Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the SECOND Annual YE Bonus Survey.
50% means you got 50% of your "normal" bonus. $100k salary, 10% bonus, you got a 5k bonus therefore you pick 50%.
2024 results:
NO BONUS -> 25% (39 Votes)
25% -> 17% (29 Votes)
50% -> 10% (17 Votes)
75% -> 12% (21 Votes)
100% -> 25% (43 Votes)
100+% -> 14% (25 Votes)
| +97 | Is anybody just going to leave the industry? | 32 | 4h |
| +29 | CRE Recruiting for a Career - crazy? | 7 | 12h |
| +26 | Multifamily firms collpasing in Dallas whose next? | 8 | 1d |
| +22 | Exits from REPE | 11 | 13h |
| +15 | NYC Real Estate Job Market | 5 | 1d |
| +14 | Q3/Q4 CRE Job Market Optimism (or lack thereof) | 5 | 1d |
| +12 | Launching a Development Platform in Greece | 2 | 5d |
| +8 | Hard Money Lenders? | 2 | 10h |
| +6 | Family Office vs REPE | 1 | 6h |
| +3 | Arbor Realty Trust in 2026 | 0 | 4h |
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Based on the most helpful WSO content, the 2024 bonus survey results showed a diverse range of outcomes for bonuses relative to expectations. Here's the breakdown:
This survey highlights the variability in bonus payouts, with a significant portion receiving either no bonus or their full expected bonus. It reflects the mixed financial outcomes across firms and industries during that period. If you're looking for trends or insights into 2025 bonuses, keep an eye on similar surveys or threads on WSO for updated data!
Sources: 2020 HW analyst bonuses?, Do you think it's justifiable to ask for 25% of the GP for being the fund raiser for the projects?, 2020 bonuses, 2015 IBD Analyst Bonuses, 2022 Analyst Bonus Thread
bump!
No bonuses for my team in this trash market
finally someone posts one of these.
I'll kick off:
$155k base, 35% target bonus, bonus was 97.14% of target
what a dick move to not give you the 3% lol
YOE?
REPE? Credit? LifeCo? Acq/AM? YOE? Location? SSN?
5 YOE. UMM REPE in HCOL west coast. Asset management w/some portfolio management responsibilities.
Targeted 100% of base so 225k bonus. Got 250
YOE?
Didn’t someone used to have a Google form for this?
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