Compensation and hierarchy of CRE Development?

I know that it's something like this at most firms:

Analyst

Sr Analyst/Associate

Project Manager

Director

VP

Principal/EVP/Partner

I rarely see compensation above analyst talked about so what would a VP, Director or project manager see in terms of comp?

Side question: Do CRE brokerage firms generally pay more or less than development?

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Let’s use a major secondary market here (ATL, Denver, Dallas, etc) since gateway cities are outliers on cost of living / salary scale.

Base Range / Guaranteed Bonus / Equity?

Analyst - 60-80k / 15-20% / Not Usually -Best comp year: maxing out at $100K after 3-4 years on the job

Sr. Analyst - 80 - 95k / 20-30% / 1-2 pts in GP equity depending on shop -Best comp year: clearing $130K w guaranteed bonus, completing a project, and a liquidation event triggering carry pay out, could see another $100-150k for equity pay out plus maybe another 50-100k in dev fee share

Associate - 105 - 125k / 20-30% / 2-3 pts depending on shop - Best year: clearing $500k all in and potentially hitting $650k all in based on combo of factors noted above plus more GP equity points / performance of deal invested in

Project Manager / Director / VP - 135 - 155k / 20-30% / 4-6 pts depending on shop -Best year: clearing $750k based on factors above but mostly more equity carry

Principal/MD/Sr. MD/EVP - 175k - 250k / 20-50% / 6++ pts depending on shop -Best year: sky is the limit, and depends on team under them, ability to source deals, and execute said deals profitably. Clearing $1M is not unheard of, but may require a liquidity event as most of the comp at this stage is carried interest. $300-500k is typically bass plus bonus plus other incentive bonus buckets, but equity carry can amount to multi-millions of dollars—just thinking out loud, if said principal has 10 points in developers GP check of $5M, that’s $500k invested. If deal returns a 4x multiple, that’s $2M payout. Bigger deals that perform scale accordingly.

 

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