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That's a fantastic question and something that is very often ignored here. I work at a BB but in BO and my bonus is great but still small compared to some numbers here. However, my base is higher and salary is always taxed less than bonus. In addition, I am outside of the tri-state area so my tax situation is pretty favorable. I see about 70% of my bonus (rough numbers), I'm guessing that for most of these tri-state folks, they see about 60-65% of their bonus??? Maybe less?

EDIT: I should add that I usually just auto-dump my bonus into my 401k every year and that helps the overall tax picture, even if it's just a little bit. 

 

Serious question - As an analyst, do BBs typically disclose to you expected bonus amount on your offer letter? Or is this something you come to learn when you have your bonus/eoy performance review meeting?

"Whatever needs to happen, always does." - Black Jack Foley
 

It can be both. They can give you a range but no promises to be within that range or they will mention it as part of your sign-on bonus, as in, the sign-on bonus may or may not reflect the range of your performance bonus. It just depends on the BB and how they handle it. 

 

+1 SB

Give it another 2-3 weeks or so and this thread will really get rolling. I'm at a BB and numbers don't come out until about 1/15, so many of us are still waiting. 

 

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