2025 Private Equity Compensation Report

Annually, our team conducts a comprehensive survey to reveal insights into the changing landscape of private equity and venture capital compensation.

The Private Equity Compensation Report, which covers Venture Capital Compensation in detail as well, has grown to become the most comprehensive benchmark for private equity and venture capital compensation practices in the industry. The Report represents a compensation benchmark resource that is comprehensive, reliable and affordable.

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With over 50 detailed charts and graphs, we have prepared this report to help you understand the industry pay benchmarks and changes in private equity and VC compensation practices. Highlights include:

  • Base vs. Bonus – broken out by level of earnings
  • Average Compensation by Title
  • Carried Interest (“Carry”) Participation by Title
  • Carry Participation by Years of Work Experience
  • Cash Compensation by Fund Size for most common titles
  • Full table of Earnings by Title (mean and ranges)
  • Hours Worked per Week
  • Vacation Earned vs. Taken
  • Upside Sharing
  • Plus much more
If you’re a PE or VC professional, then knowing where the salary market is at, and what you’re really worth, can potentially be worth thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to you when negotiating your compensation package. Conversely, if you’re not aware of where salary and compensation levels are at, you run the risk of selling yourself short and potentially missing out on higher salary and benefits. The Private Equity and VC Compensation Report puts the power back in your hands, by giving you up-to-date market intelligence on salary and compensation practices and trends in the fields of Private Equity and Venture Capital.

If you represent a PE or VC firm, then understanding salary and compensation benchmarks is one of the keys to recruiting and retaining top talent. Knowing where the salary market is now, and where it is heading, gives you a competitive edge when setting salary and compensation practices. It also gives you the information you need to avoid under-paying (causing high rates of defection), or over-paying (which hits profitability). The Private Equity and VC Compensation Report puts power back in your hands, by giving you up-to-date market intelligence on salary and compensation practices and trends in Private Equity and Venture Capital.

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I did find very useful your salary guide – that definitely helped me to negotiate my offer.
James R., Washington DC

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Paul C., Ohio

[I use the Report] to benchmark my own compensation vs. the industry.
Principal, Menlo Park

The Private Equity Compensation Report has grown to become the most comprehensive benchmark for private equity and venture capital compensation practices in the industry. The Report represents a compensation benchmark resource that is comprehensive, reliable and affordable.

Some of the participating firms over the years include:

• 3i • EdgeStone Capital Partners
• Actis • Global Environment Fund
• American Capital • Highland Capital Partners
• Babson Capital Management • Hilco Consumer Capital
• Bain Capital • Kaiser Permanente Ventures
• Barclays Capital • Kayne Anderson
• BlackRock • North Atlantic Capital
• Clairvest • Qualcomm
• CPP Investment Board • RBS
• Deutsche Bank • Safeguard Scientifics
• DuPont Capital Management • SV Life Sciences
• EDC Equity • Time Warner Investments

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