Desk Quant vs Fixed Income Research Analyst - who makes more money?

Hi All - recently facing a dilemma to choose one out of the two career trajectories. Currently, working as a Fixed Income (Front Office) Research Associate at Tier 2 Securities supporting the Non-Agency RMBS side of the business. However, coming from the Quant background, very fascinated towards jumping to a potential job offer from Tier 1 towards being a Desk Quant supporting the Credit Products Quant Trading Business.

Kindly guide me in terms of exit opportunities, and most importantly the monetary growth in each of these fields, thank you.

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