PE secondaries comp check

Any insight on where PE secondaries associate pay is shaking out after on cycle?

I’ve included a few associate 1 data points below to start:

Lexington Partners $125k base 150% bonus HarbourVest 130k base 100% bonus Landmark Partners 125k base 80% bonus

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