Salary Progression

All,

I'm a 1st year associate at a well known megafund that just received my half year end bonus & numbers for next year. I'm curious if anyone has a rule of thumb on base comp and how that progresses over time. I know that I'm about in line with the industry average for last year (~110k) and going into my next year as a (2nd?) year associate with 115k (>5% increase). Understanding that total comp is the real measure but having base certainty is nice - is this relatively in line with others' experience, particularly those also at MF's?

Could not find good numbers/material that speaks to buyside comp and know that it's relatively unstructured.

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Yeah I thought so too and wanted some second opinions. First year comp was 210 all in. Trying to get some expectations lined up for next year

 

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