PE Associate Comp Benchmarking

Given the on-cycle process kicked off earlier this week and a lot of official offers have been given out thus far, thought it might make sense to start a thread to benchmark what PE pay will be for the 2023 Associate Class. Feel free to drop below using an easy template:

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And a note to all of those still in the process / pursuing off-cycle - best of luck and hang in there!

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