If it’s over the whole salary discrepancy, that’s a pile of codswallop. In consulting, just as in finance, the fixed salary is a trifle- it’s all about the bonuses. Making anywhere from 50% to 100%+ over your fixed in bonus is routine, particularly at a place like BA.
Sure. And if you were Booz Allen, you wouldn’t want it getting out that someone without academic credentials was out-earning the many with them. Can you imagine the outrage?