Quant Salary Calculator
See what you're worth
Pick your role, market and experience level to see the current benchmark range against the KnowQaunt dataset.
How do I know if I'm underpaid as a quant?
Compare your total compensation — base plus bonus — against the range for your role, city and years of experience, not against base salary alone. Bonus is the majority of the package in most quant seats, so two offers with identical base salaries can differ by several hundred thousand in realised pay.
Researcher · New York
$500k
Median total compensation for a quant researcher at this level
- Lower quartile
- $350k
- Median
- $500k
- Upper quartile
- $650k
Base salary component: $175k – $250k
Show me firms likely to hire my profile
Pick the skills you would put on a CV. We match them against each firm's published hiring focus, office footprint and strategy mix.
Confidential benchmark
A verified benchmark against firms actively hiring your profile needs more than a slider — actual package structure, deferral, and what you would move for. Confidential submissions open alongside the Index dataset.
Methodology
Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.
KnowQaunt 2026.1 · Updated September 2026
These are indicative ranges pending first-party verification. They will be replaced by verified submissions as the Quant Salary Index dataset builds.
Calculated against KnowQaunt 2026.1