Private Equity Compensation

Private equity professionals earn over $200,000 a year on average and get more than three weeks of vacation annually. Venture capital firms pay less for similar positions (and years of experience) than in private equity only.

Sometimes an advantage, an MBA does not ensure higher pay. The more private equity or venture capital experience someone has, the less important the MBA degree.

Heightened competition for private equity jobs and increased pressure on private equity and venture capital firms to perform has hurt compensation levels a bit. Yet among the industry chatter about the economy, employees have still enjoyed slight increases in base salaries.

The full private equity compensation report addresses issues such as total cash earned, firm performance, carried interest, satisfaction of work vs personal time balance and much more. This report is only based on data collected directly from private equity and VC professionals. These are true benchmarks -- there are no anecdotal stories included here.

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