3. The United States
Salary in 2017 (USD): 120900.00
Salary Growth (%): -0.07
GDP Growth Rate (%): 2.18
Cost of Living Index: 75.42
The home of MBA, United States of America is in many ways where the whole world comes to learn MBA. Many of the world’s business leaders have been proud to be alumni of Harvard or Stanford. Even the dropouts from these institutes have made it big in the business world. It has remained as the world’s largest economy for most of the modern history. Silicon Valley has been known as the innovation center of the world. To substation such developed nation, and to keep pushing the frontiers of innovation, USA always has demand for highly skilled professionals.
Most of the large corporations having global footprint have been based in the USA, which ranks 3rd on our list of highest paying countries for business majors. Out of Fortune’s 500 companies, 132 are based in the USA including the Walmart. To cater to such a big corporate environment, USA will continue to demand more and more numbers of candidates with business majors.