Bonus numbers starting to come out. Let’s get some data points out there for transparency. For myself:
Associate 2, FIG IB, CEE rating, $295k total, $175k base, $120k bonus
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Hearing people are happy?
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Were you 175K for the full year or 6 months? Did you get a promotion bonus when going to assoc 2?
175 was the salary- this was first full year after stub
Imagine you're not too thrilled about what you got?
How many years of experience? Is it 2 year A2A?
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anyone?
This is accurate
Agree. OP's number is accurate, +/- a bit on buckets. Seems roughly in line with other data points I've seen so fairly happy.
Anyone know what AN2 base is?
$110k An1, believe An2 is $125k
Going in as an intern, is this considered a good year. What’s kind of the standard here
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