Is my comp fair?

I currently pull about $100K all in. I am 2 years out of college and only got this gig recently with 1 YOE in the industry (first 1.5 years I was doing something unrelated). I’m at one of these, JLL, NMRK, CBRE, W&D, as a capital markets analyst structuring debt for sponsors. My hours are from 8:30-6 or so.

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I'm at one of those firms getting crushed and I'm about to leave because of it. I have spoken too management and my MD's as well and they haven't done anything that has improved my workload (have brought this up to them multiple times and they even said it would get better). Although the comp is good, for me it's not worth it and I also don't see myself being in brokerage.  

 
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Like in a year or something? I mean maybe… but sounds like you’re getting compensated fairly and working the best hours you’re going to see in real estate for someone with ~1 year experience. Your career is a marathon… your pay will get better after a few years… silly to move jobs for 10-20% short term bump if it doesn’t align with your long term goals.

 

I started as a debt/equity analyst at one of those firms in a major market. I got absolutely crushed on my workload though and it was very stressful. A handful of the deals I was on got pushed out so I only made ~90k my first year. Second year our group had a great year and I was on a lot of deals that I also led and made a little over 160k. Ended up leaving to the principal side because I wasnt interested in focusing on debt brokerage. I think your comp is probably market depending where you are, but it also depends how your comp is structured. Are you paid out on each deal or are you only salary + bonus.

 

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