What is the average base salary plus equity for an entry-level quantitative researcher with a PhD coming out of MIT entering a bulge-bracket bank versus a tier-one hedge fund?
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What is the average base salary plus equity for an entry-level quantitative researcher with a PhD coming out of MIT entering a bulge-bracket bank versus a tier-one hedge fund?
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2026 quantitative researcher compensation entry level PhD hedge fund base salary bonus bank quantitative researcher salaryGoogle ↗
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2025 2026 quantitative researcher PhD entry level salary base bonus hedge fund Jane Street Citadel DE Shaw Two Sigma compensationGoogle ↗
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2026 quantitative researcher compensation entry level PhD hedge fund base salary bonus bank quantitative researcher salary Google ↗
2025 2026 quantitative researcher PhD entry level salary base bonus hedge fund Jane Street Citadel DE Shaw Two Sigma compensation Google ↗
bulge bracket bank quantitative researcher PhD entry level salary base bonus New York 2025 2026 Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Morgan Stanley Google ↗
- Quantitative Researcher - PhD Graduate (US) · citadel.com
- Citadel Salary 2026: $235K to $300K Grad Base · tradermath.org
- Quant Researcher Salary 2026: Graduate Pay, Base & Bonus · quantblueprint.com
- Compare Quant Salaries: Employer-Published Pay · quantblueprint.com
- Goldman Sachs Quant Researcher Salaries (8 Salaries submitted) · glassdoor.com
- Quantitative Trading & Research - Market Microstructure & High-Frequency - Associate · jpmc.fa.oraclecloud.com
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2026 quantitative researcher compensation entry level PhD hedge fund base salary bonus bank quantitative researcher salary OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2025 2026 quantitative researcher PhD entry level salary base bonus hedge fund Jane Street Citadel DE Shaw Two Sigma compensation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
bulge bracket bank quantitative researcher PhD entry level salary base bonus New York 2025 2026 Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Morgan Stanley OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |