Observations on new B School placement report

<p>Hiring and pay both up about 5-10% from last year. Not great but better. Placement outside Midwest up significantly. Northeast placement (NY/Boston etc) nearly doubled to 13.2%>Milwaukee and Minny. Chicago, Madison, Northeast, Minny, Milwaukee top destinations with over 60% of jobs. South/SW down by half.
Jobs with investment banks doubled with avg base pay about $70K.
Overall avg pay $51,609 with average held down by heavy placement in Madison/All Wisconsin which has much lower than average pay than other areas.
17.7% still looking for work down from 21.7% last year.</p>