As recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets, growth in total compensation is strongest for risk management jobs titled Senior Associate/Manager and Director, but negative for Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In surveys prior to 2008, total compensation for Managing Director exceeded $800,000 and total compensation for Chief Risk Officers topped $1 million. This year’s survey puts the average total compensation in the $600,000 and $850,000 range for Managing Directors and Chief Risk Officers respectively. However, there is a significant deviation from the average for Chief Risk Officers employed by investment banks, who average more than $2 million in total compensation compared to their counterparts at commercial bank and foreign-owned banks also represented in the survey.
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Average Total Compensation, Salary and Bonus by Title (USD)
Source: Risk Talent Associates Salary Survey 2010. All figures in US Dollars and rounded to nearest thousand.