Banking Salaries & Bonuses: The eFinancialCareers 2025-2026 financial services compensation report
Salaries and bonuses in financial services are more important than they’ve ever been. With the job market still experiencing friction, the way that firms treat their loyal employees is more important than ever. And while the global average bonus in financial services increased by only 5.3% in 2025’s bonus round, reaching $119k, there were significant global and sector variations between where and what increased exactly.
You can download the eFinancialCareers Compensation and Lifestyle in Financial Services 2026 report on this page. It is based on our global compensation & lifestyle survey which we ran across Q1 of this year, which asked almost 3,000 people in the industry what they were paid, how hard they worked, and how they felt about it all last year.
Respondents to our survey worked for major banks such as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Barclays, as well as major buy-side firms such as Blackrock, Blackstone, and Citadel. They ranged in rank from analysts to MDs. And they were based in major finance hubs, including London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai.
We asked our respondents about their pay, and how it changed. This is the definitive guide to salaries, bonuses, and compensation in both banking and the wider financial services sector.
We cover the following categories in our report:
- Investment Banking
- Sales & Trading
- Finance, Risk, Operations, and Compliance (FROC)
- Technology & Quantitative Finance
- Private Equity
- Hedge Funds
We cover the following regions in our report:
- The UK & Ireland
- The USA & Canada
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific (APAC)
- The GCC
We cover the following financial institutions:
- Bank of America
- Barclays
- BlackRock
- BNP Paribas
- Boutiques banks (incl. Evercore, Moelis, and Rothschild)
- Citi
- Deutsche Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- HSBC
- JPMorgan
- Morgan Stanley
- Santander
- Société Générale
- Standard Chartered
- UBS