The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad has released its audited placement report that showed that the median salary (maximum earning potential) for the PGP students have jumped 7.9% to Rs 34.53 lakh per annum in the domestic placements for 2025. The maximum salary (maximum earning potential) of the 2025 batch recorded a growth of staggering 96% in the domestic placements to touch Rs 1.1 crore per annum.
The international placements too witnessed a jump in the median salary (maximum earning potential) of 10.3% to $103,474 per annum, however, the maximum international salary (maximum earning potential) registered a drop of 23% to $103,474 per annum. Also, the number of students getting international placements at IIM-A dropped to 2 in 2025 as compared to 11 last year.
Earning includes fixed pay, variable pay and additional perks
In the report, IIM-A said that the maximum earning potential includes total guaranteed cash component, maximum possible-linked variable pay and all other components of salary that are a part of the offer.
The data shows that out of 405 PGP students graduating in 2025, 395 had sought placements from the institute while 11 students opted out of the placement process. In terms of sectors, consulting firms gave the maximum job offers (156) in 2025 followed by BFSI (99), FMCG (31), IT (30) and conglomerates (22).
IIM’s Ahmedabad placement process
In 2025, the placement process was conducted in two stages. The first was the laterals process where firms interviewed students with prior work experience and offered them mid-level managerial positions. The second stage was the final placement process where firms were grouped into cohorts based on their core business sector, and groups of cohorts were invited to campus across different clusters.
“About 59% of the batch was eligible for lateral placements, which provided students an opportunity to optimally leverage their work experience. 178 firms participated with around 261 different roles in the placement process in 2025. In the final placements, firms that made the most offers on campus included Boston Consulting Group, Accenture Strategy, American Express Bain & Co and McKinsey & Company. More than 25 new firms participated in the lateral and final placement process in 2025. New recruiters included Anakin, Crisil, Haleon and Jasper Cohn among others,” the report said.