Investment Banking Analyst/Associate Salary Last 10 Years

Anyone know what the average salary/bonus was for an Analyst & Associate in ~2010? Trying to understand how its changed in the last 10 years.

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IB

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Super interested to know what the salaries were also pre-financial crisis.

Someone on FT wrote that pre-dot com in like 2000, it was like $45K a yea excl bonus.

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Analyst 1 in IB - Cov

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Frank Q had a $125mm/year contract with CS during the tech bubble. He lost it when he got arrested

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