SA Salary

About a month ago I got offered a 2021 IB SA position at a MM.

Because I am a non target, and I really liked the bank I happily accepted and pulled out of all my other offers.

However I just got the benefits package today and I’ll be getting $18.75 an hour with NO housing stipend or relocation fee despite forcing me to move 7 hrs to NYC.

Last summer I had a stress free F500 job in a small city which paid $27 an hour and a housing stipend which I didn’t even need.

So after a year of constant networking and hard work i landed a much harder job, in a new city with a $10 an hour pay decrease. Just to slightly change my LinkedIn title.

Im wondering if 19 an hour is a typical IB SA wage and if housing is usually provided because that is gonna be kind of hard to live off of in NYC.

I am very fortunate to even have this offer and I really am excited to start with this bank.

However I am worried that I may have downgraded jobs just for the title.

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That's shockingly low. Specially if its not derived from a pro-rated basis. A lot of the firms pay 85k prorated, which comes to $40/hr if you assume work 40 hours a week, and will be somewhere close to 25-30 if we assume 65-70 hours a week (I am getting paid like this). However, all my friends who are being paid on a per-hour basis are getting paid at least 25/hr and are getting OT. Many of them are actually getting paid $40/hr + 1.5x overtime. Having said that, all these people are at top banks. If you are at a LMM or a lower-tier MM bank, that might be why you are getting paid that way. Out of curiosity, are you getting overtime?

 

I am getting overtime and it is at a LMM.

It’s actually more of a Trading and Investment Group than a bank but they still have an IBD

 

Yea I figured it was very low.

However the Full time IB analysts salary’s (according to Glassdoor) ranges from like 155-200k in total comp. Just for year 1

 

I agree there is no way they pay IB analysts whatever $19 an hour prorates out to...but I would caution you against putting too much faith in Glassdoor as most LMM firms do pay below street. Comp is obviously a big part of how a firm treats its employees and personally I think a company that underpays interns like that is likely to end up being a bad employer to work for, just doesn't set a good tone imo. 

 

I interned at a similarly sized IB a while back and was getting paid $15 an hour. After that, I interned at a commercial bank and got $25 an hour. The IB internship was a WAY better experience and looking back I’m very grateful for it now. It wasn’t until I got into a BB the next summer that I got the 85k prorated.

My IB experience eventually got me where I wanted to be, so If I were you, I would definitely be excited and try to work around it. Do it for the experience, not the pay. Good luck.

 

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