new data from glass door It shattered the notion that a lucrative career requires years of hard work. Instead, a select group of lucky graduates are securing six-figure salaries immediately after graduating from university.
Gone are the days when you spent your unpaid internship making coffee for executives. Top companies like Bain & Company, Roblox and Amazon are offering internships this summer with salaries of $9,000 or more, according to employer review sites.
To participate in Glassdoor's 2024 Best Internships rankings, companies needed at least 30 salary reviews and 15 career opportunity reviews from U.S.-based interns.
Despite notable layoffs across the tech industry, including significant reductions in middle management positions, Big Tech continues to offer generous salaries and ambitious careers for tomorrow's brightest minds. It has become a lighthouse for viewing.
Of the top 25 internships on the list, 18 are at technology companies, with the rest of the roundup made up of financial and consulting firms ranging from BlackRock to McKinsey.
According to the data, Roblox pays its interns the highest base salary, with a median monthly base salary of $10,333, which equates to more than $125,000 annually.
But Glassdoor has a word of warning for those hoping for a high-paying internship at the $23 billion gaming giant: We are known for paying our interns competitive wages and providing them with a positive experience. ”
luck All companies on the list have been contacted for comment.
Glassdoor's ranking of companies offering the best internships
1. Bain & Company
Median base monthly salary: $9,000
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.9
2. Roblox
Median base monthly salary: $10,333
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.4
3. Nvidia
Median base monthly salary: $8,333
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.9
4.JP Morgan
Median base monthly salary: $8,333
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.7
5. Amazon
Median base monthly salary: $9,000
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.4
6. Atlassian
Median base monthly salary: $8,166
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.7
7. Capital One
Median base monthly salary: $8,833
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.5
8. Barclays
Median base monthly salary: $8,833
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.6
9. Uber
Median base monthly salary: $8,666
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.5
10. Adobe
Median base monthly salary: $8,500
Career Opportunity Rating: 4.5
Here is the complete list: glass door.
But don't expect preparing for an internship to be easy
Internships pay better than ever before, but don't expect to land an internship as easily as your parents' generation, or even your millennial siblings.
It's no longer worth asking to pick a recruiter's brain in exchange for coffee. Even newer alternatives to getting a recruiter's attention, such as dropping a message on LinkedIn, are no longer enough to help young people stand out.
That's why Gen Z students are now being forced to get creative to get their foot in the door.
Basant Shenouda, who was born in Egypt, said: luck that She used LinkedIn to see which conferences recruiters were posting about and volunteered to work at those events, armed with a stack of resumes to show during breaks.
It worked, and she landed an internship at LinkedIn.
Another Gen Zer, Ayala Osowski, used the 20 hours a week she was already working at a pizza restaurant in suburban Washington to try to get hired by D.C.'s elite.
She wore a baseball cap with the university's logo on the front every shift and launched into an elevator pitch every time a customer asked a question.
After a month of serving pizza and promoting himself, Osowski landed his first internship.
“The market is saturated with great talent, so it takes some creativity to stand out from the crowd,” she concluded.
