PE Analyst Comp Benchmarking

Current analyst at a NYC based MM buyout shop. Curious to know how comp stacks up across fund sizes/geographies. Posting my comp below to kick things off:

Base: $85k

Bonus: $60k

Location: NYC

Fund size: ~$3-4b

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