What is MM Comp Like for Associates/VPs

Just curious as it seems some of the anecdotes on here point to MM culture and lifestyle being a lot more friendly than some of the EB/BBs.

I’m talking about banks in the general league of Raymond James / Baird / Piper / Stifel / Blair / Wedbush

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Blair pays the most out of all the banks you’ve listed here, plus they’re in Chicago so cost of living is lower. IMO Blair is a wildly underrated bank, I didn’t end up taking my offer there but they have great culture (I think there’s an cultural advantage to Midwest banking in general) and still pay well / have performed well. Plus I know for a fact there’s a Blair MD that posts with (relatively) high frequency on WSO so I’m assuming WLB at the higher levels isn’t that bad lol 

 

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Blair pays the most out of all the banks you’ve listed here, plus they’re in Chicago so cost of living is lower. IMO Blair is a wildly underrated bank, I didn’t end up taking my offer there but they have great culture (I think there’s an cultural advantage to Midwest banking in general) and still pay well / have performed well. Plus I know for a fact there’s a Blair MD that posts with (relatively) high frequency on WSO so I’m assuming WLB at the higher levels isn’t that bad lol 

Damn, lot of people have glowing reviews of Blair. Any anecdotes on the range for non-standout MMs? The company database has a wildly variable range with some inputs seeming low, but maybe that’s reality.

 

not a ton of clear answers but at blair the base for associates is 150(stub)>150>175>200 and VPs all get 225 base. the Asc stub (6 months after you start in august) was $35K. Last year well performing 4th year associates (so after 3.5 years on the job) got $200+200. No answers really for what VPs are getting but probably safe to assume 1st year VPs are getting $425-450+

 

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