Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Key CFA employers and salary structures in India

Here are the employers and the median salary range they pay to CFA charterholders, i think this can be a good starting point in your search of employers who value and appreciate the CFA designation.


See what average salary companies in US pay to CFA charterholders

See what is the average salary of CFA Charterholders in India

Average CFA salary structure in India

A recent survey on CFA salary structure in India revealed the data below. This is latest data and there were more than 800 respondents which lends it some credibility.

You can visit the site and view more detailed report. The site chart shows a range but here it just shows the median. I hope this nudges you forward little more to get the charter sooner.

Any questions you might have, please post it comments and i will be happy to answer.

CFA average salary structure in US

I see lot of people asking what a CFA charterholder earns in average, what i have gathered from various internet sources is below, i know this is 2007 salary levels but i wonder how much encouraging the salary level would be in 2011/2012 with all the meltdown and economic recession around. Even then i will try and bring you latest renumeration structures soon.

This is relevant for US only. I will post for other countries soon in another post.

CFA Salary structure in 2007 --

Here is the average 2007 compensation for survey respondents with less than five years experience in the U.S. for the following roles:


Portfolio manager (equities) - $205,000
Portfolio manager (fixed income) - $126,000
Portfolio manager (indexed/other) - $87,000
Buy-side research analyst (equity) - $149,000
Buy-side research analyst (fixed income) - $130,000
Financial advisor/broker - $111,000
Investment banker - $186,000
Sell-side research analyst (equity) - $150,000
Manager of managers - $113,000

CFA Bonus numbers by type of work for less than 5 years experience:


Portfolio manager (equities) - $50,000
Portfolio manager (fixed income) - $40,000
Portfolio manager (indexed/other) - $17,000
Buy-side research analyst (equity) - $46,000
Buy-side research analyst (fixed income) - $40,000
Financial advisor/broker - $30,000
Investment banker - $93,000
Sell-side research analyst (equity) - $56,000
Manager of managers - $26,000

US City-wise Salaries for CFA

NYC - $205,000
Boston - $167,000
Chicago - $117,000
San Francisco - $170,000
Los Angeles - $161,000
Philadelphia - $160,000
Atlanta - $122,000
Minneapolis - $120,000

Hope this helps.