If you want to bring home the bacon from Wharton, you'll more likely than not land a job in private equity. Last year, however, the highest median salaries went to the students who got jobs with venture capital firms that paid $171,500 in median base. Sure, there was one sector that paid even more but it doesn't really count because it was for the few dual MBA and law degree graduates who got $190,000 in median salaries.