College Graduate and Intern Compensation Survey
About the Survey
Pearl Meyer’s College Graduate and Intern Compensation Survey is a unique, one-of-a-kind resource to help you assess and evaluate your competitive strategies for new college graduate and intern hires. Our 2025 survey provides extensive data on over 16,000 college hires, in 11 different countries based on submissions from 145 participating companies. Data includes rates for over 14,000 intern positions.
These key reports provide a broad range of information on compensation at various degree levels for both new college graduates and interns.
Data Reported
US Average Hiring Rates and Starting Salaries - College Graduates
- Base salary
- Sign-on bonus
- Long-term incentive values
- Regional breakouts
US Average Hiring Rates - Interns
- Hourly rates broken out by region
Global Average Hiring Rates and Starting Salaries
- Base salary
- Sign-on bonus
- Long-term incentive values
US Policies and Practices
- Program design policies and practices, including tuition reimbursement, relocation, leadership development programs and more.
Custom Peer Group Report
- Each participant is entitled to one complimentary custom peer group report.
