Was just curious of how Chicago PE paid and their salary and bonus structure and how fast you can climb the ladder doing PE for either MM or UMM in Chicago? Thanks!
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Chicago MMPE analyst -
$100k base
$25k signing
50% cash bonus
What’s associate comp at your fund look like
~$125k base and bonus goes up to 80% for 1st year asso
Bump
The big funds (MDP, GTCR, BDT) pay in line with NYC MF/UMM
I believe my shop is ~$275K for AS1, ~$325K for AS2, ~$375K for AS3
wow that's solid for Chicago given the LCOL compared to nyc/sf, what AUM is your fund?
310/350
top buckets I think were 310/370
is that year 1 / year 2?
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