+9 Desk Strat Salaries and Career Progression 1 5y
+3 BB S&T Sales Summer Analyst Super Day Advice - NYC 1 5y
+12 Trying to figure out what I'm doing, could use some career direction! 1 5y
+9 Canadian Sophomore Hoping to Break into NY Scene - Chances? 2 5y
0 Bshsjdb 1 5y
+9 Career Advice HELP!! 1 5y
+6 Goldman Sachs Global Markets Quant Strat vs MBB BA 1 5y
+14 Can I get an honest assessment of my GPA? 5 5y
+9 College Junior With Tough Academic Situation, Need Advice! NYU. 1 5y
+30 Recent Grad- In need of Advice BBA in Finance 6 5y
+12 Audit to FP&A to REPE (Let's make it happen) 1 5y
+3 FT Partners SA22 47 5y
+20 Biglaw to IB 10 5y
+15 Chicago to New York 2 5y
+15 Advice on Offers, Please 10 5y
0 Lateraling to different location after SA? 1 5y
+26 Freshman Internship Frustration 17 5y
+6 square point capital vs Millennium 1 5y
+6 Too late to network? 8 5y
+11 What can someone with a 3.75+ GPA do that someone else with a 3.00 GPA cant? 9 5y
+9 Career change to finance/wall street 1 5y
+3 CS SA 2022 Capital Markets & Advisory: Solutions & Syndications 1 5y
+3 How many applicants to BB SA Programs 1 5y
+7 Preparing for a corporate banking summer analyst interview? 1 5y
+9 Buy-side entry level jobs? 1 5y
+6 Winter IB internship - what to do 4 5y
+6 Macquarie IBD vs PTG 1 5y
+6 Should I go to a irrelevant "Harvard" 1-year masters program just to get the name "Harvard" on my resume? Good for Wall Street Job Applications? 1 5y
+6 Any Help Welcome 1 5y
+12 SA 2022 1 5y
+3 bad semester, background check advice 1 5y
+6 Recruiting @ Williams College 4 5y
0 Looking for 1-2 Month Stay in NYC 2 5y
+8 IB BB vs Tier 2 Consulting? 1 5y
+215 2016 Full-time IB Recruiting Timeline Megathread 782 5y
+8 Help with Offers! MOE/LAZ/PWP vs GS/MS/JPM? 6 5y
+5 Super Day 1 5y
+11 Business Dev / Marketing background / 31 yrs : would CFA help Break into Finance??? 1 5y
+7 Do you guys think that I can finally get a finance job with good pay because there is a "shortage" of workers? 4 5y
+9 What MSF should I apply for? 1 5y
+9 If applying to jobs a waste of time, then how did everyone get their first jobs? 1 5y
+2 SA 2022 Recruiting - Later Summer / Early Fall 1 5y
+11 Project Manager vs. Analyst position 1 5y
+42 Am I fucked for recruiting??? 56 5y
+22 networking and referrals 7 5y
+10 Los Angeles or San Francisco for Healthcare IB 13 5y
+7 Panicking about FT 2022 IB Recruiting for NYC... what is open & what is interviewing? 20 5y
+3 MM IB SA 2022 Still Recruiting 7 5y
+12 Internship Investment Banking 1 5y
+9 Shaking hands in coffee chats? 2 5y
+12 Re-recruiting strategies - Associate MBA edition 1 5y
+15 IB Exit Opps After First Year at Top BB - Corp Dev, HF? 1 5y
+6 Can someone help me get a list of boutiques in my area? 3 5y
+12 Anyone who has had multiple prop trading offers, how did you choose where to start your career? 1 5y
+11 MSF program helpful? 5 5y
+9 MSF program helpful? 1 5y
+34 Finance Career Path & List 2 5y
+12 Anyone at Morgan Stanley Baltimore? 2 5y
+10 Any job agencies in NYC that will pay you the finance company's actual salary ($50k-$100k per year)? Instead of $15 an hour? 1 5y
+3 Does anybody have information on a firm called Drexel Hamilton 1 5y
+7 why are you re-recruiting for FT? 8 5y
+18 Can someone help me lay out a career path so I can afford a $30 million penthouse in NYC in my lifetime? 8 5y
0 Deleted 1 5y
+16 Should I leave IB for this offer? 7 5y
+5 US Work Visas For Canadians 6 5y
+9 Need help deciding between 2 job offers 1 5y
+11 I Need Advice - Potential MSF? 4 5y
+12 Banking in Chicago vs NY 3 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets DCM? 2 5y
+6 Why does the jobs from job boards like Indeed.com pay so much less than what the people on this site claim to make? 3 5y
+25 Is IB/PE even worth it for me? 6 5y
+96 So you want to cold email me? Here's how you do it right. 63 5y
0 looking long-term: law school or IBD? 17 5y
+84 Declining an offer: does it kill all future opps? 95 5y
0 Big 4: Transaction Services vs Audit 8 5y
+377 Things Employers Tell Interviewees and What They Really Mean 100 5y
+3 Hong Kong IBD SA 2022 - BB Only 1 5y
+17 Interview dress up help 14 5y
+4 BAML Summer 2011 9 5y
+39 Best place to live on first year analyst salary 132 5y
+19 What to do all summer without an internship/job? (summer before Junior year) 19 5y
0 Good positions in Merrill Lynch? 7 5y
+65 Why do some people leave Wall Street? 68 5y
0 ok fellas, i'll give you my scenario. Tell me my options. 14 5y
+9 2022 IB, S&T etc Recruitment Timeline 3 5y
+3 Summer Recruiting 1 5y
+16 Goldman Sachs Portal Status still says "Interview". Am I still in the running? 11 5y
0 What areas of finance recruit the most for full-time (FT Recruiting)? 1 5y
0 FT 2022 NYC & London - what's open for IB (and also PE)? 1 5y
0 Breaking Into IB With an MBA and Financial controller experience?? 2 5y
0 IB recruiting 1 5y
+12 ADVICE and TIPS FOR STUDENTS 3 5y
+5 Interviewing with offer accepted 10 5y
+12 London or NYC? 18 5y
+9 Full-Time Recruiting 1 5y
+16 First year analyst choice: AM or IB, EU or US 5 5y
+14 Non-Target + almost no experience 27yo MBA Worth it ? 2 5y
0 Intern Comp across firms 2021 1 5y
+112 BNP Paribas Investment Banking 133 5y
+9 Realistic path for a non-target transfer student (SA2022 and/or MSF) 1 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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