Someone who is 30 years old is way behind if they are trying to get into ib banking unless they apply directly for an associate. 20 year olds working as analysts are the ones making mid 100's.
400 k which is pretty normal for associates is 230 k after taxes, seems pretty reasonable when a 1 million dollar condo has only a 60k /year mortage and you haven't accrued 400 k after interest in student loans + 7 years of earning dirt to virtually nothing. Not to mention they get to live in one of the most desired places on earth and keep the asset they spend their money on, meanwhile a podiatry DPM cannot be sold transferred rented out or loaned against. And then of course, that is an associate in his 30's meanwhile his podiatry peers are starting in the mid 100k range, and he will eventually climb to the million dollar range as a managing director, or go off into a hedge fund and keep his salary.
I dont care for banking much Im not in that field but it still beats podiatry any day.
Fake source? Google "says" ? "larping" ? did you just get out of high school? Google doesn't say anything. Engineers self report their salaries. Salary is one thing, stock bonus is another. Stock bonuses vary from 50k/year to 300k + / year. No wonder youre looking into podiatry after getting rejected from med schools and trying to scrap a defense for it.
Anyway, at 23 and 150 k for 3 years, then 250k for another 3 , youve already had a head start of your podiatry peers in the race, that they will never be able to catch up to.
You can deny the salary stats as much as you want, its as good as covering your ears like the child you are and screaming "na na na"