Houlihan Lokey Salaries

562 total salary submissions
Avg. Hours Worked (100%)

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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71.1
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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.

3.8
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Average Houlihan Lokey Salary

3.6
Total Median Pay
$145,000
Median Base Pay
$85,000
Median Bonus Pay
$60,000

How much does Houlihan Lokey pay?

Base range:
$69,996 - $160,000

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:
$20,000 - $165,000

Houlihan Lokey pays an average salary of $85,000 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $43 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at Houlihan Lokey based on our data is actually 71 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $25 on average. If you include the average bonus of $60,000, then the total average pay at Houlihan Lokey would be $145,000 per year or $43 per hour at the 71 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. Houlihan Lokey pays the highest-paid employees over $220,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $95,000. Houlihan Lokey employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Technology sector earn an average yearly salary of $177,499.While employees in the Corporate Finance sector earn an average yearly salary of $77,500. Additionally, geographic location can impact the compensation for employees at Houlihan Lokey as well. Based on the WSO data, Houlihan Lokey employees in San Francisco and Chicago get paid the most.

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Highest Paying Jobs at Houlihan Lokey

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Associate
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Restructuring
Location Houston
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2020
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Restructuring
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2015
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location San Francisco
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Senior Vice President
Year 2018
Job Title Senior Vice President
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Los Angeles
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2020
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division N/A
Location Los Angeles
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2020
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division N/A
Location Los Angeles
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2017
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2018
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division N/A
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Restructuring
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus

Average Pay by City for Houlihan Lokey

Below we use 562 salary submissions to order the is the total average compensation by city for Houlihan Lokey. 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 San Francisco, where employees earn an average salary of $277,500.

Salaries by Location at Houlihan Lokey

Rank
City
Total pay Range
Range of $/hr
San Francisco
Rank 1
City San Francisco
Total pay Range $105,000 - $375,000
Range of $/hr $53/hr - $188/hr
Chicago
Rank 2
City Chicago
Total pay Range $115,000 - $205,000
Range of $/hr $58/hr - $103/hr
Los Angeles
Rank 3
City Los Angeles
Total pay Range $100,000 - $195,000
Range of $/hr $50/hr - $98/hr
London
Rank 4
City London
Total pay Range $70,000 - $186,500
Range of $/hr $35/hr - $93/hr
New York
Rank 5
City New York
Total pay Range $85,000 - $175,000
Range of $/hr $43/hr - $88/hr
Minneapolis
Rank 6
City Minneapolis
Total pay Range $85,000 - $170,000
Range of $/hr $43/hr - $85/hr
Dallas
Rank 7
City Dallas
Total pay Range $85,000 - $160,000
Range of $/hr $43/hr - $80/hr
Atlanta
Rank 8
City Atlanta
Total pay Range $65,000 - $82,000
Range of $/hr $33/hr - $41/hr

Houlihan Lokey Salaries by Department

Salaries at Houlihan Lokey depend on the group, division, department or function. Employees who work in the Technology group tend to get paid the most at at Houlihan Lokey, earning an average yearly salary of $177,499. Employees in the Restructuring receive relatively high salaries as well, where wages average $165,000 per year. A division that does not pay as well at Houlihan Lokey includes the Corporate Finance group, with employees earning $77,500 on average.

Rank
Department
Average Pay
Average Hourly Pay
Technology
Rank 1
Department Technology
Average Pay $177,498
Average Hourly Pay $89/hr
Restructuring
Rank 2
Department Restructuring
Average Pay $165,000
Average Hourly Pay $83/hr
Na
Rank 3
Department Na
Average Pay $160,000
Average Hourly Pay $80/hr
Mergers And Acquisitions
Rank 4
Department Mergers And Acquisitions
Average Pay $155,000
Average Hourly Pay $78/hr
Investment Banking
Rank 5
Department Investment Banking
Average Pay $148,000
Average Hourly Pay $74/hr
Industrials
Rank 6
Department Industrials
Average Pay $135,000
Average Hourly Pay $68/hr
Generalist
Rank 7
Department Generalist
Average Pay $125,000
Average Hourly Pay $63/hr
Valuation
Rank 8
Department Valuation
Average Pay $110,000
Average Hourly Pay $55/hr
Real Estate
Rank 9
Department Real Estate
Average Pay $105,000
Average Hourly Pay $53/hr
Advisory
Rank 10
Department Advisory
Average Pay $105,000
Average Hourly Pay $53/hr

Recently Added Houlihan Lokey Salaries

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2023
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Dallas
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Vice President
Year 2023
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Chicago
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
1st Year Analyst
Year 2024
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Valuation
Location Los Angeles
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
2nd Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Industrials
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus