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Corporate Banking, Non BB (foreign BB), NY/Chi

Analyst 1 Base: 70 Analyst 1 Bonus: I would ballpark it at 18-30, depends on your group obviously. (You also get your sign on bonus so add 5to this figure if you want to consider that).

Analyst 2 Base: 80 Analyst 2 Bonus: I would ballpark it at 20-40, depends on your group obviously. (You also get your associate promo bonus at the same time as your year end comp, +10).

Associate 1 Base: 115 Associate 1 Bonus: 30-50

NOTE: This is banking, so obviously your bonus figures are heavily dependent on the revenue generated by your group and by the IB partners. I’ve seen some people getting the bottom range of my estimate and I’ve also seen people getting 100% bonus at the analyst/associate level. More often than not it is within the bonus buckets I gave

Hours per week: 45-50 for my group. Other groups are more around 60 for their average week.

Exit opps: nothing like IB. I’ve witnessed one associate make their way to a debt fund, but that is rare.

(Typing this on my phone, excuse the typos/wording).

 

We’re on a mid year cycle. You get promoted every year as long as you don’t underperform. Vast majority of analysts will make associate after two years. So if you join out of undergrad you will be associate two years after you start. If there are any low performers they usually get nudged out during the year instead of being skipped for promotion.

 

Associate 1 - Corporate Banking (Corporate Banking sits in our Commercial Bank) Rank: BB Base: 120k Bonus: 50k Hours: ~45-50 Loc: Tier 1 (NYC, SF, Chicago)

I work in product (think syndicated finance, ABL, Trade, ESOP). Work directly with clients, coverage bankers, risk, legal, etc. Most exit to become coverage bankers themselves. Really is a solid gig given the hours.

 

I think people need to realise that the differentiator is whether the Corp Banking org sits alongside Investment Banking or whether it sits alongside Commercial Banking at a firm. Comp curve is drastically different for either case.

 

Middle Market m(we call ourselves corporate but really aren’t) Work week- 35-50 hours Associate(3rd year out of college) Base:70,000 Bonus: 5,000 This was my last bonus not linked to group/individual performance, had it been linked would’ve been 10,000. Based on our current path(even with rona) would be looking close to 15,000 City: Houston but minimal energy

 

Role: Analyst 2 - Corporate Banking (our CB sits with IB within the bank) Bank type: Large US Regional Salary: Base $85K Bonus: $30K-$45K (estimated based off last years but interest to see how this shakes out in the coming weeks) Years of experience: 2 Hours: ~60 hours on average (45-50 when light, 70-80 when busy)

My A1 was $80K base, $27K bonus with $12K signing bonus

 

Role- Analyst Bank type: Large Community (close to regional) Salary: 47k Bonus: 1k but it’s bank wide Loc: Rural town Hours: Norm is 35 but occasionally closer to 50, very rare

Given cost of living and benefits (6% match, 100% vested from day 1), get to work on largest transactions bank wide, and I get a window office with a door I’m extremely happy where I’m at

 

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