WSO Rumor Mill: Associate Compensation, Full-Time Offers

Some numbers out of the rumor mill for Associate offers this year:

BoA - $100k base, $30k signing bonus, $10k relocation Goldman Sachs - $100k base, $40k signing bonus, $10k relocation Morgan Stanley - $100k base, $40k signing bonus, $10k relocation

Please share any additional #s you have in this thread.

thanks, Patrick

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And I was always curious, if you are a lateral Associate hire, (say you just finished a 3 year analyst stint at MS and moved to GS) would you see that same package minus relocation?

 
Hyped31And I was always curious, if you are a lateral Associate hire, (say you just finished a 3 year analyst stint at MS and moved to GS) would you see that same package minus relocation?

Even if you are an internal promote, you are likely to see this.

 

40k sign on these days is really good, particularly since there were rumours banks were thinking of cutting them altogether. Base seems low vs the new revised bases that I've heard for analysts (ie many 3rd yrs on 90k so 10k is pretty small gap to associate).

In this climate you wouldn't be breaking 300k till vp level with a decent bonus, previously as a mid ranking associate you would've been able to.

 
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...but we'll have to see how full-year associate bonuses shake out at the end of the year.

As for summer offers - 40/10k signon/relo bonuses were standard this year again with only exceptions being Barclays at $30k/10k and Deutsche at $35k/$10k. Heard BA Merrill raised signon to $40k/$10k.

Anyone know of differences in base? Seems like everyone is paying $100k base for 2010 full-time associate class.

 

GS is bonusing Associates lower this year according to sources there; could be flat from last year; rest of the industry is probably a lot worse. Best of times, worst of times.

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Numbers remained the same.

100K, 40K, 10K was the average.

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