SA salary is extremely low MM IB

I am an incoming SA at a MM bank, with over 500 employees. I am in a tier 2 city (LA, Boston, Chicago). I am getting paid $16 an hour this Summer. I have friends getting 85k annualized, etc. Should I be concerned that I am getting taken advantage of? Please do not take this as me being ungrateful, I am very grateful for this position, but am just curious if this is drastically low.

I worked for free last summer so this is a BIG upgrade anyways.

Thanks for the help.

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Honestly depends. If they are allowing overtime pay you may be taking in more than it seems. Typically they give SA salaried comp (mine will be $15k pre-tax for 9 weeks at a lower MM in tier 2 city) no matter how many hours you're on the desk. So if I break down my salaried comp on an hourly basis (assuming 70-80 hrs/week) that's roughly $21-24/hour pre-tax. So if they allow overtime pay, it doesn't seem that bad.

 

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