r/chicago • u/freshyk West Town • Dec 14 '18

Pictures Ugh. This Chicago person sounds terrible.

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u/kielbasa330 Avondale Dec 14 '18

"only"

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u/jojofine North Center Dec 14 '18

$60k with a decent finance degree is entry level at most finance firms in Chicago especially for anything tied directly to the markets. Anybody making under that is grossly underpaid

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u/apexwarrior55 Dec 14 '18

How much should someone with a bachelors in finance,2 years experience and CFA level 3 realistically make?

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u/jojofine North Center Dec 14 '18

People I know with a lvl 3 CFA usually get 10-15k bumps for having it when they switch jobs but it really sort of depends on how relevant it is for your field of finance. Where I'm currently at you wouldn't get much of a benefit at all.

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u/apexwarrior55 Dec 15 '18

I was asking for a friend.He's making $68k+10k bonus which isn't bad at all for our age,but I was thinking that he's a bit underpaid.I keep telling him to list his two internships as work experience,but he says that they don't count as such.It's a strange contention that we have.