PE Comp Difference For LCOL

Hi all. I will be recruiting for PE soon, and was wondering if the MF PE firms pay the same firm-wide or is it lower in LCOL offices. I know that IB usually pays the same firm-wide except for maybe the bonus being a little less, do MF PE firms do the same?

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