	$112,500
Technology	7%	$110,000

A full-time MBA at Harvard takes 2 years. However, most full-time MBA students have a few years of working experience before they go to business school. Regardless, the long path to medicine probably doesn't make much sense if you're aiming to make 6 figures before you're in your mid-to-late twenties