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Quant-trading firms drive the top IIT packages in 2025

Firms such as Jane Street, Tower Research and other proprietary-trading houses accounted for most of the crore-plus offers across the IIT system this year.

A clear theme of the 2024-25 IIT placement season was the dominance of quantitative-trading and proprietary-trading firms at the very top of the pay distribution.

Jane Street accounted for the single highest offers at multiple IITs, including IIT Kanpur (₹5.5 crore) and IIT Madras (₹4.3 crore), while firms like Tower Research also made premium offers.

These roles, frequently for international offices, blend base pay, sign-on bonuses and relocation, pushing total compensation well beyond traditional software packages.

Demand also remained strong from AI, semiconductor, fintech and consulting recruiters across the institutes.

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Source: Compiled from public reports ↗

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