“Advisors in ILR’s Office of Career Services were with me through every step of the search process. During my first two years, they taught me how to explore different jobs, use LinkedIn and prepare for career fairs. As a junior and senior, their resume critiques and practice interviews helped me get an internship at the State Department and my fulltime job in consulting.”
66%
Graduates found employment through ILR and the Cornell network
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Salaries and Career Fields
Summary
Through job fairs, alumni networking events, workshops and other career services, ILR’s Class of 2023 continued our tradition of sending graduates to top employers and prominent graduate schools.
Key Insights
- Nearly 68% of recent ILR graduates accepted positions at for-profits, non-profits, and government agencies.
- Their average starting salary was $76,000.
- Graduates pursued multiple career fields, including HR, consulting, finance, law, and public service.
2023 BSILR Data by Career Field
| Career Field | Percentage | Mean | Range |
| Financial Analysis/Services | 26% | $90,967 | $50,000-$110,000 |
| Human Resource/Corporate Labor Relations | 14% | $75,118 | $48,380-$85,000 |
| HR Consulting | 10% | $82,465 | $50,000-$90,001 |
| Paralegal/Legal Assistant | 9% | $57,223 | $45,000-$80,000 |
| Business Management (operations, accounts coordinator, management LDP) | 8% | $86,375 | $55,000-$114,000 |
| Management Consulting | 7% | $94,200 | $80,000-$112,000 |
| Public Service | 6% | $57,091 | $45,914-$85,000 |
| Labor Organizing/Research | 4% | $72,133 | $58,000-$80,000 |
| Other (clinical research, construction, pro sports, videogame development) | 4% | $73,500 | $50,000-$95,000 |
| Business Development/Sales | 3% | $63,000 | $27,000-$90,000 |
| Marketing | 3% | $64,000 | $50,000-$84,000 |
| Consulting (Other) [healthcare, gov't/ public service] | 2% | * | * |
| Entertainment | 2% | * | * |
| Research | 2% | * | * |
| Education | 1% | * | * |
| Entrepreuneurial Venture | 1% | * | * |
| Nonprofit Administration | 1% | * | * |
| Not reported | 1% | * | * |
* Three or fewer students reported salaries
Employers
- Accenture
- ALDI Inc.
- American Arbitration Association
- Bain & Company
- Bank of America Securities
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- CBS
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Citigroup
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Deloitte Consulting
- Department of Justice
- Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The)
- EY (Ernst & Young)
- Guggenheim Partners
- IBM
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KC Mavericks
- Kleinberg Kaplan
- KPMG
- Kraft Heinz
- Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- McKinsey & Company
- McMaster-Carr Supply Company
- Mellon Foundation
- Morgan Stanley
- New York County District Attorney's Office
- Palantir Technologies
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- Procter & Gamble
- PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League
- S.C. Johnson
- SEIU
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Navy
- United Steelworkers
- Willis Towers Watson
Law and Graduate Schools
| School/College | Degree | Field |
| Boston College Woods College of Advancing Studies | MS | Sports Administration |
| Boston College Law School | JD | Law |
| Columbia University | ||
| - Columbia Law School | JD | Law |
| - Teachers College | Ed. M. | Education |
| Mailman School of Public Health | MPH | Health Policy and Management |
| Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation | MS | Real Estate Development |
| School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) | MPA | Public Policy |
| School of Professional Studies | MS | Sports Management |
| Cornell University | ||
| - Cornell Law School | JD | Law |
| - SC Johnson College of Business | MBA | Business Administration |
| - SC Johnson College of Business | MPS | Management |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | MA | Economics |
| Georgetown University | ||
| - Georgetown Law | JD | Law |
| - McCourt School of Public Policy | MPP | Public Policy |
| Harvard Law School | JD | Law |
| Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | JD | Law |
| NYU School of Law | JD | Law |
| Penn State Law | JD | Law |
| Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business | MBA | Real Estate |
| Seton Hall Law School | JD | Law |
| St. John's University School of Law | JD | Law |
| Stetson University College of Law | JD | Law |
| Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs | MPA | Public Administration |
| UC Berkeley School of Law | JD | Law |
| University at Buffalo School of Law | JD | Law |
| UCLA School of Law | JD | Law |
| University of California, Irvine School of Law | JD | Law |
| University of Connecticut School of Law | JD | Law |
| University of Connecticut School of Law | JD | Law |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor and Employment Relations | PhD | Human Resources and Industrial Relations |
| University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | Master of Public Policy | Public Policy |
| University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School | JD | Law |
| University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (The) Gary W. Rollins College of Business | MBA | Business Administration |
| University of Texas at San Antonio (The) | MS | Psychology |
| University of Virginia School of Law | JD | Law |
| University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business | MS | Business Analytics |
| Vanderbilt University | ||
| - Vanderbilt University Law School | JD | Law |
| - Vanderbilt University Law School | Master of Legal Studies | Law |
| Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | JD | Law |
Select Job Titles
- Analyst - Work, Rewards, and Careers
- Associate Consultant
- Associate Consultant
- Associate Federal Consultant
- Business Analyst
- Business Operations Specialist
- Business Technology Solutions Analyst
- CEO and Founder
- Clinical Research Assistant I
- Communications Analyst
- Content Specialist
- Corps Member/Teacher
- Data Science Analyst
- Development Assistant
- Fixed Income Research Associate
- Global Markets Analyst
- HR Analyst
- HR Rotational Program Associate
- Human Capital Advisory Associate
- Human Capital Consulting Analyst
- Infantry Officer
- Investigative Analyst
- Investment Banking Analyst
- Junior Fellow
- Labor Relations Representative
- Legal Assistant
- Legislative Assistant
- Management Rotational Program Associate
- Market Research Associate
- Organizer
- Page
- Paralegal Clerk
- Private Equity Analyst
- Product Marketer & Sales Development Representative
- Production Intern
- Program Administrator
- Project Manager
- Research Analyst
- Research Assistant
- Talent Management Specialist
Get more information on post graduate data on our Master of Industrial and Labor program.