JPM's Stub Bonus was $10K - What was yours?

JPM's NY Trading/Sales Stub Bonus (Partial Year Bonus for new analysts that joined last summer) was 10K and was the same in prior years.

What was it at other banks as this looks below street's ~20K.

 

Got any insight into what associates are getting, because for A1 that's pretty low?
Was expecting street lvl all-in:
A1: $135,000-$160,000
A2: $145,000-$170,000
AS1: $220,000 – $270,000
AS2: $240,000 – $300,000

 

Got any insight into what associates are getting, because for A1 that's pretty low?
Was expecting street lvl all-in:
A1: $135,000-$160,000
A2: $145,000-$170,000
AS1: $220,000 – $270,000
AS2: $240,000 – $300,000

Thats way too high. That's more like IBD numbers. S&T is lower at analyst and associate.

There's also an Analyst 3 level that 95% have to do before before being promoted to associate. Direct promotions to Associate from Analyst 2 are very rare. More frequent in trading than sales, but still quite rare. Associate base pay is also $15k-$20k lower than IBD base pay.

A1 $100-$110k

A2 $115-$125k

A3 $120-$135k

AS1: $140k-$160k

AS2: $160k-$180k

AS3 $180k-$200k

 

Hmm interesting, I'm in Trading so seeing most people get to Associate after 2 yrs.

But those numbers seem low given that you get your own book ~2 yrs in, and then your expectation for PnL is at least 8-10MM a year.

Curious to hear more of your insights given you are reaching your VP mark soon, and if you are speaking from personal experience as well.

 

I'd actually say the numbers on average are somewhere between these two sets lol. I'm about 5-6 years in now, just got promoted to VP. Below is what I remember more or less (don't really remember the specifics anymore tbh). It starts varying by desk more and more, I'd say after your first associate year. For the most part as an analyst, the three tiers of performance are basically all within 10k or something. 

A1: 85k-90k base, 20-25k stub or 50k bonus? (don't remember anymore)

A2: 125k base?, 65k bonus? (maybe 5-10k off)

Ao1: 140k base?  65k bonus? (maybe 5-10k off)

Ao2: 160k base 75k bonus?

Ao3: 175k base (promotion to VP) 230k bonus

 

Congrats on the good year and promotion.

Curious to hear if you are sales or trading - and outside of direct PnL generation (Or CV), especially in early years, what contributions helped aid your Year-End take home? 

 
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I have always been in trading. I'd say as an analyst,  you absolutely want to make sure you do all of the basic stuff very well and diligently (ex. booking trades, etc.). If you mess up, just own it, say sorry and make sure doesn't happen again. Nothing annoys people more than making excuses. I've seen this first hand with new analysts, they basically get dinged when they mess something up, then they either keep messing up or make excuses. Honestly, even if you might be right, just don't fire back. More than likely people will realize they were the ones that messed up and say so afterwards. 

Once you're able to do that well for say a few months, you can start asking for more trading related responsibility (ex. managing order flow, managing small flow books, managing your own prop book, etc.). Just make sure to keep pestering people, but within reason. Do whatever trading responsibility they give you well, and you're almost guaranteed to being ranked highly by your manager and desk. 

You also always want to be making a name for yourself, so be sure to fire off a few emails about some ideas or general thoughts every now and then too. If there is something that you think might be helpful to the overall desk, be sure to take the opportunity to add that value too. But most importantly, is make sure you just do the basic stuff very well. 

 

I'd actually say the numbers on average are somewhere between these two sets lol. I'm about 5-6 years in now, just got promoted to VP. Below is what I remember more or less (don't really remember the specifics anymore tbh). It starts varying by desk more and more, I'd say after your first associate year. For the most part as an analyst, the three tiers of performance are basically all within 10k or something. 

A1: 85k-90k base, 20-25k stub or 50k bonus? (don't remember anymore)

A2: 125k base?, 65k bonus? (maybe 5-10k off)

Ao1: 140k base?  65k bonus? (maybe 5-10k off)

Ao2: 160k base 75k bonus?

Ao3: 175k base (promotion to VP) 230k bonus

I can confirm with 100% certainty the below base numbers.

A1: $85k

A2: $90k

A3: $95k

AS1: $125k (IBD AS1 base is $140-150k, so this is where the base divergence starts)

AS2: $140k

AS3: $160k

 

Is S&T pay more or less if you're at GS/MS/JPM? On surface, would think that since they seem to get lion's share of business, they would pay more. But is there a "Big Three Discount," whereby they pay less to analysts and associates because they know they can?

 

Is S&T pay more or less if you're at GS/MS/JPM? On surface, would think that since they seem to get lion's share of business, they would pay more. But is there a "Big Three Discount," whereby they pay less to analysts and associates because they know they can?

GS and MS pay better at associate level, but we're not talking about much. Working at a top 3 bank is nice because you get all the flow, but your manager will also say you're getting all the flow because you're working at a top 3 bank. You won't be able to put your stamp on it as much so to say. Even tough revenue per head might be higher than at smaller banks you're expected to make that much, so the bar for better pay is also higher. It can also be more hierarchical and there's more red tape. Both GS and MS are an order of magnitude smaller than JPM and don't have much of a retail side. That impacts the culture a lot. A better comparison to JPM is Citi or BofA

 

Citi 25k stub across analyst class - both roommates work there

Wow JPM numbers are low 

 

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