Co-invest Salaries

Any recent data points on salaries for PE co-invest associates? Specifically at larger, more institutional shops. 

Understanding there's a haircut to regular PE, but would be good to pin a number on it. Would it be reasonable/feasible to negotiate to $125K base and ~$75-100K bonus assuming a typical 2-3 year IB background?

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75-90k base for an associate is low imo. Currently a lot a shop that does co-investments and we have analysts at 90-100k base but lower bonus than what's being stated above.

 

Yes, but still the 70-90k seems low for an associate compared to what I’ve heard from others but primarily in cities like NYC/CHI/Boston

 

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