Is this pay package normal for a SA?

I got an offer from 2 banks for a S&T SA role. In one, the base pay is about 41 an hour for the first 40 hours then 61 for all overtime hours. In the other, the base pay is prorated at a full time salary of 85k on a 60 hour work week so the base pay is 23.35 and overtime is 35. Is this normal? I thought firms always prorated before overtime then paid 1.5x on overtime hours like in the first scenario. The lower pay bank is more prestigious than the first one but I don't know why there is such a large pay gap. 

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Made $40/hour this summer with 1.5x OT. Next summer is 23/hour with $35 OT. Definitely see what you are saying but when in doubt take the best bank for your career goals. Still good money and you will likely be happy you chose based off of fit, group, location, etc vs a better hourly rate

 

When I did SA we had the first option...41 and 1.5x OT. Honestly I made a lot of money as an SA since my team was cool with me logging at least a good chunk of my OT (still be prepared to underreport a bit so HR doesn't freak out). Not sure if the short term gain is worth it if the prestige gap is huge. However in my situation I really enjoyed having that money in my pocket senior year since I no longer needed to have part-time jobs to support myself and had some nice spending money.

 

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