2023 Associate Compensation Megathread
Coming up on summer review cycles and comp, so thought I'd go ahead and get this started:
Year: ASO 1 / ASO 2 / ASO 3
Latest Fund Size ($B):
Location:
Base:
Bonus:
1x Bonus:
Total Comp:
Carry:
Coming up on summer review cycles and comp, so thought I'd go ahead and get this started:
Year: ASO 1 / ASO 2 / ASO 3
Latest Fund Size ($B):
Location:
Base:
Bonus:
1x Bonus:
Total Comp:
Carry:
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| +11 | Buyside in London with nice WLB and pay | 2 | 21h |
| +10 | Undergrad summer PE analyst positions | 3 | 1d |
| +9 | 2028 Oncycle PE | 11 | 19h |
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Bump
Bumping this thread, will start it off.
Year: ASO 1
Latest Fund Size ($B): $3B
Location: NYC
Base: $160K
Bonus: ~$130K
1x Bonus: N/A
Total Comp: $290K
Carry: N/A
bump
Nice
Year: ASO 2
Latest Fund Size ($B): $15+B
Location: NYC
Base: ~$170K
Bonus: ~$200K
1x Bonus: N/A
Total Comp: $370K
Carry: N/A
Year: ASO 1
Latest Fund Size: $500M
Location: non Chicago Midwest city
Base: 100
Bonus: 100
1x Bonus: NA
Total Comp: 200
Carry: NA
Aso 1
$1-2B Fund
NYC/SF
$150k Base
$170k Base
No 1x Bonus
Total Comp: $320k
Carry: N/A but levered co-invest
Does anyone know what MFPE comp looks like these days?
AS1
Tier 1 Growth Equity
$150k base
$160k bonus
No 1x Bonus
Total Comp: $310k
What is T1 GE? Insight/Accel?
Year: ASO 2
Latest Fund Size ($B): $15bn+
Location: NYC
Base: $150
Bonus: $265
1x Bonus: N/A
Total Comp: $415
Carry: N/A
That’s insane, congrats
Year: ASO 1
Latest Fund Size: $600m
Location: DAL/HOU
Base: $135k
Bonus: $130k
1x Bonus: N/A
Total Comp: $265k
Carry: none
Year: ASO 1
Latest Fund Size: c. $500m
Location: London
Base: c. $130k
Bonus: c. $130k
Total Comp: c. $260k
This is very healthy for London. May I ask if any carry, and is it US or European fund?
No carry/coinvestment, US fund and fund size is the Europe strategy portion so total global fund size is bigger
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