Tech Bros Are Inferior - Follow Up to Follow Up

Lots of anger and sexual frustration has been reverberating from SWE troglodytes and incels on the last post, which compared high finánce to tech. Here I am going to lay out the weighted average compensation for fiscal year 2021 which has been peer reviewed by over 460 sources across 26 developed and 72 emerging countries:

AM/ER/S&T/CorpDev💪🦍🍻🍾:

🦍Analyst - $220k
🦍Associate - $570k
🦍VP/Director - $800k - $1.6MM
🦍MD - $1.6MM - $8MM

IBD💪🦍🍻🍾:

🦍Analyst - $270k
🦍Associate - $700k
🦍VP/Director - $1.2-1.8MM
🦍MD - $1.8MM - $12MM

PE🙇‍♀️🤰🙇‍♀️🤰:

🤰Analyst equivalent - $560k
🤰Associate equivalent - $1.1-1.8MM
🤰VP/Director equivalent - $1.8-4MM
🤰MD equivalent - $4-65MM

🤰🙇‍♀️😩🙇‍♀️🤰Partner - $65-800MM


Tech🤮🤡♿️♿️:

♿️Entry level SWE - $160-220k
♿️Mid level SWE - $220-340k
♿️Upper level SWE - $340-670k
♿️Highest level SWE - $670-720k

♿️Upper Tech Management (VP of Tech, Director of Tech, CTO) - $730k - $2.2MM

This is in addition to tech having MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH lower prestige and a much worse culture (math club♿️♿️😹👎 VS frat house🦍🦍😤). There is no debate whatsoever, high finance is the most profitable and most prestigious career path. 

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August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

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August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

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August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

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  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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