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    IIM Placement 2026: Finance Sector Placements, Average Salary & Highest Package

    Hitesh SahuUpdated on 30 Sep 2026, 04:00 PM IST

    IIM Placement 2026: Finance placements have remained high in most of the IIM Placement Report 2026. IIM Ranchi placed 32.07% of all candidates in the finance sector, with an IIM Ranchi average package of around Rs. 23.40 LPA, followed by IIM Nagpur with 28.40% of students placing in the finance sector. Overall, around 961 students, that is 18.6%, got placed in the Finance and BFSI sector, and the highest package remained around Rs. 1.45 Cr., as per the IIM Calcutta placement report 2026. Candidates are advised to keep reading this article for more information related to IIM placement 2026, IIM placement 2026 in the finance sector, and more.
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    This Story also Contains

    1. IIM Placement 2026: Key Highlights
    2. IIM Finance Placement 2026: Which IIM has the Most Placements in Finance?
    3. IIM Average Salary 2026: Which IIM has Highest Average Package in Finance Sector?
    4. IIM Placement 2026: Which Sector has Highest Share of Offers?
    5. Finance Jobs After MBA 2026: Prominent Recruiters Hired This Year
    IIM Placement 2026: Finance Sector Placements, Average Salary & Highest Package
    IIM Placement 2026: Finance Sector Placements, Average Salary & Highest Package

    IIM Placement 2026: Key Highlights

    • As per the IIM placement 2026, IIMs placed around 5,155 students.

    • IIM Finance sector emerged as the second-highest placed domain with 18.6% of all placements.

    • IIM Ranchi recorded the highest reported share of finance/BFSI offers at 32.07% among the IIMs covered in the table.

    • IIM Calcutta's highest package was around Rs. 1.45 Cr., while the average placement stood at around Rs. 42 LPA in the Finance sector.

    IIM Finance Placement 2026: Which IIM has the Most Placements in Finance?

    Many IIMs have released their placement reports for 2026. Of all the IIMs that have released the 2026 placement report, IIM Ranchi recorded the most placements in Finance and Accounting, at around 32.07%, followed by IIM Nagpur with 28.40%. Whereas, as per the IIM Bangalore placement report 2026, only 11% of the overall placement batch went into the Finance domain. Candidates can check the full statistics in the table below for reference.

    IIM Institutions

    Programme

    Percentage of Batch Offers

    Estimated Student Offers

    Batch Size

    Category

    IIM Bangalore Placement Report

    PGP + PGPBA

    11%

    73

    605

    Finance, Investment and Banking

    IIM Ahmedabad Placement 2026

    PGP

    21%

    82

    408

    BFSI

    IIM Indore Placement 2026

    PGP

    20%

    —

    586

    Finance

    IIM Lucknow Placement 2026

    PGP + PGP-ABM

    17%

    99

    559

    Finance

    IIM Calcutta 2026 Placement

    MBA

    18.6%

    101

    458

    Finance

    IIM Shillong Placement 2026

    PGP

    25%

    —

    393

    Finance

    IIM Rohtak Placement 2026

    PGP

    23%

    —

    303

    Finance

    IIM Mumbai Placement 2026

    MBA + MBA-OSCM + MBA-SM

    13%

    —

    505

    BFSI

    IIM Ranchi Placement 2026

    MBA

    32.07%

    —

    —

    BFSI and Fintech

    IIM Visakhapatnam Placement 2026

    PGP

    17%

    —

    —

    BFSI

    IIM Tiruchirappalli

    PGPM + MBA

    23.70%

    96

    407

    BFSI

    IIM Jammu 2026 placement

    MBA

    13%

    42

    283

    Finance

    IIM Bodh Gaya Placement 2026

    MBA

    19.8%

    —

    320

    BFSI

    IIM Amritsar 2026 Placement

    MBA

    —

    —

    256

    BFSI

    IIM Nagpur 2026 Placement

    MBA

    28.40%

    —

    356

    BFSI

    Note: Sector classifications and placement-reporting methods vary across IIMs. Some institutes report Finance separately, while others use broader categories such as BFSI, Finance, Investment & Banking, or BFSI and Fintech. The percentages should therefore be interpreted as reported by each institute and are not always directly comparable.

    IIM Average Salary 2026: Which IIM has Highest Average Package in Finance Sector?

    Candidates who are interested in knowing more about the IIM Finance placement report must check the placement numbers. According to the IIM Finance placement report 2026 of various IIMs, IIM Calcutta offered an average package of approx. Rs. 42 LPA, while the IIM Calcutta highest package stood at around Rs. 1.45 Cr. Followed by IIM Lucknow highest package at Rs. 1 Cr. and IIM Ahmedabad highest package at Rs. 81.60 LPA, with an average salary of Rs. 33.03 LPA.

    IIM in India

    Placement Sector

    IIM MBA Highest Package

    MBA Average Package

    IIM Median Package

    IIM Ahmedabad Placement 2026

    BFSI

    Rs. 81.60 LPA

    Rs. 33.03 LPA

    Rs. 30 LPA

    IIM Lucknow 2026 Placement

    Finance

    Rs. 1 Cr.

    Rs. 34.8 LPA

    —

    IIM Calcutta Placement 2026

    Finance

    Rs. 1.45 Cr.

    Rs. 42 LPA approx.

    Rs. 38 LPA approx.

    IIM Shillong 2026 Placement

    Finance

    Rs. 44 LPA

    —

    —

    IIM Rohtak Placement 2026

    Finance

    Rs. 28.12 LPA

    Rs. 21.36

    —

    IIM Ranchi 2026 Placement

    Finance

    Rs. 32.50 LPA

    Rs. 23.40 LPA

    Rs. 24.50 LPA

    IIM Jammu Placement 2026

    Finance

    —

    Rs. 16.70 LPA

    —

    IIM Placement 2026: Which Sector has Highest Share of Offers?

    According to the IIM placement report, a total of 5,155 MBA students were placed in various domains, of which the highest number of students were placed in the consulting and strategy sector, with 1635 candidates in this domain (31.7%), followed by Finance and BFSI at 18.6% that is 961 students, and 795 candidates in IT, Analytics and Product with 15.4%.

    Sector / Domain Bucket

    Estimated Students Placed

    Percentage of All Placements

    Consulting & Strategy

    1,635

    31.7%

    Finance & BFSI

    961

    18.6%

    IT, Analytics & Product

    795

    15.4%

    General Management & HR

    480

    9.3%

    Sales & Marketing

    350

    6.8%

    Manufacturing & Industrial

    320

    6.2%

    FMCG, Retail & E-Commerce

    315

    6.1%

    Others / Mixed

    158

    3.1%

    Healthcare & Pharma

    81

    1.6%

    Conglomerates

    33

    0.6%

    Operations & Supply Chain

    27

    0.5%

    TOTAL

    5,155

    100.0%

    Finance Jobs After MBA 2026: Prominent Recruiters Hired This Year

    Here are some of the prominent recruiters that hired from the IIMs for the finance domain; the list includes well-known names like Axis Bank, Bank of America, JM Financial Limited, Goldman Sachs, and more.

    Aditya Birla Capital Limited

    BNY Mellon

    American Express

    Bank of America

    Axis Bank

    Bandhan Bank

    Centrum Capital Limited

    Dezerv

    Equinus Capital

    Fidelity Investments

    Goldman Sachs

    ICICI Lombard

    Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

    IIFL

    ICICI Bank

    JM Financial Limited

    IDFC

    ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

    JP Morgan Chase & Co.

    Kotak Mahindra Bank

    Natwest

    Oxane Partners

    Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited

    Pramerica Life Insurance

    TATA AIG

    Wells Fargo

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