Confirmed Bonus Intel

I am not going to post my actual number, but I will give you all a little intel. The figures at dealbreaker were way high. This year's buckets are last year + 5-10. My best guess for the buckets are 85-90/100-110/125-135. Still strong, but not the 155 for third years that dealbreaker is throwing around.

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i got slightly less than 50k... apparently it's the double of what people used to get in my firm.

my head explodes...

 
Dream_loverWhich year are you cain? When did you know your number? I have yet to hear about mine..

i am finishing my first year, but at a steak house bank. so dont go by my figures. numbers hit the pay stub yesterday.

 
emma915Ok PP...these are the OFFICIAL # ..meaning I have friends who actually work in these banks ang gave me the number CITI, UBS,70 to 90; Lehman, JPM 70 to 85; CIBC 60 to 80.

ouch, that is a punch in the nuts.

 
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emma915Ok PP...these are the OFFICIAL # ..meaning I have friends who actually work in these banks ang gave me the number CITI, UBS,70 to 90; Lehman, JPM 70 to 85; CIBC 60 to 80.

ouch, that is a punch in the nuts.

how is this a punch in the nuts?

 
ratul
emma915Ok PP...these are the OFFICIAL # ..meaning I have friends who actually work in these banks ang gave me the number CITI, UBS,70 to 90; Lehman, JPM 70 to 85; CIBC 60 to 80.

ouch, that is a punch in the nuts.

Words fail me. I cannot even begin to describe how offensive I find the notion that analysts would consider a $70-90 range unacceptable.

 
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emma915Ok PP...these are the OFFICIAL # ..meaning I have friends who actually work in these banks ang gave me the number CITI, UBS,70 to 90; Lehman, JPM 70 to 85; CIBC 60 to 80.

This is pretty much right. Lehman was 70-90 along with UBS, CS, BofA and Citi. Don't know about JPM. Wachovia might have actually paid higher, I think 2nd years topped out at 120. The rest of the street paid 90/115/138.

 

Read some of the not-so-obvious reasons why DealBreaker posts these numbers. The true effect may be dubious, but gotta give it to them for trying ...

"Back to bonus speculation – to our surprise (and also because starting in 2003 M&A deal volume and forecasts kept increasing year after year) it seemed like the more inflated speculation became, the more banks starting scrambling to issue statements that they were going match the payouts of rivals (to prevent a premature analyst class summer riot). JPMorgan would scramble to match Citi, Goldman would scramble to match Morgan Stanley (or top it and laugh, as one of the last payouts in late summer), and all would scramble initially to match absolute conjecture, and SunTrust. Peer pressure can be a very powerful force in irrational bonus bump-ups (just see what our fellow site Above the Law has done with its Skaddenfreude campaign - caused panic at several firms paying well under market levels), so that’s why we present to you DealBreaker BonusBumper 2007."

"Part of this was a joke, as bonus speculation emails absolutely rocket around the bottom of the financial barrel, exploiting the naiveté of fresh Street urchins and single day payoffs that justify years of douchebaggery."

http://www.dealbreaker.com/2007/05/dealbreaker_bonusbumper_2007.php#more

 

Bonus was a 15% bump across the board from last year. There's absolutely no reason why it should be more than that. Yes, 2007 was another banner year in IBD, but relative to 2006 it was not as good as 2005-2006. 2005 to 2006 was a much bigger jump, hence the jump in payout (i.e. 65K to 80k for 1st years - 31%).

Anyone who seriously thought Goldman was going to pay 110 is a nutcase. Everyone is happy with the 15% bump, as they should be. Anyone complaining about making 160 grand right out of college is off their rocker.

 
Bonus was a 15% bump across the board from last year. There's absolutely no reason why it should be more than that.

This is absolutely right. With GDP growing at ~3% per annum, first year analysts want to see bonuses go up 25% per year, every year. This is hilarity at its finest.

 

Everyone needs to chill out with the bonus debate.

First of all, an extra 5k to 10k really doesn't matter in the scheme of things. I hope people aren't short-sighted enough to do this job for the money (that comes later in life).

Second, people often get flustered on this board when someone asks a question even though knowing the answer won't influence what they do. Are you going to work less now that you know top bucket only gets 90 instead of 100? -No, you are going to bust your ass still.

There are many, many entry level jobs where a 5-10k flux in compensation is very important; However, this is not one of them. Jeez, people complaining about making 150k instead of 160k their first year out of college, what a joke.

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I've been saying since day one that bonus numbers would remain static for the most part. To hell with the spreadsheet, use some common sense. 70-90K is weak though.

 

William Blair did pay their top first year 100K. Then again, their bottom guy got 50.

Heard Houlihan paid $85 for top first year.

Bank of Montreal paid 90/110/130 at the top end.

JP Morgan was 90/110/130.

Citi was a 2 or 3K less at each year than JP Morgan.

Anyone hear anything about Gleacher, Evercore, and Greenhill?

Rumor was that Thomas Weisel was going to have a very bad year, can anyone confirm that?

 

I am one of the founders of a new company called CareerNumbers. We have created a website that allows people to anonymously post their bonus information and then review the results by level and company.

For example, the top bonuses at Bear seem to be 105 for 1st Year Analysts, 115 for 2nd year Analysts, and 140 for 3rd year Analysts.

To view the detailed results, visit www.CareerNumbers.com, complete a seven question survey and you will be directed to the company specific results.

Also, please invite your friends to complete the survey since the more information that we collect, the more information that we can display.

 

I am one of the founders for a new company called CareerNumbers. We have created a website that enables people to anonymously post their bonus information and then review the results by level and company.

We recently posted median 1st year Associates salary and bonus information from several of the leading banks. In the US, base salaries at BB firms seem to fall between 85 and 95K and bonuses range from 60 to 200k. To see how compensation varies by company visit CareerNumbers.com, answer a 7 question survey about your compensation and you will be directed to the survey results.

Please note, this information includes compensation figures from throughout the world, so the base salaries may seem higher than the typical salary in the US although bonuses seem to be in line those received in the US.

 

For what its worth, pay for IB analysts in London is fairly uniform, give or take a 10% variance across the banks.

Analyst 1 - £35-£42k base / £30-£45k bonus Analyst 2 - £40-£50k base / £40-55k bonus Analyst 3 - £50-60k base / £50-£75k bonus

And people, lets not lose sight of reality here. Its a hell of a lot of money whichever way you look at it. A 22 year old straight out of college knows jack about sh*t and to get that amount of money is insane...

 

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