You lie about your salary?!

When someone (casually) asks you about your salary what do you tell them without being rude?

I'm a senior, recently got an IBD offer, and every time someone (usually not in finance) learns I got a "Wall Street offer," first thing they ask - "How much are you making?"

Absolutely rude.

I usually brush it off and say "above average" or "a good salary," but then I get follow up questions like "whats above average" or "is it close to six figures?" What kind of question is that?!

How do you guys handle the situation?

 

why do you care. unless you're at a centerview/qatalyst place, your pay is the same across the street. just tell them you get 70k base and you'll make over 6 figures including bonus.

you're making way too much of a big deal about this. people are inherently self-centered. you don't matter that much to them.

 

Depending on your relationship with whoever is asking, I would either tell them if they are close friends or family, give a broad interval if they were acquaintances/classmates/alumni etc. Otherwise if it's just some rude idiot, first respons with something like "a good amount" and if they persist, then smile and politely say "that is absolutely none of your business" then change the topic.

 

Bro it's not that big of a deal, just tell him the truth. It's not like you're ballin out yet anyway. Like someone said above me, anyone can just go on google and find out exactly how much you're making so why not just tell them if they're interested? I can understand once someone is a VP/MD as they make so much more, but I feel like at the analyst level it's just not a big deal.

...unless she's a hot girl, in which case just follow CharizardFan's advice.

 

Never have a problem with this because I just tell them the truth... "Not enough, and that will be the case for the rest of my life."

Rarely will any of my posts have enough forethought/structure to be taken seriously.
 

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