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Investment Banking Sales Brokers

Earnings

New college graduates with a bachelor’s degree in business earned average starting salaries of $52,040 in fall 2018, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Those with a bachelor’s degree in finance earned $55,811. 

Sales agents who work in securities, commodities, and financial services earned mean annual salaries of $97,110 in May 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ten percent of securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents earned less than $34,360. Highly-skilled and experienced sales brokers can earn more than $500,000 a year. 

Brokers usually receive benefits such as paid vacation days and sick leave, health and life insurance, and a 401(k) or another retirement savings plan. In addition to salary, sales brokers make money through commissions on trades made through their firms or, increasingly, as a percentage of their clients’ assets with the firm.

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