Citadel Securities Salaries

17 total salary submissions
Avg. Hours Worked (93%)

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

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the adjusted average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each workload 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 interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more data points, the confidence of a "true measure" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

56.6
  • 10-20 Hrs
  • 20-30 Hrs
  • 30-40 Hrs
  • 40-50 Hrs
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  • 80-90 Hrs
  • Over 90 Hrs
Relative Compensation (99%)

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.

4.2
  • 1 Star
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  • 3 Stars
  • 4 Stars
  • 5 Stars

Average Citadel Securities Salary

3.6
Total Median Pay
$144,400
Median Base Pay
$134,400
Median Bonus Pay
$10,000

How much does Citadel Securities pay?

Base range:
$51,600 - $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:
$5,000 - $20,000

Citadel Securities pays an average salary of $134,400 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $67 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at Citadel Securities based on our data is actually 57 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $49 on average. If you include the average bonus of $10,000, then the total average pay at Citadel Securities would be $144,400 per year or $53 per hour at the 57 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. Citadel Securities pays the highest-paid employees over $425,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $199,991. Citadel Securities employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Prop Trading sector earn an average yearly salary of $375,000.While employees in the Generalist sector earn an average yearly salary of $235,000. Additionally, geographic location can impact the compensation for employees at Citadel Securities as well. Based on the WSO data, Citadel Securities employees in Chicago and New York get paid the most.

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Highest Paying Jobs at Citadel Securities

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Quant
Year 2021
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Developer
Year 2020
Job Title Developer
Group/Division N/A
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Trader
Year 2019
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Principal
Year 2021
Job Title Principal
Group/Division Global Data
Location chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Engineer
Year 2021
Job Title Engineer
Group/Division Generalist
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Trader
Year 2019
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Trading
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Research Associate
Year 2019
Job Title Research Associate
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location Chicago, IL, USA
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Quant
Year 2018
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Quant
Year 2020
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus

Average Pay by City for Citadel Securities

Below we use 17 salary submissions to order the is the total average compensation by city for Citadel Securities. 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 Chicago, where employees earn an average salary of $300,000.

Salaries by Location at Citadel Securities

Rank
City
Total pay Range
Range of $/hr
Chicago
Rank 1
City Chicago
Total pay Range $195,000 - $400,000
Range of $/hr $98/hr - $200/hr
New York
Rank 2
City New York
Total pay Range $192,000 - $375,000
Range of $/hr $96/hr - $188/hr

Citadel Securities Salaries by Department

Salaries at Citadel Securities depend on the group, division, department or function. Employees who work in the Prop Trading group tend to get paid the most at at Citadel Securities, earning an average yearly salary of $375,000. Employees in the Quantitative Research receive relatively high salaries as well, where wages average $340,000 per year. A division that does not pay as well at Citadel Securities includes the Generalist group, with employees earning $235,000 on average.

Rank
Department
Average Pay
Average Hourly Pay
Prop Trading
Rank 1
Department Prop Trading
Average Pay $375,000
Average Hourly Pay $188/hr
Quantitative Research
Rank 2
Department Quantitative Research
Average Pay $340,000
Average Hourly Pay $170/hr
Na
Rank 3
Department Na
Average Pay $268,000
Average Hourly Pay $134/hr
Engineering
Rank 4
Department Engineering
Average Pay $247,000
Average Hourly Pay $124/hr
Generalist
Rank 5
Department Generalist
Average Pay $235,000
Average Hourly Pay $118/hr

Recently Added Citadel Securities Salaries

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Securities
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Quant
Year 2023
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Quant
Year 2023
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Recruiter
Year 2020
Job Title Recruiter
Group/Division Generalist
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus