MM REPE Comp (post-MBA)

Seen a few threads recently on post-MBA comp at big-name developers (TCC/Hines/Tishman), and MF PE shops, but wanted to get a gut check from y'all on MM REPE comp post-MBA. Just got an offer in a HCOL city at $110K base with a ~50% year-end bonus. From what I've seen, this seems in-line with MBA salaries with zero industry experience - am I getting lowballed?Background: T15 MBA with 3 years RE merchant banking experience pre b-school covering institutional debt/equity deals. Interned for a well-known REIT last summer (think VOO, SL Green, WELL, Prologis, etc.) and hated my life lol. FWIW, also an international student, which has made recruiting in this environment even tougher.

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That offer is embarrassingly low. They’re trying to take advantage of the current economic situation to screw you. You should push to get base up to around the average MBA base salary at the very least.

I’ve been lightly job hunting and haven’t even seen pre-MBA associate salaries go below $150k (thank you New York salary transparency law for helping us get good data points). $110k is basically first year analyst salary these days. 

It’s a terrible time to be looking for a job but offering that to a post-MBA associate is a huge red flag.

 

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