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Researching: What internal compensation bands does Goldman Sachs use for VPs in
2026?
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╭─────────────────────────────────── Answer ───────────────────────────────────╮
│ Goldman Sachs does not publicly disclose formal internal compensation bands │
│ for VPs. Based on available evidence, the VP title at Goldman Sachs is a │
│ single, wide-band level (there are no officially published sub-bands like │
│ VP1/VP2/VP3 at Goldman, unlike some other banks). Compensation varies │
│ enormously depending on division (front office vs. middle/back office) and │
│ seniority within the band. Key data points for 2026: (1) Glassdoor reports a │
│ typical total pay range of $213,109$391,379 (25th75th percentile) across │
│ ~4,695 salary submissions, covering all VP roles firm-wide. (2) Levels.fyi │
│ reports a median total VP compensation of $144K, which likely skews toward │
│ tech/engineering roles. (3) 6figr reports an average of $297K (range │
│ $265K$501K, top 10% up to $514K) based on 67 profiles. (4) For front-office │
│ Investment Banking VPs specifically, Glassdoor reports a much higher range │
│ of $480,547$888,585 (25th75th percentile) based on 14 salaries. (5) │
│ Industry benchmarks from Mergers & Inquisitions (2026 update) place │
│ front-office IB VP base salary at $250$300K with total compensation of │
│ $525$800K for NY-based roles. (6) Indeed reports an average of ~$145,324, │
│ consistent with a broad mix of roles. Community sources (Fishbowl) confirm │
│ the VP band is 'very wide' with no official internal sub-levels at Goldman; │
│ pay differentiation happens informally by group, skillset, and front vs. │
│ back office status. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Citations
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│ 1 │ Total salary range for │ The typical pay range is │ 0.85 │
│ │ Goldman Sachs Vice President │ between $213,109 (25th │ │
│ │ - Glassdoor │ percentile) and $391,379 (75th │ │
│ │ https://www.glassdoor.com/Sal │ percentile) annually. This is │ │
│ │ ary/Goldman-Sachs-Vice-Presid │ based on 4,695 salaries │ │
│ │ ent-Salaries-E2800_D_KO14,28. │ submitted by Goldman Sachs │ │
│ │ htm │ │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 2 │ Total salary range for │ The typical pay range is │ 0.85 │
│ │ Goldman Sachs Vice President │ between $220,674 (25th │ │
│ │ - Glassdoor │ percentile) and $411,924 (75th │ │
│ │ https://www.glassdoor.com/Sal │ percentile) annually. This is │ │
│ │ ary/Goldman-Sachs-V-P-Salarie │ based on 4,695 salaries │ │
│ │ s-E2800_D_KO14,17.htm │ submitted by Goldman Sachs │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 3 │ Goldman Sachs Vice President │ The median Vice President │ 0.75 │
│ │ Salary | $110K-$144K+ | │ compensation in United States │ │
│ │ Levels.fyi │ package at Goldman Sachs │ │
│ │ https://www.levels.fyi/compan │ totals $144K per year. View │ │
│ │ ies/goldman-sachs/salaries/vi │ the base salary, stock, and │ │
│ │ ce-president │ bonus breakdowns for Goldman │ │
│ │ │ Sachs's total compensation │ │
│ │ │ packages. Last updated: │ │
│ │ │ 4/6/2026 │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 4 │ Goldman Sachs Vice President │ Employees at Goldman Sachs as │ 0.70 │
│ │ Vp Salaries 2026 | │ Vice President Vp earn an │ │
│ │ $265k-$514k │ average of $297k, mostly │ │
│ │ https://6figr.com/us/salary/g │ ranging from $265k per year to │ │
│ │ oldman-sachs--vice-president- │ $501k per year based on 67 │ │
│ │ vp │ profiles. The top 10% │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 5 │ Goldman Sachs Investment │ The typical pay range is │ 0.65 │
│ │ Banking Vice President ... │ between $480,547 (25th │ │
│ │ https://www.glassdoor.com/Sal │ percentile) and $888,585 (75th │ │
│ │ ary/Goldman-Sachs-Investment- │ percentile) annually. This is │ │
│ │ Banking-Vice-President-Salari │ based on 14 salaries submitted │ │
│ │ es-E2800_D_KO14,47.htm │ by Goldman Sachs │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 6 │ Investment Banker Salary and │ Vice President (VP) | 28-40 | │ 0.88 │
│ │ Bonus Report: 2026 Update │ $250-$300K | $525-$800K | 3-4 │ │
│ │ https://mergersandinquisition │ years │ │
│ │ s.com/investment-banker-salar │ │ │
│ │ y/ │ NOTE: All numbers are pre-tax │ │
│ │ │ for New York-based │ │
│ │ │ front-office roles and include │ │
│ │ │ base salaries and year-end │ │
│ │ │ bonuses but not │ │
│ │ │ signing/relocation bonuses, │ │
│ │ │ stub bonuses, benefits, etc. │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 7 │ Vice President yearly │ Average Goldman Sachs Vice │ 0.70 │
│ │ salaries in the United States │ President yearly pay in the │ │
│ │ at Goldman Sachs │ United States is approximately │ │
│ │ https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Go │ $145,324, which is 9% below │ │
│ │ ldman-Sachs/salaries/Vice-Pre │ the national average. Salary │ │
│ │ sident │ estimated from │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 8 │ Are there internal levels/ │ Goldman VP band is very wide. │ 0.72 │
│ │ bands within the VP tit... | │ Promoted from associate and │ │
│ │ Fishbowl │ Next step md is difficult to │ │
│ │ https://www.fishbowlapp.com/p │ get. │ │
│ │ ost/are-there-internal-levels │ │ │
│ │ -bands-within-the-vp-title-at │ Yes, banks have different │ │
│ │ -goldman-sachs-fwiw-this-is-f │ bands depending on skillset, │ │
│ │ or-a-nonbusiness-internal-str │ group within the firm, front │ │
│ │ ategy-kind │ office vs back office, etc │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ Not Goldman though. It's just │ │
│ │ │ VP │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 9 │ VP of FP&A at Goldman Sachs │ FP&A is middle office at │ 0.65 │
│ │ salary : r/FPandA - Reddit │ banks, they won't make │ │
│ │ https://www.reddit.com/r/FPan │ anywhere near $400k at VP │ │
│ │ dA/comments/1dgguz5/vp_of_fpa │ level. Front office VP │ │
│ │ _at_goldman_sachs_salary/ │ positions will all clear over │ │
│ │ │ $400k in a place │ │
├─────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 10 │ Goldman Sachs Vp Salaries │ 15 to 15 yrs. Base. $179k. │ 0.65 │
│ │ 2026 | $208k-$586k - │ Stocks / Yr. $21k. Bonus. │ │
│ │ 6figr.com │ $120k. Total Salary. $318k. │ │
│ │ https://6figr.com/us/salary/g │ Goldman Sachs Vp salary levels │ │
│ │ oldman-sachs--vp │ ranges from Vice President │ │
│ │ │ (Accountant) upto │ │
└─────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┴───────┘
Gaps
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┃ Category ┃ Topic ┃ Detail ┃
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│ source_not_found │ Official internal Goldman │ Goldman Sachs does not │
│ │ Sachs VP compensation │ publicly publish its │
│ │ bands │ internal compensation │
│ │ │ bands or grade │
│ │ │ structures. No │
│ │ │ authoritative internal │
│ │ │ HR documentation was │
│ │ │ found. All data is from │
│ │ │ third-party crowdsourced │
│ │ │ salary platforms. │
├───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ source_not_found │ VP sub-band breakdown │ Community sources │
│ │ (VP1/VP2/VP3 equivalents) │ explicitly state Goldman │
│ │ │ uses a single 'VP' title │
│ │ │ with no formal │
│ │ │ sub-levels, unlike some │
│ │ │ peers. No granular │
│ │ │ sub-band salary data │
│ │ │ exists in any source │
│ │ │ reviewed. │
├───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ scope_exceeded │ Non-US VP compensation │ Some sources (e.g., │
│ │ bands │ AmbitionBox) reference │
│ │ │ India-based VP salaries │
│ │ │ (₹49.4L₹54.6L), but │
│ │ │ comprehensive │
│ │ │ international band data │
│ │ │ was not gathered. The │
│ │ │ question context appears │
│ │ │ US-focused. │
├───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ contradictory_sources │ Levels.fyi median │ Levels.fyi reports a │
│ │ discrepancy │ median of $144K while │
│ │ │ Glassdoor and 6figr │
│ │ │ report $213K$411K │
│ │ │ ranges. Levels.fyi │
│ │ │ likely captures │
│ │ │ engineering/tech VPs who │
│ │ │ have different │
│ │ │ compensation structures │
│ │ │ and lower base pay than │
│ │ │ finance VPs. │
└───────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
Discovery Events
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┃ ┃ Suggested ┃ ┃ ┃
┃ Type ┃ Researcher ┃ Query ┃ Reason ┃
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│ contradiction │ database │ Goldman Sachs VP │ Large discrepancy │
│ │ │ total │ between │
│ │ │ compensation by │ Levels.fyi ($144K │
│ │ │ division 2025 │ median) and │
│ │ │ 2026 │ Glassdoor │
│ │ │ │ ($213K$391K │
│ │ │ │ range) suggests │
│ │ │ │ the VP population │
│ │ │ │ is heterogeneous │
│ │ │ │ across tech and │
│ │ │ │ finance │
│ │ │ │ functions; │
│ │ │ │ further │
│ │ │ │ segmentation by │
│ │ │ │ division would │
│ │ │ │ resolve this. │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ related_research │ null │ Goldman Sachs │ Understanding how │
│ │ │ internal grade │ Goldman's VP band │
│ │ │ structure VP │ maps to peer │
│ │ │ Director MD 2026 │ banks' grade │
│ │ │ │ systems would │
│ │ │ │ clarify the wide │
│ │ │ │ compensation │
│ │ │ │ range observed. │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ related_research │ null │ Goldman Sachs │ Mergers & │
│ │ │ 2025 bonus pool │ Inquisitions │
│ │ │ VP payout by │ notes senior │
│ │ │ division │ bankers (VPs+) │
│ │ │ │ received │
│ │ │ │ disproportionate │
│ │ │ │ 2025 bonus │
│ │ │ │ increases; │
│ │ │ │ division-level │
│ │ │ │ data would │
│ │ │ │ sharpen the band │
│ │ │ │ picture. │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┘
Open Questions
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┃ Priority ┃ Question ┃ Context ┃
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│ high │ Does Goldman Sachs use any │ Fishbowl community posts │
│ │ informal internal seniority │ confirm the VP band is wide and │
│ │ designations within the VP │ pay varies significantly, but │
│ │ title (e.g., junior VP vs. │ it is unclear whether informal │
│ │ senior VP) that affect │ tracking of seniority within │
│ │ compensation but are not │ the band drives structured pay │
│ │ publicly disclosed? │ steps. │
├──────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ high │ How did 2025 year-end bonuses │ Mergers & Inquisitions notes │
│ │ for Goldman Sachs VPs compare │ that VPs and Directors saw │
│ │ to the prior year, and were │ 1015% total comp increases in │
│ │ front-office VPs │ 2025, but Goldman-specific │
│ │ disproportionate beneficiaries? │ figures were not isolated. │
├──────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ medium │ Why does Levels.fyi report a │ The discrepancy likely reflects │
│ │ $144K median for Goldman Sachs │ different user populations │
│ │ VPs when Glassdoor and 6figr │ (tech-focused on Levels.fyi vs. │
│ │ report ranges starting at │ finance-focused on │
│ │ $213K$265K? │ Glassdoor/6figr), but this has │
│ │ │ not been confirmed. │
├──────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ medium │ What is the typical │ Fishbowl notes the VP band is │
│ │ time-in-grade for a Goldman │ wide and the step to MD is │
│ │ Sachs VP before promotion to │ difficult; Mergers & │
│ │ Managing Director, and does │ Inquisitions gives a 34 year │
│ │ longer tenure correlate with │ promotion window for VPs across │
│ │ meaningfully higher within-band │ large banks. │
│ │ pay? │ │
└──────────┴─────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
╭───────────────────────────────── Confidence ─────────────────────────────────╮
│ Overall: 0.62 │
│ Corroborating sources: 8 │
│ Source authority: medium │
│ Contradiction detected: True │
│ Query specificity match: 0.55 │
│ Budget status: spent │
│ Recency: current │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────────────── Cost ────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Tokens: 51829 │
│ Iterations: 4 │
│ Wall time: 98.38s │
│ Model: claude-sonnet-4-6 │
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