Also called: DCM Banker, LevFin Banker
Helps companies and governments borrow huge sums by selling bonds or arranging big loans.
You watch interest rates all morning, call investors to gauge demand for a $2 billion bond and help a private equity firm line up loans to buy a company.
BLS groups investment bankers with securities sales agents (median ~$78k), which hides Wall Street pay; figures here are typical total pay (salary plus bonus) at major banks.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics, Mathematics.
Growing about average. Bond markets are always open for business.
Medium risk for 10 years. Bond pricing and investor matching are getting more electronic; structuring big financings and client advice remain human.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, Accounting, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-3031.
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