Quant Research (Sell Side) Comp

What does the average professional in sell side quant research make per year of their career?

From my understanding the work is less prop-y and therefore would pay less, but I’m assuming still very strong (compared to regular university researchers at least).

Furthermore do these individuals have any buy side pull? Looking at top researchers, a lot seem to be at banks rather than HFs (obviously not those taking prop).

How does this compare to non-quant researchers (e.g. blockchain researchers)?

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