How much can you (reasonably) make in this biz?
Yes, I realize that there are superstars everywhere, and some people will become millionaires no matter what they do. But realistically how much can an average FA expect to make? I read some of the responses to how much people made in their first year. What about after 5 or 10 years? What should be a reasonable expectation?
Thanks in advance
It depends upon whether or not they are selling what people want to buy or not.
Don’t expect to be around long if you’re goal is “average”.
hmmm…OK.
Anyone else who can provide some numbers? Sarcastic commentary I can get elsewhere.
haha, Gabe, I think the national average is between 70-90K, but that’s factoring in the new, old and in-between. I think that if you’re at the 5 year mark and aren’t making a six digit salary (or anywhere near it), then this probably isn’t for you, but that’s just my opinion
[quote=gabe]Anyone else who can provide some numbers? Sarcastic commentary I can get elsewhere.
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Gaybe, you won’t find better sarcasm than you will right here.
Yeah, it’s some good quality sarcasm!
gaybe … haha
1st year avg is $66,500.00 … Also, there was nothing sarcastic in any of the posts. You want “avg” income find another career. I’d want to know what the top 25% make the first year but that’s just me.
OK then. What’s does the top 25% make?
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[quote=wind3574] [quote=voltmoie] gaybe … haha1st year avg is $66,500.00 … Also, there was nothing sarcastic in any of the posts. You want “avg” income find another career. I’d want to know what the top 25% make the first year but that’s just me.
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If you want average go somewhere else, Voltie can only give you advice on watching porn on his couch.[/quote]
yawn Windy, I’d argue with you but I seriously consider you a retard. I’m wondering if people only invest with you because they think they’re supporting the special olympics. BTW: do you have an issue with porn?
$101k is the average, windy did that last month.
Thanks, but I don’t need advice on watching porn.
Unless you have some good recommendations?
[quote=gabe]Thanks, but I don’t need advice on watching porn.
Unless you have some good recommendations?
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Windy, can you hook Gabe up to that site with your wife and that midget?
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[quote=gabe]Thanks, but I don’t need advice on watching porn.
Unless you have some good recommendations?
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Windy, can you hook Gabe up to that site with your wife and that midget?
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I’ve got a buddy that tells me he’s got an account on adultfriendfinder.com and he’s just killing it with the women right now…
Hmmm… is that a good looking midget?
Guys ofr the sake of not becoming trollish can we either stay on topic, or take it to the lounge, because this childish bashing is on par with junior high bulls***. We are all adults, and i wouyld rather not know about your personal fetishes.
Well, my question stands. Anyone care to give me an idea of what you can expect in this business?
For example, if I understood correctly a million dollar producer at a wirehouse is at the top of the game, and that person takes home about $450k a year. Is that correct?
7-10 years in biz you should have 50 million under mgmt and be doing approx 500k a year…w-2ing between 150 and 200k. If you are not making 6 figures after 4-5 years, quit ,you will be doing yourself a favor.
Gabe, on a serious note, it is very difficult to define “average” in our line of work. It’s like saying “how much does a college graduate earn?” Seriously. It depends on so many things. Primarily, the big variable will be (1) did he inherit some assets (or a LOT of assets), (2) did he join a team, (3) what firm does he work for, (4) is there a large salary for the first few years (like at a wirehouse), (5) does the guy have some sort of leg-up (i.e. his Dad is the biggest attorney or CPA in town), etc.
The real question (which I THINK you may be getting at) should be, “what does the typical first-year scratch starter with NO assets make, not including salary/bonus?” You can sort of back into it buy figuring out reasonable production, payout %, and how much is in fee-based versus commissioned accounts (since commissions will likely average about 2.5% up-front, while fee-based might average 1.25% per year, but it takes a full year to earn all those fees).
I know this doesn’t answer your question, but that’s why you get a lot of vague answers. And most big firms that encourage fee-based business will pay scratch-starters some sort of salary or bonus to get going.
So, all things considered, it is probably reasonable to assume 55-100K first year, all-in. A few may make quite a bity more, but it’s tough to make much less and still have a job. I would guess 65K is about average.
Made $37k the first year, $57k the 2nd year. We won’t go into 3rd year numbers but I think the natural progression goes: $40k, $55k, $70k, $90k, $110k…This is probably an average (Of those that make this a long term career) and there will be those that say they were making $100k by the 4th year and that may be so, but they are probably above average producers. If you’re not making $50k by the 3rd year then its probably not a career you should stick with.
[quote=gabe] Well, my question stands. Anyone care to give me an idea of what you can expect in this business?For example, if I understood correctly a million dollar producer at a wirehouse is at the top of the game, and that person takes home about $450k a year. Is that correct?
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A 1mm producer should net (before taxes) a bit more than that. 500K is probably more likely. And a big variable is the bonus (and at Jones a 1mm producer will get excess profit sharing above IRS limit paid out to them in W2 bonus, on top of branch-office profit bonus)
What if you started 18 months ago. I have found my production mirroring the market or lagging one month. I think it’s a great time to start in the business but I dont think those numbers are accurate today. Maybe 5 years ago they were.
he real question (which I THINK you may be getting at) should be, “what does the typical first-year scratch starter with NO assets make, not including salary/bonus?” You can sort of back into it buy figuring out reasonable production, payout %, and how much is in fee-based versus commissioned accounts (since commissions will likely average about 2.5% up-front while fee-based might average 1.25% per year, but it takes a full year to earn all those fees).
Somebody is not selling Equity Linked Index Annuities with 15% year surrenders.
Registered Rep mag stated in a recent article from FA’s they surveyed that the avg rep is 49 yrs in age and has approx. 44.9 AUM w/ production at $345k and compensation after deferred etc. around $172k.
Also, the avg time in the biz was 17 yrs or so, but like someone else posted if your not pulling down $100k after 5 yrs quit and do yourself a favor. The avg Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney FA produces in the mid 600s. So by doing the math the avg FA with them is making over $200k. I know the avg is higher at Merril but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
FA’s at Jones are lower on avg. but their overall production avgs will be climbing due to the inception of ways for them to annuitize their businesses etc. w/ map and advisory solutions. The avg Jones FA that is 7yrs out and meeting or beating goals/expectations make $207k on avg as stated by Jones.
I assume that you mean grosses 207K.....I thought the number would be more like 216K. The net on that would be 86,400 IF everything was at 40% payout.Registered Rep mag stated in a recent article from FA’s they surveyed that the avg rep is 49 yrs in age and has approx. 44.9 AUM w/ production at $345k and compensation after deferred etc. around $172k.
Also, the avg time in the biz was 17 yrs or so, but like someone else posted if your not pulling down $100k after 5 yrs quit and do yourself a favor. The avg Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney FA produces in the mid 600s. So by doing the math the avg FA with them is making over $200k. I know the avg is higher at Merril but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
FA’s at Jones are lower on avg. but their overall production avgs will be climbing due to the inception of ways for them to annuitize their businesses etc. w/ map and advisory solutions. The avg Jones FA that is 7yrs out and meeting or beating goals/expectations make $207k on avg as stated by Jones.
Gabe,
Many brokers after they hit a certain income level begin to try and make the same money and work less hours. When the market was booming, I played a lot of golf and still maintained a six figure income. Now I am having to work more to maintain my income goals. This job can give you two things; money or time. In the begining, you work your arse off to make it. Once you do, you may want to spend more time with the kids, travel, golf, fish, whatever.It's hard to compare, since the avg LOS at Jones vs. the Wires is so different, and the wires primarily only hire transfer brokers with substantial experience and AUM. To give you an idea, this is based right from Jones financial statements: Across ALL 11K+ FA's at Jones, the average FA has $48mm AUM and 300K production, which means approximately half of the FA's have MORE than 48mm and produce MORE than 300K. These are 2007 numbers, so I am sure they dropped a bit. I know it's a median vs. a mean, but generally speaking, I think about half our FA's have less than 5 years LOS. So our more experienced advisors are pretty good producers. Jones' biggest problem is increasing the average LOS. Doesn't help much to hire 2000 and lose 1000 every year. We are growing at about 1000 FA's per year.Registered Rep mag stated in a recent article from FA’s they surveyed that the avg rep is 49 yrs in age and has approx. 44.9 AUM w/ production at $345k and compensation after deferred etc. around $172k.
Also, the avg time in the biz was 17 yrs or so, but like someone else posted if your not pulling down $100k after 5 yrs quit and do yourself a favor. The avg Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney FA produces in the mid 600s. So by doing the math the avg FA with them is making over $200k. I know the avg is higher at Merril but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
FA’s at Jones are lower on avg. but their overall production avgs will be climbing due to the inception of ways for them to annuitize their businesses etc. w/ map and advisory solutions. The avg Jones FA that is 7yrs out and meeting or beating goals/expectations make $207k on avg as stated by Jones.
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To give you an idea, this is based right from Jones financial statements: Across ALL 11K+ FA's at Jones, the average FA has $48mm AUM and 300K production, which means approximately half of the FA's have MORE than 48mm and produce MORE than 300K. [/quote] I thought you used to be a financial type?? Mean does not equal median in this case...the median is likely to be much lower based on having so many newbies, besides just general statistics (every 700k producer is offset by 2 100k producers, which "averages" out to 300k, etc).Hence, why I said “I know it’s a median vs. a mean, but generally speaking”…
Since I have no way of knowing the median, the mean had to proxy for it. I do not have the time or desire to figure it out, and didn't feel like explaining it.average all RR is $532,394
Median is. $399,902
Jones median production is approx = $192,344
Jones avergae production 2008 = $256,459
But this ties to B’s point of LOS, Jones Achilles heel. Too much turnover, not enough producing transfers.
Half of Jones’ advisors have been out four years or less, at least in the regions I’ve seen or heard about.
Anybody out longer than that is probably doing 200k gross like Morean says. After that, it seems that some advisors go to 500-plus K and some stay at 200k.
If Advisory solutions catches on, the numbers will get a LOT better.
I know guys who have 50 million doing 500k just with new business, replacing bonds and insurance. Advisory Solutions will double their numbers.
Eleventy kabillion dollars.
is somewhere else. Above avg even sooner.Registered Rep mag stated in a recent article from FA’s they surveyed that the avg rep is 49 yrs in age and has approx. 44.9 AUM w/ production at $345k and compensation after deferred etc. around $172k.
Also, the avg time in the biz was 17 yrs or so, but like someone else posted if your not pulling down $100k after 5 yrs quit and do yourself a favor. The avg Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney FA produces in the mid 600s. So by doing the math the avg FA with them is making over $200k. I know the avg is higher at Merril but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
FA’s at Jones are lower on avg. but their overall production avgs will be climbing due to the inception of ways for them to annuitize their businesses etc. w/ map and advisory solutions. The avg Jones FA that is 7yrs out and meeting or beating goals/expectations make $207k on avg as stated by Jones.
[quote=buyandhold]Half of Jones’ advisors have been out four years or less, at least in the regions I’ve seen or heard about.
Anybody out longer than that is probably doing 200k gross like Morean says. After that, it seems that some advisors go to 500-plus K and some stay at 200k.
If Advisory solutions catches on, the numbers will get a LOT better.
I know guys who have 50 million doing 500k just with new business, replacing bonds and insurance. Advisory Solutions will double their numbers.
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buyandhold I have seen this as well. I know a guy that is putting up 50k months with mainly insurance and mortgages.
[quote=gabe]Well, my question stands. Anyone care to give me an idea of what you can expect in this business?
For example, if I understood correctly a million dollar producer at a wirehouse is at the top of the game, and that person takes home about $450k a year. Is that correct?
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Gabe check this out it shows a comparative payout with all the firms, it will give you a good idea of what people net from production.
http://www.onwallstreet.com/global/payout_grids.html
jones is a different animal than the wires. from what i know, it's the under 250m households that make a jones office thrive. the 250m+ is hounded by the wires. i would be surprised to find many 1MM+ households at jones.
that said, the fee based model likely won't have much impact at jones. too much work and liability to make it worthwhile, and those boys have to pay the rent. to answer the rook's question, if you give up your life for 1-3 years building the book and still like doing it once you have a book established, the sky's the limit. to echo henry hill, you may choose $$$, freedom, or a bit of both...[quote=go_huskies]
jones is a different animal than the wires. from what i know, it's the under 250m households that make a jones office thrive. the 250m+ is hounded by the wires. i would be surprised to find many 1MM+ households at jones.
that said, the fee based model likely won't have much impact at jones. too much work and liability to make it worthwhile, and those boys have to pay the rent. to answer the rook's question, if you give up your life for 1-3 years building the book and still like doing it once you have a book established, the sky's the limit. to echo henry hill, you may choose $$$, freedom, or a bit of both...[/quote] The question that I haven't seen answered to this is why so? What do wires offer that Jones can't, other than Auction Rate Securities, Subprime Mortgage Derivatives, and other unsavories? Because you are a legend in your own mind? Come on....[quote=Sam Houston]Eleventy kabillion dollars.[/quote]
That’s it? Ahhh, I quit!
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jones is a different animal than the wires. from what i know, it's the under 250m households that make a jones office thrive. the 250m+ is hounded by the wires. i would be surprised to find many 1MM+ households at jones.
that said, the fee based model likely won't have much impact at jones. too much work and liability to make it worthwhile, and those boys have to pay the rent. to answer the rook's question, if you give up your life for 1-3 years building the book and still like doing it once you have a book established, the sky's the limit. to echo henry hill, you may choose $$$, freedom, or a bit of both...[/quote] The question that I haven't seen answered to this is why so? What do wires offer that Jones can't, other than Auction Rate Securities, Subprime Mortgage Derivatives, and other unsavories? Because you are a legend in your own mind? Come on....[/quote]I think go_huskies is way off in regards to Advisory Solutions. I think it will have a profound impact on EDJ. As for what the wires offer that EDJ doesn't: -Options -Managed Futures -Non-traded REITs -Robust fee-based platform that can hold individual securities, not just funds & ETFs, and not just in an allocation/rebalance model that EDJ approves. -Most have no limits on penny stocks. -Asset backed lending (although, I think EDJ has this now?) -Selling agreements with more mutual fund companies. -Ability to take discretion over client accounts. -Teams of advisors. -Hedge Funds -Private Equity -EIAs -Partnerships Notice, almost ALL of the stuff I listed, are things that HNW and UNNW clients want and/or need...or are AT LEAST being told about by wire reps. A guy with $20MM in assets doesn't give a rip about American funds (or any other mutual fund, most likely). I'm sure this will be perceived as me bashing EDJ by some - but I'm not. I'm just answering your question. Full disclosure - my firm doesn't offer a lot of those products I listed either...and I'll happily take all the appreciative, low-maintenance, non-breakpoint reaching, fee-based, "mass affluent" clients the wires "don't want." [/quote] As far as "Robust Fee Based Platform that can hold individual securities" we do have MAP. I'm new and don't know much about it, but it is said to be competitive with the marketplace and you get to select from a scrubbed list of money managers. It has discretionary characteristics with the flexibility to customize as per the client. As for asset based lending, are you talking margin? If so, yes EDJ offers margin loans. Most of the other stuff doesn't interest me that much.
Thats because you’re new. You shouldn’t be working with too many products anyways. Once you hit the 1-2 year marker it’ll hit you one day and you’ll say “If I have to explain the storied history of the Growth Fund of America ONE MORE TIME to a new client I’m going to shoot myself!” There will come a point when you want to get more sophisticated (And your clients will want that too).
[quote=iceco1d]PS - Can you short @ EDJ? Honest question, I don’t know the answer.[/quote]
I didn’t know American funds could be shorted.
PS - Can you short @ EDJ? Honest question, I don’t know the answer.
Nope.
As a matter of practice, yes we can. That being said the firm discourages us from recomending shorting as a strategy, and we need a non-solicitation letter. As for borrowing against securities, hell yeah, bring it on! As for options, to tell you the truth, the only option strategy that I would have any interest in for a long term investor would be the sale of covered calls.[quote=iceco1d] PS - Can you short @ EDJ? Honest question, I don’t know the answer.[/quote]
Nope.
I’m not that far gone from Jones, but I certainly don’t remember being able to short ANYTHING. I recall that “shorting, because it has unlimited downside, is certainly prohibited by Edward Jones” or something to that effect.
I’ve actually heard that it is possible also. They just keep it on the very very very very very very very downlow.
They don't want us poking ourselves in the eye with any sharp objects or anything.Yep. Gotta sign two letters absolving the firm of any liability, but it can be done.
Ice - you use the words “not EDJ bashing” more than I crap. Not iceco1d bashing, just making a casual observation.
That's because the last time I posted a factual observation, a few EDJ reps jumped on post like st!nk on sh!t. I want it to be very clear that I'm not trying to offend EDJ reps, nor am I trying to poke fun at EDJ as a company; but just answer a question. I've never work there, so I'm speaking as an outsider, but I think EDJ is a fine firm.[/quote][quote=voltmoie]Ice - you use the words “not EDJ bashing” more than I crap. Not iceco1d bashing, just making a casual observation.
What is so "fine" about EDJ?
Don't be too hard on ice. He doesn't make a practice out of making sure we all understand everything that EDJ does wrong and/or make up a lot of things that he imagines EDJ does wrong.
EDJ has always been a company designed for the masses, not the UHNW crowd. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to work with 5 people with $20MM portfolios and call it a day. However, there are a ton more people with $500K- $1MM portfolios that don't have any desire to use any of the things that ice mentioned Jones doesn't have. So, Jones will continue to be a company that is designed to cater mostly to the average Joe out there. My guess is that even if places like MER or MS have all of those things, the average FA there doesn't use any of them on a regular basis except maybe the fee based account that can encompass everything. My issue, which hasn't changed a bit even though Jones launched Advisory, with those type of fee based accounts is that I've seen too many times that it can create a lazy advisor who gets paid regardless of if he actually does anything with the client or not.Source URL:https://www.wealthmanagement.com/forums/rookies-trainees/how-much-can-you-reasonably-make-biz