Investment Banking salaries are a scam

All of the salary information you see on the internet is fake or selection bias. Ibanking vps make like 200k all in and not 600k or whatever the internet says they do. You are better off getting literally any other job because you end up making a normal upper middle class salary doing something people only get into because their programming skills are limited to vbscript and excel.

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Forbes sites/kenrapoza/2013/03/13/how-much-do-wall-streeters-really-earn/amp/

> Hedge fund Vice President: $150,400 (+$121,300)

>IB makes less

 

Be careful what you are saying because Forbes a) can't have that accurate data due to the natural of the companies being private and do not reveal compensation packages easily (they even admit they had only 200 respondents) b) AI top management compensation is based on their equity ownership in the firm (so when times are good they are killing it and not doing so hot in bad times)

 
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Bankers at the VP level (within IBD) at my firm made somewhere in the ballpark of $250k base as of last year. Bonus ranges depended largely upon what group you were in. My all in comp for this year should be just shy of $500k since our group has been closing like fucking Wade Davis. All of this depends heavily on firm, location, group, title, and experience so it can change somewhat drastically from one person to the next.

 
"GreenspanAndHam" Bankers at the VP level (within IBD) at my firm made somewhere in the ballpark of $250k base as of last year. Bonus ranges depended largely upon what group you were in. My all in comp for this year should be just shy of $500k since our group has been closing like fucking Wade Davis. All of this depends heavily on firm, location, group, title, and experience so it can change somewhat drastically from one person to the next.

Jesus christ

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> Any average first year VP at any BB / EB / top MM makes at the very least just under 400k all-in

Because you've worked at every bank ever

> Bankers at the VP level (within IBD) at my firm made somewhere in the ballpark of $250k base as of last year.

One freakish anomaly decides to brag about their salary

> It also depends on how senior you are, e.g. a junior VP would be on around $300k where as a senior VP would be reaching the $500k mark

That's more and more being vested over several years, by which time the stock has tanked and the remaining bonus amount is clawed back.

Paper salary != what you actually get paid.

 

It takes years or sometimes decades for the results of your tax dollars to benefit you. Taxes are a scam too apparently.

Thanks, let me know if you ever need an introduction in the industry.
 

I can see that you are bitterly jealous, but you realize A3s at BB/EB/Top MMs make $200K in just base salary alone right, not even considering cash portion of the bonus? Therefore, VPs start at $225K-$250K in salary. Mid-level bankers aren't going to get a majority of their bonus in stock either.

There isn't a mystery or debate. That's readily available information from any recruiter or HR person.

 

The stock is a "scam" only if/when you want to quit. But anecdotally, a lot of people who want to quit just ask their group head to include them in the next round of layoffs (because there's always a next round), in which case they keep the stock. It still has to vest, but who cares?

 

1/3 rd of Goldman Sachs 34000 employees are VP. Goldman Sachs spent 14b last year on sg&a. Assume 10b is left after executives. That's 300k per employee or a 200k comp.

Its mathematically impossible for bankers to not make pathetic salaries.

 

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