IIM Placements 2026: Highest Salary Package & Top Recruiting Companies

The IIM placement process for MBA/PGP is conducted in December-February. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore and IIM Calcutta have released their placement data 2026. Get complete details of IIM placement process of all 21 IIMs, highest salary, average salary, top companies and job roles.

IIM placements have been conducted for the outgoing 2026 batch for the full-time MBA program between December and February. This session is done in this period so that students have a job in hand when they graduate. Top IT and corporate giants choose the best candidates for various roles at their organisation. The average offered salary in IIM final placements to the candidates is between INR 20 lakhs and INR 25 lakhs. However, the new IIMs offer an average of INR 10-20 Lakhs. The highest CTC at IIMs (specifically IIM A, B, and C), however, goes as high as 70 LPA to 1 CPA. International packages offered are around INR 70 lakhs. As per the latest IIMs placement data, INR 1.10 CPA was offered as the highest offered package (domestic) at IIM Ahmedabad, and INR 91.88 LPA stood as the highest international offered salary package. For other IIMs, the highest salary package ranges from INR 35 LPA to INR 70 LPA.

Campus placements are clear indicator of value of the course in the job market and repute of the institute among corporate giants. IIM placements 2026 witnessed participation of usual recruiters such as E&Y, Deloitte, Walmart, Accenture, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Tolaram, Squareyards & Protiviti, EXL, KPMG, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Zomato, ICICI Bank, Bajaj, Axis, Tata, WIPRO, etc. visiting the IIM campuses for recruitment of management graduates in various job roles. A major drop in highest and average CTC was noted for most of the new and baby IIMs. Read below all about IIM placements 2026.

The PGP/MBA graduates are offered various managerial roles in different sectors and domains. Function-wise most of the offers are for positions such as Consultant and Managers. In this article, you will find all the information related to IIM placements of all 21 campuses including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow. IIMs are amongst the top MBA colleges in India and placement packages at IIMs is often a matter of great interest for MBA aspirants.

IIM Placements 2026: Highest/Average salary packages offered

The IIMs have witnessed rise highest packages and average salary offers last year and this year. Take a look at the table below for the latest IIM placements 2026 reports.

Read Latest IIM Final Placements 2026:

• IIM Bangalore Placements 2026: 100% Placements for PGP & PGPBA Students; Management Consulting Leads
• IIM Calcutta records 100% Final Placements for 60th MBA Batch: 538 Offers Rolled Out
• IIM Lucknow Final Placements 2026 for 39th PGP, 20th PGP-ABM Batch: High Salary Offers Dominate
• IIM-A PGP Final Placement 2026: Boston Consulting Group emerges as Top Recruiter

IIM Placement Process

The placement process at IIMs comprises three major activities – namely Summer, Lateral and Final Placements. The below table indicates the month wise schedule of placement process.

Read about International placements at IIMs and other top B-schools

Summer Placements are organised in April-May for the firms to recruit students for internships. Summer placements also help in building a platform to receive pre-placement offers (PPOs). Summer placements happen over four to five days in the month of March. This process is guided by an elaborate set of rules for both students and recruiters.

Lateral Placements at IIMs take place a couple of months before the final placements in which two-year MBA/PGP students with work experience (18 months and more) can participate. 

Final Placements are conducted in December-January. The process is almost similar across all the IIMs except for a few minor deviations here and there. For example, IIM Ahmedabad follows the cohort-based system, instead of the day-based system. The cohort based system allows recruiters to assess students in groups based on domain or expertise over a longer period of time.

IIM MBA Placements: Highest International Packages Offered

Placements record of any institute is very important for an aspirant from employment point of view. A good campus placement leads to a good career (generally). The table below indicates highest CTC in the last few years, offered at some of the most prominent IIMs by global/international organisations. 

Check what current students and alumni have to say about IIM placements - Reviews of IIMs

Read More:

• MBA Placements: Placement Report of Top B-Schools in India
• MBA Placement -The Ultimate Goal?
• Lowest packages offered at IIMs and other B-Schools