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How people got jobs at PwC
What 30 people did before they joined PwC: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
30
people in our data got there
56%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
5
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: from other companies (67%).
- The most common way in was Consulting (47% joined in that kind of role).
- Of those who list their education, 56% had a graduate degree before arriving and <1% a PhD.
- The typical person arrived about 5 years after their first job.
How PwC compares
- On these measures, PwC is close to typical for consulting firms & other employers.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 20 | 50% |
| Accenture | 14 | 50% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 5 yrs | |
| PwC (this page) | 5 yrs | |
| Deloitte | 4 yrs | |
| Accenture | 4 yrs |
Which role they joined in
Kinds of role with fewer than 5 people are combined into "All other roles".
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | 14 | 47% |
| All other roles | 11 | 37% |
| Strategy consulting | 5 | 17% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| From other companies | 20 | 67% |
| This was their first listed step | 5 | 17% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
Education
Among the 9 of 30 people who list their education.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 4 | 44% |
| Master's | 5 | 56% |
How much experience they had
Among the 24 of 30 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 2 | 8% |
| 1-3 years | 6 | 25% |
| 3-5 years | 4 | 17% |
| 5-8 years | 6 | 25% |
| 8-12 years | 3 | 12% |
| 12+ years | 3 | 12% |
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Related
How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.