IIM Lucknow Average Package 2026, Recruiters Domain & Sector

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Aug 10, 2026

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IIM Lucknow Average Package 2026, Recruiters Domain & Sector

IIM Lucknow Average Package 2026

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) has once again given a fantastic placement experience to the 2024-26 batch. The institute has done a fantastic job in hiring salary growth across all the areas such as Consulting, Finance, Product Management, Operations, Marketing and General Management, despite all the hurdles of the hiring market. The number of recruiters that participated in the placement process was more than 200 and the number of offers made to 559 students in the batch was more than 580.

IIM Lucknow Average and Median Package

The average salary offered during IIM Lucknow Final Placements 2026 was ₹33.2 LPA, which showcases the institute's ability to generate offers from top brands from all industry verticals. The highest domestic package offered was a tremendous amount of ₹1 crore per year and the highest international package offered was at ₹65 LPA.

Particular

Statistics

Batch Size

559 Students

Total Offers

580+

Recruiters Participated

200+

Highest Domestic Package

₹1 Crore

Highest International Package

₹65 LPA

Average Package

₹33.2 LPA

Median Package

₹32.9 LPA

Here is the data of top 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% average packages achieved by the batch of 2026:

Category

Average CTC

Top 5%

₹59.7 LPA

Top 10%

₹52.6 LPA

Top 20%

₹48.7 LPA

Top 50%

₹42.2 LPA

IIM Lucknow Domain-Wise Average Package

Students from various courses and domains like consulting, finance, marketing etc were awarded competitive CTC at this year's placement.

Here is the data:

Domain

Average CTC

Highest CTC

Consulting

₹36.9 LPA

₹45.4 LPA

Finance

₹34.8 LPA

₹100 LPA

Product, Tech & Analytics

₹33.2 LPA

₹80 LPA

General Management

₹30.9 LPA

₹56 LPA

Operations

₹30.1 LPA

₹40 LPA

Sales & Marketing

₹28.5 LPA

₹51.6 LPA

IIM Lucknow Sector-Wise Average Salary

Companies from various sectors come to IIM Lucknow with placement opportunities.

The consulting group hires the most number of students collectively with the top five being Accenture, Deloitte, Bain & Company, BCG, PwC, EY-Parthenon, McKinsey, Kearney, and Alvarez & Marsal.

Another favored industry to attract a substantial share of participation was the financial services industry, which included investment banks, private equity houses, and financial services. In the product management and analytics space, the likes of Google, Microsoft, Adobe, American Express and EXL continued to hire people, with technology firms hiring the most.

FMCG was also represented well with P&G;, PepsiCo, ITC, Marico, Godrej, Dabur, Airtel and manufacturing and operations with top firms like Amazon, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, L&T;, Flipkart and AB InBev.

Sector

Share of Placements

Consulting

39%

General Management

20%

Finance

17%

IT, Product & Analytics

13%

Sales & Marketing

8%

Operations

3%

IIM Lucknow Top Recruiters

The top recruiters for IIM Lucknow Placement 2026 cycle includes:

Recruiter

Offers Made

Accenture

56

Deloitte

26

PwC

24

American Express

23

Bain & Company

18

BCG

18

EY

13

Navi

12

McKinsey & Company

12

Alvarez & Marsal

11

Here is a list of various recruiters segregated sector wise for students:

Placement Domain

Major Recruiters

Consulting

Accenture, Analysis Mason, Alvarez & Marsal, Bain & Company, BCG, Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, Everest Group, Kearney, KPMG, Mastercard, McKinsey & Company, Miebach, PwC, Sutra, Vector Consulting, Visa, YCP

Finance (Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, PE/VC & Equity Research)

Avendus, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Barclays, Bernstein, BlackRock, BNY, Citi, DBS, Deutsche Bank, EY, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Bank, Hero Future Energies, HSBC, ICICI Bank, ICRA, IE (Nurturing Ventures), Jefferies, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Landmark Group, Lincoln International, Neo Asset Management, NIIF, O3 Capital, PFC, Syrma SGS, Tara Capital, Tesco

Product, Tech & Analytics

Accordion, Adobe, American Express, Darwinbox, EA Sports, EXL, GoMMT, Google, HCLTech, Hexaware, HiLabs, Media.net, Microsoft, Optum, Paytm, Shaadi.com, WNS

Sales & Marketing

Airtel, Bajaj Consumer Care, Colgate-Palmolive, Dabur, Godrej Consumer Products, Haleon, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Lupin, Marico, P&G;, PepsiCo, Pidilite, Saint-Gobain, Tata Consumer Products, Tata Play, Zydus Wellness

General Management

Aditya Birla Group, Agratas, Bharat Serums & Vaccines, Boat, Capgemini, GAR, Hinduja Group, Jindal Steel, Lloyds Metals, Lodha, Navi, Purple, Reliance Industries, RPG Group, Shapoorji Pallonji, TAS, Vedanta, Eternal

Operations & Supply Chain

AB InBev, Amazon, Cloudnine, Essar, Flipkart, Genpact, Hyundai, InMobi, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Ola, Optum, Oxane Partners, Uber, Varroc

Legacy Recruiters:

AB InBev

Accenture

Accordion

Aditya Birla Group

Adobe

Airtel

Alvarez & Marsal

Amazon

American Express

Avendus

Axis Bank

Bain & Company

Bajaj Consumer Care

Bajaj Finserv

Barclays

Bernstein

Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd.

BNY

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Capgemini

Citi

Cloudnine

Cognizant

Dabur

DBS

Deloitte

Deutsche Bank

Electronic Arts

Eternal

Everest Group

EXL

EY-Parthenon

Flipkart

Genpact

GMR

Go-MMT Group

Godrej

Goldman Sachs

Google

Haleon

HCLTech

HDFC Bank

Hexaware

Hinduja

HSBC

ICICI Bank

ICRA

i.e. Nurturing Ventures

ITC Limited

Jefferies

Kearney

Kotak

KPMG

Landmark Group

Larsen & Toubro

Lincoln International

Lodha

Lupin

Marico

Hyundai

Mastercard

McKinsey & Company

Media.net

Microsoft

Miebach

Navi

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)

O3 Capital

Ola

Optum

P&G;

Paytm

PepsiCo

Pidilite

Policybazaar.com

Purplle.com

PwC

Reliance Industries Limited

Saint-Gobain

Sutra

Tata Consumer Products Limited

Tata Play

Tesco

Varroc

Varun Beverages

Vector Consulting Group

Vedanta

Visa

WNS

YCP

New/ First Time Recruiters:

Accuracy

Agratas

Analysys Mason

BlackRock

Blue Yonder

boAt

Brandcare

Darwinbox

Dezerv

Essar

Firstsource

Hero Future Energies

HiLabs

InMobi

Jindal Steel

KreditBee

Neo Asset Management

Network18

Syrma SGS

Oxane Partners

PriceLabs

Shaadi.com

Shapoorji Pallonji

StoneX

SuperAGI

Waaree

Tara Capital

NovaaOne Investment Banking Advisory

IIM Lucknow Average Package Trends Over the Years

IIM Lucknow has consistently achieved an increase in placement results over the last few years. The average package came down to ₹33.2 LPA from ₹32.3 LPA, in the previous placement season, whereas the median salary has increased. Additionally, the highest domestic package rate also increased in a significant manner from ₹75 LPA in 2025 to ₹1 crore in 2026, which shows an uplift in the demand through leadership positions.

Here is the past 3 years placement data for students’ consideration:

Placement Year

Average Package

Median Package

Highest Domestic

2026

₹33.2 LPA

₹32.9 LPA

₹100 LPA

2025

₹32.3 LPA

₹31 LPA

₹75 LPA

2024

₹30 LPA

₹27 LPA

₹1.23 CPA

IIM Lucknow Fees vs Average Package: Conclusion

With the average and median package offered by IIM Lucknow stands at ₹33.2 LPA and ₹32.9 LPA respectively, making it one of the most lucrative options amongst all the business schools in India. Students not only have access to leadership roles in Consulting, Finance, Tech, FMCG, Manufacturing, and General Management, but they can also access jobs with high salaries.

There is a robust placement ecosystem as most of the established companies like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Accenture, Deloitte, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Citi, HSBC, American Express, P&G; etc are a part of it and new recruiters always get added in the list every year, which leads to more opportunities for students.

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