Carlyle Group Salaries

72 total salary submissions
Avg. Hours Worked (92%)

The average hours worked chart shows the distribution of average hours worked per week generated based on the Compensation data at this company.

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56.2
  • 10-20 Hrs
  • 20-30 Hrs
  • 30-40 Hrs
  • 40-50 Hrs
  • 50-60 Hrs
  • 60-70 Hrs
  • 70-80 Hrs
  • 80-90 Hrs
  • Over 90 Hrs
Relative Compensation (93%)

The Relative Compensation is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company based on relative pay.

The number you see in the middle of the donut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.5
  • 1 Star
  • 2 Stars
  • 3 Stars
  • 4 Stars
  • 5 Stars

Average Carlyle Group Salary

3.4
Total Median Pay
$185,000
Median Base Pay
$110,000
Median Bonus Pay
$75,000

How much does Carlyle Group pay?

Base range:
$68,000 - $200,000

For this salary and bonus range, Low is the 10th Percentile and High is the 90th Percentile. These ranges are from employer specific salaries submitted by WSO members.

Bonus range:
$7,500 - $195,000

Carlyle Group pays an average salary of $110,000 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $55 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at Carlyle Group based on our data is actually 56 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $41 on average. If you include the average bonus of $75,000, then the total average pay at Carlyle Group would be $185,000 per year or $69 per hour at the 56 hour work week.

There's a wide range between what the company pays the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of earners. This is largely dependent on seniority and location. Carlyle Group pays the highest-paid employees over $290,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $100,000. Carlyle Group employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Private Equity sector earn an average yearly salary of $265,000.While employees in the Accounting sector earn an average yearly salary of $84,000. Additionally, geographic location can impact the compensation for employees at Carlyle Group as well. Based on the WSO data, Carlyle Group employees in New York and Washington get paid the most.

Carlyle Group Salaries

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Highest Paying Jobs at Carlyle Group

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Principal
Year 2016
Job Title Principal
Group/Division Private Equity
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Director
Year 2018
Job Title Director
Group/Division Generalist
Location Hong Kong
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2013
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Leveraged Buyouts
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Associate
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location San Francisco
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Industrials
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Management
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Management
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2015
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Other
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2015
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus

Average Pay by City for Carlyle Group

Below we use 72 salary submissions to order the is the total average compensation by city for Carlyle Group. Cost of living across the world varies a lot, so this data gives you a sense if there are significant adjustments for higher cost of living. Looking at the WSO data, the city with the highest average salary is New York, where employees earn an average salary of $230,000.

Salaries by Location at Carlyle Group

Rank
City
Total pay Range
Range of $/hr
New York
Rank 1
City New York
Total pay Range $118,000 - $287,500
Range of $/hr $59/hr - $144/hr
Washington
Rank 2
City Washington
Total pay Range $80,000 - $260,000
Range of $/hr $40/hr - $130/hr

Carlyle Group Salaries by Department

Salaries at Carlyle Group depend on the group, division, department or function. Employees who work in the Private Equity group tend to get paid the most at at Carlyle Group, earning an average yearly salary of $265,000. Employees in the Generalist receive relatively high salaries as well, where wages average $255,000 per year. A division that does not pay as well at Carlyle Group includes the Accounting group, with employees earning $84,000 on average.

Rank
Department
Average Pay
Average Hourly Pay
Private Equity
Rank 1
Department Private Equity
Average Pay $265,000
Average Hourly Pay $133/hr
Generalist
Rank 2
Department Generalist
Average Pay $255,000
Average Hourly Pay $128/hr
Real Estate
Rank 3
Department Real Estate
Average Pay $199,500
Average Hourly Pay $100/hr
Investor Relations
Rank 4
Department Investor Relations
Average Pay $125,000
Average Hourly Pay $63/hr
Na
Rank 5
Department Na
Average Pay $118,000
Average Hourly Pay $59/hr
Accounting
Rank 6
Department Accounting
Average Pay $84,000
Average Hourly Pay $42/hr

Recently Added Carlyle Group Salaries

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Associate
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location San Francisco
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Accountant
Year 2023
Job Title Accountant
Group/Division Accounting
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus