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2025 Investment Banking Compensation Survey
Please kindly wait until you receive your compensation numbers to complete the survey!
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1.
What is your email address? (Highly Confidential) Needed to receive survey results!
(Required.)
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2.
What is your title? (Title for 2025)
(Required.)
Analyst 1
Analyst 2
Analyst 3
Stub Associate or Associate 0
Associate 1
Associate 2
Associate 3
VP 1
VP 2
VP 3
VP4
Director 1
Director 2
Executive Director
Managing Director (1-3 Years)
Managing Director (4+ years)
Group Head
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3.
What Group are you in?
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Aerospace & Defense
Agribusiness/Agriculture
Automotive
Biopharma/Life Sciences
Business Services
Chemicals
Consumer & Retail
Corporate Banking
Credit/Portfolio Management
Debt Capital Markets (DCM)
Equity Capital Markets (ECM)
Financial Institutions Group (FIG)
Financial Sponsors Group (FSG)
Fintech
Food & Beverage
Healthcare
Healthcare Services
Industrials
Infrastructure
Leveraged Finance
M&A
Maritime & Shipping
Metals & Mining
Oil & Gas
Other
Paper & Packaging
Power & Utilities
Private Credit
Private Equity
Public Finance
Real Estate
Renewable Energy
Restructuring
Software
Technology
Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)
Transportation
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4.
What type of bank do you work at?
(Required.)
Bulge Bracket (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BAML, JPM etc.)
Elite Boutique (Centerview, PJT, Evercore, Moelis, Lazard etc.)
Middle Market Investment Bank (Piper, Stifel, Oppenheimer, Cantor, William Blair etc.)
Boutique Investment Bank
Japanese Bank
Canadian Bank
Large US Bank (Truist, Wells, KeyBanc, PNC etc.)
Foreign Bank (Santander, BNP, ING, HSBC, SocGen etc.)
Regional Investment Bank
Transaction Advisory (PwC, Deloitte etc.)
Commercial Bank
Boutique
Other (please specify)
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5.
What is your firm's name (confidential)?
(Required.)
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6.
Location
(Required.)
Eastern Territories: (Carolinas, Florida, Maryland, Washington, Pennsylvania)
Midwest: (Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis)
New York: (New York City, Greenwich, New Jersey)
Northeast: (Boston, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine)
Northern California: (San Francisco, Sacramento, Central Valley)
Western Territories: (Pacific Northwest, Southern California, Mountain West)
South: (Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Birmingham, New Orleans)
Texas
Canada, Central and Latin America when relevant data is available.
Other (please specify)
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7.
What was your Base Salary for FY2025? Example $250,000 (Please use this format for numbers)
(Required.)
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8.
What was your Total Compensation (Base + Bonus including deferred compensation) for FY2025? Example $400,000 (Please use this format for numbers)
(Required.)
9.
If you are a Stub Associate or Associate O what was your Stub Bonus for 2025? (Example $45,000)
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10.
What % of your 2025 Bonus was Deferred?
(Required.)
Under 10%
10%-14%
14%-20%
21%-25%
26%-30%
31%+
None
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11.
Do you have a clawback? (Amount you need to pay back if you leave the firm)
(Required.)
Yes
No
12.
If yes, how much is your clawback? Example $100,000 (Please use this format for numbers)
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13.
How does your bonus this year compare to last year?
(Required.)
Significantly higher (20%+ increase)
Somewhat higher (10-20% increase)
Slightly higher (1-10% increase)
About the same
Slightly lower (1-10% decrease)
Somewhat lower (10-20% decrease)
Significantly lower (20%+ decrease)
N/A – Did not receive a bonus last year
N/A - Did not receive a bonus this year
14.
What was your Total Compensation (Base + Bonus including deferred compensation) for FY2024? Example $400,000
15.
What was your Base Salary for FY2024? Example $250,000
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16.
What month are you typically paid out your Bonus?
(Required.)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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17.
What is your current garden leave?
(Required.)
1-Month
2-Months
3-Months
6- Months
1+ years
Standard 2-week notice
Other
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18.
Did you receive a promotion this year?
(Required.)
Yes
No, I did not receive a promotion and I was asked to leave the firm
No, I was up for promotion but it was delayed
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19.
Were you impacted by a RIF in 2025, if so have you found a new job?
(Required.)
Yes
Yes, but I am still looking for a job
No
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20.
Are you considering making a move in the next 3-6 months?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Maybe
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