M&A, dream American
Emolument.com has examined 2014/2013 salary and bonus data from 680 M&A professionals working in London.
Highlights:
- No surprise, M&A careers offer nice compensations evolution possibilities... total compensation increases in average by 77% between two seniority levels.
- Patience! High bonuses will come. If bonus only represents 15% of the base salary at analyst level, it raises to 134% of base salary at MD level.
- American top banks reward better than European top banks: base salaries are in average 19% higher at each level of seniority in US top banks than in European top banks...
Title | Base salary | Bonus | Total compensation |
---|---|---|---|
Intern | £40,000 | £0 | £40,000 |
Analyst | £45,000 | £7,000 | £52,000 |
Associate | £62,000 | £23,000 | £85,000 |
VP | £108,000 | £65,000 | £173,000 |
Director | £157,000 | £169,000 | £326,000 |
MD | £233,000 | £312,000 | £545,000 |
Top US banks | Top European banks | |||||
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Title | Base salary | Bonus | Total compensation | Base salary | Bonus | Total compensation |
Analyst | £48,000 | £15,000 | £63,000 | £42,000 | £7,000 | £49,000 |
Associate | £70,000 | £34,000 | £104,000 | £51,000 | £11,000 | £62,000 |
VP | £131,000 | £138,000 | £269,000 | £109,000 | £56,000 | £164,000 |
Director | £186,000 | £226,000 | £412,000 | £163,000 | £183,000 | £346,000 |
MD | £276,000 | £433,000 | £710,000 | £251,000 | £458,000 | £709,000 |
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