+151 Analyst Layoffs IB 237 18y
+150 if you're 25 & younger, please comment OFF 78 3mo
+150 VP at an EB: Great Comp - Dead End Long Term IB 62 8mo
+150 Life post PE PE 44 1y
+150 Absurdly high pay at Qatalyst, any truth to the rumors? IB 90 1y
+150 Greenhill Analyst Death? IB 21 1y
+150 What do YOU want to be asked in a Coffee Chat JOB 37 1y
+150 LO PMs/Partners make 8 figures?? HF 73 2y
+150 Q&A: Head of Macro Strategy at Hedge Fund Taking Questions HF 71 2y
+150 PJT vs Evercore IB 51 2y
+150 I have it so easy OFF 30 2y
+150 Is Chicago the Amateur Leagues / Back Office of Life? IB 45 2y
+150 2 Lessons Learned at 22 OFF 62 2y
+150 Big LOs HF 66 2y
+150 If Investment Banks Were FT Partners IB 16 3y
+150 Best Broker Stories RE 67 3y
+150 Best Cultures on the Street IB 136 3y
+150 Real Estate Private Equity Technical Qs RE 36 3y
+150 What's it like working at Millennium HF 61 3y
+150 NYC pay transparency law is huge IB 111 3y
+150 What excuses do you guys use to take time off for interviews? JOB 81 4y
+150 EB Comparisons IB 56 4y
+150 Cars You Would Never Get OFF 101 4y
+150 Anyone do Law School AFTER banking analyst stint? IB 58 4y
+150 Exit Opps: Lazard vs. Moelis vs. Evercore IB 41 4y
+150 Pokémon Go OFF 100 4y
+150 Going out on your own OFF 61 4y
+150 Percentage of HFs Secretly Investing in Cryptos? CRYPTO 61 4y
+150 Endowments & Foundations Part 1: A Basic Overview AM 43 4y
+150 What are the people you knew in high school doing now? OFF 116 4y
+150 Best place to live and work in USA OFF 220 5y
+150 Being Gay in Investment Banking - London IB 52 5y
+150 Reddit Shuts down WSB for "hate speech" OFF 97 5y
+150 Post MBA-Associate Roles: As bad as People Say? IB 32 5y
+150 WTF's going on with this board? OFF 84 5y
+150 Underrated Skill in Investing HF 33 5y
+150 Jeffrey Chiang: You will never in your life ever work on Wall Street. IB 224 5y
+150 Choose your major wisely BSCH 249 5y
+150 Credit Suisse 2020 SA Recruiting IB 412 6y
+150 Michigan is now M7 BSCH 86 6y
+150 Former BB VP giving advice to all you wannabe bankers IB 116 6y
+150 Finding time to date in your early-20s? OFF 47 8y
+150 Hipsters in Finance OFF 272 8y
+150 Best entry level jobs out of 4 years college IB 187 8y
+150 How to deal with rejection? OFF 85 9y
+150 And the Quants Shall Inherit the Earth HF 123 9y
+150 Schwarzman Loves Him Some Mitt OFF 107 14y
+149 1.5 Years of Being Unemployed and I am Starting to Spiral JOB 65 4d
+149 Q&A: Currently at a Credit Hedge Fund HF 129 9mo
+149 Ask me anything… I'm a Private Equity Analyst in Shanghai OFF 78 9mo
+149 Is DEI in IB out of hand? An example IB 62 10mo
+149 Anyone else Realize They are Too Dumb for PE? PE 47 1y
+149 GS AIMS Private Equity Group PE 78 1y
+149 Are people on here over dramatic? IB 58 1y
+149 NYC RAGER Meetup Friday Sept 27 OFF 66 2y
+149 Please help - burnt out before internship start IB 41 2y
+149 Interns Mom called me OFF 27 2y
+149 I just bought a new Maserati. Suddenly everyone on the road hates me. OFF 68 2y
+149 I've raised money for PE and HFs. Q&A PE 75 2y
+149 Anyone live in a different country before? What’s it like? IB 56 2y
+149 2023 Consulting Tier List CO 20 2y
+149 Help with career development PE 52 2y
+149 How to build a real estate empire today? RE 75 3y
+149 London Spring Week 2023 JOB 1,358 3y
+149 Finance Degree Worth More Than Accounting Degree? IB 86 3y
+149 WSO 2022 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 1/3) IB 16 3y
+149 Morgan Stanley 2020 Sophomore SA Megathread IB 285 3y
+149 Are we ruining Education? OFF 52 3y
+149 Baird in 2021 - Hours & Comp? IB 152 4y
+149 GP vs LP - Which is better RE 52 4y
+149 Another way to look at league tables IB 78 4y
+149 Elon Officially Buys Twitter OFF 89 4y
+149 What are your career/life goals for 2019? OFF 106 4y
+149 I just want to quit and go live in the wild... OFF 53 4y
+149 Ghosted? You will have the last laugh... JOB 23 4y
+149 PE associate/VP net worth check PE 149 5y
+149 Why do MM IB shops get trashed on so much? IB 55 5y
+149 First year analyst, still feel incompetent and like I haven’t learned anything IB 56 5y
+149 Catalonia OFF 61 5y
+149 Did anyone enjoy or appreciate their IB experience? IB 53 6y
+149 Q&A: FX Trader: High Volatility Job, Low Excitement Life TR 89 6y
+149 How well respected is Chess as a hobby? OFF 70 6y
+149 I Need You, WSO + Its Time To Move - Asia Job Search JOB 41 6y
+149 The Non-Target Who Didn't Take No For An Answer SCSS 73 6y
+149 Got into a target because of you guys! 2.6 GPA in high school! SCSS 25 6y
+149 Successful Blackmail Achieved OFF 19 6y
+149 Real Estate Investment Banking RE 136 6y
+149 I-Banking VS Medical school IB 187 7y
+149 Why do double/triple digit millionaires still work? OFF 46 9y
+149 WSJ - Tie Bank Bonuses to Executive Women Hires, U.K. Government Review Proposes IB 91 10y
+149 Cold email advice from analyst IB 112 10y
+149 What We Learned from the Fiscal Cliff OFF 80 13y
+149 The J.C.Penney Disaster OFF 134 14y
+148 UBS Catastrophic Q1-Q3 26, M&A -17%, Outside Top 10 in Americas, EMEA & APAC IB 44 19h
+148 We were lied to PE 78 3mo
+148 Favorites to be next UBS IB Head IB 32 1y
+148 Evercore back to #1 EB? IB 43 1y
+148 Legal implications of “stealing” a model IB 66 1y
+148 Best NYC Office IB 54 1y
+148 Cringe-worthy networking mistakes I've seen in IB JOB 25 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101