Banking and financial markets associates earned salaries that ranged from $90,250 to $128,750 in 2025, according to the 2025 Robert Half Salary Guide for Accounting and Finance Professionals. Analysts usually receive benefits such as paid vacation days and sick leave, health and life insurance, a 401(k) or other retirement savings plan, dinner stipends (for after-hours work), reimbursement for travel to and from work, and signing and year-end bonuses. According to the Web site wallstreetoasis.com, in 2024, investment banker associates at bulge bracket banks earned a base salary of $150,000 to $200,000, as well as a year-end bonus that averaged from 50 to 100 percent of the base salary.
- Accountants
- Auditors
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Commodities Brokers
- Compliance Managers
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Financial Institution Officers and Managers
- Financial Institution Tellers, Clerks, and Related Workers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Financial Services Brokers
- Hedge Fund Investor Relations Specialists
- Hedge Fund Relationship Managers
- Investment Bankers
- Investment Banking Analysts
- Investment Banking Sales Brokers
- Investment Banking Traders
- Investment Fund Managers
- Investment Professionals
- Investment Underwriters
- Mergers and Acquisitions Attorneys
- Mutual Fund Wholesalers
- Private Bankers
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Wealth Management Associates
- Wealth Management Investor Relations Specialists