+25 Why is IB in London paying so much less than IB in New York or Frankfurt? 33 4y
+303 Do you all Buy Lunch Everyday???? 112 4y
+3 Mizuho base salary+bonus for a VP Strat 1 4y
0 Credit Suisse SA Group 30 4y
+51 NON-TARGET RECRUITING PROCESS 60 4y
+51 Senior Year Grades - Important to keep grades up? 103 4y
+17 Sagent and Harris Williams 16 4y
+58 Associate or Analyst after MBA without workex? 103 4y
+10 MS HK IBD Superday 1/16 NYC 20 4y
0 FT Analyst Training Location 5 4y
+26 NY IBD - What are my chances? 22 4y
0 rejection but still future potential 5 4y
0 Who is your team? 6 4y
0 Base salary numbers for this recruitment season (starting FT 2011)? 46 4y
0 2nd year analyst at BB in NYC salary and bonus 2 4y
0 Worst IB Description Ever 8 4y
+24 3 OFFERS - HELP ME PICK! NOW!! LA vs NYC, BB vs top boutiques? 30 4y
+27 finally got a job 24 4y
+53 The populist inquisition 38 4y
+182 Penn state vs OSU vs umich !!!!!! BB IBD plz help!!! 148 4y
0 Could you get into HBS with a 3.5? 9 4y
0 What to wear to JPM in NYC on Friday 14 4y
0 Tech Group Rankings 16 4y
0 Are the elite boutiques more selective? 13 4y
+27 MS Menlo Park - Buyside opps 47 4y
0 Bad resume? 33 4y
+69 Moved to Japan and failed – a “wolfy”(WSO user) story 39 4y
0 Summer Training for Full time 14 4y
+87 University of Washington vs. UC Berkeley 63 4y
0 Harvard 1899 Entry Exam 25 4y
+21 Looking for a Banking Gig? 13 4y
+52 List of Dead Banks 42 4y
0 Full time group placement 2 4y
0 Best exit opps in LA? (2011) 8 4y
+52 E=MC^2 41 4y
0 Boutique Phone Interview Monday: What to look for? 13 4y
+16 Applying to NY as a UK undergraduate 23 4y
0 BC or Georgetown or Lehigh 29 4y
+81 JPM vs MS.. Please weigh in.. (IBD) NY 103 4y
+16 What happened to the night analyst? 11 4y
0 Morgan Stanley: 580 layoffs may come from NYC 19 4y
+23 BB Ops, or Fortune 50 Corp Fin for Banking 14 4y
+16 Harris Williams IB london vs BarCap IBD 19 4y
+34 Got into DCM, now what? 26 4y
+3 Drug Testing 2022 3 4y
+58 University of Dreams, is it a scam? 85 4y
+31 The disadvantages of an elite education 26 4y
+12 3.7 GPA at Wharton 28 4y
+57 UMich-Ann Arbor on Wall Street 88 4y
+27 Houlihan Capital??? 21 4y
+42 Wearing a Double Breasted in The Office 44 4y
+25 New Power Food for the Office... Chia Seeds or Bath Salts? 25 4y
+22 I got fired today - Pushed too hard for advancements 38 4y
+47 UBS Internship - Take or No? 89 4y
0 Off-Cycle Boston 7 4y
+41 Moving to Hoboken 71 4y
+11 2nd year base salary 6 4y
+19 Offer help? Gleacher or RBC? 28 4y
0 Blackstone M&A Advisory NY 32 4y
+54 DCM Path 39 4y
+20 NY Networking: Weekend vs. Mon-wed trips 16 4y
+29 Unemployment Low in Many Markets - Maybe the Grass is Greener? 7 4y
+19 Under 21 for NYC SA...What to do? 37 4y
+44 Rude to not actually have a coffee during an informational interview over coffee? 70 4y
+32 BC Carroll and UNC 26 4y
+45 Paying Own Travel Costs for Interview 94 4y
+87 IB in Continental Europe: Paris to Vienna to Moscow 34 4y
+37 Best Practices For Recovering From Poor Reviews? 17 4y
+10 GS SF TMT vs. MS Generalist NYC Summer 13 4y
+18 Renege and Redo Full Time Recruiting? 13 4y
+38 2018 UBS Summer Analyst Superday 89 4y
+16 Exit Opps from Regional/Satellite Office vs Main Office 13 4y
+78 Working Abroad in Investment Banking 53 4y
+20 Silver Lake Associate + Senior Associate Profiles 9 4y
+11 CS 2022 SA - Ongoing Review 6 4y
+24 America's Growth Capital (Boston) 25 4y
+117 Piper Jaffray Bonus/Culture/etc 197 4y
+213 My not-so-secrets to success 91 4y
+62 Undergraduate schools best for I-Banking 73 4y
+16 MT NY or Tech NY? 13 4y
+15 BB In Philadelphia 20 4y
0 Evercore vs Moelis NYC (full time analyst position) 7 4y
+128 My path from non-target to BB IB 21 4y
+11 LevFin in SF vs. Boutique in NYC 0 4y
+42 SA Would you pick Point72 or Goldman Sachs? 13 4y
+30 MM in New York or BB in Toronto? 14 4y
+17 CS TMT vs BAML TMT vs PJT Partners vs Guggenheim 6 4y
+2 Did I make a mistake? 3 4y
+73 MD put me in charge of recruiting. Wtf? 33 4y
+74 Investment Bank Life Style Better At Boutiques? 50 4y
+29 Moelis Houston 17 4y
+7 JP Morgan Leveraged Finance 2017 3 4y
+26 Any advice as to what college I should attend? 24 4y
+11 Choosing an area to work in as a summer analyst at Lloyds Bank Front Office 12 4y
0 Interview Location 1 4y
+10 Chances of getting elite boutique or GS/MS? 10 4y
+20 Lifetime banker: Cost of temporarily switching countries? 4 4y
+12 Going from studying in London, to working in wallstreet 4 4y
+27 List of Boutiques to Avoid 33 4y
+57 Which in door spot to take interview calls in midtown NYC? 29 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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