Bonus % Of Base At All Firms Lower

It seems like this year and even last year that the average bonus % of base salary is around 50-60% for pretty much every bank besides some EBs, and even some EBs are around 60%, this used to be around 100% for associates and up like 5 years ago, what is happening? There are numbers from top BB's to low MM's that just seem low, around 50% for an associate seems crazy, and it seems like analysts can expect an average bonus around 50% of base too these days. What are you seeing is the reason for this? 

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It increased from what to 110k was it 100 prior? And still even with that 20% decrease in bonus is more than that

 

Gotta factor in that most people who post the datapoints have a higher bonus, even then I think average was 65%-75%

 

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