Top finance jobs?

Question

Hi

I'm considering working in the finance sector, but would like to find out a couple of things.

1. What are the highest paying jobs in a bank?

2. Is finance still the highest paying sector? or is it something else with all the recent issues?

thank you very much

Answer 1

1. in an investment bank (ie. JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch), a trader is one of the highest paid - mostly higher than brokers or the CEO. in a regional bank (ie. Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo), the CEO is the highest paid.

2. finance is one of the highest paying sectors. i don't think there's any one sector w/c is the "highest paying" because it depends on what you do in that particular industry. you could work for mcdonald's and move up to become a national vice-president which is obviously a higher paying job than any junior analyst in wall street. however, you could be the CEO of Microsoft but still get paid less than a star trader at one of Goldman Sachs' hedge funds.

IMHO, a rewarding career is all about "how well you do what you do", and not "where you work".

hope this helps. good luck.