Wall Street bonuses hit a new record last year, edging toward $250,000 average
2025 was a pretty good year for US stocks... and new data suggests it was an even better one for workers on Wall Street itself.
In a year that saw pretax profits on the Street rise more than 30% to a record $65 billion, dealmakers, traders, and wealth managers raked in ~$246,900 in bonuses on average — an all-time high — per a new report from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli published on Thursday.
According to DiNapoli, last year’s record $49.2 billion bonus pool (estimated using income tax data without including stock options or other deferred compensation) reflects Wall Street’s “strong performance for much of last year, despite all of the ongoing domestic and international upheavals.”
Americans are spending more of the workday sitting — the jobs driving the trend often come with more money
Software developers sit nearly all day and make six figures. Fast-food workers are on their feet almost nonstop, and earn about $30,000 a year.
Nurses are still America’s most trusted workers
While healthcare professionals continue to lead Gallup’s ranking of ethics ratings, Americans’ trust in many occupations has slumped to record lows.
More Americans are living alone than ever before
As a viral app sparks debate about solo living in China, new Census Bureau data shows that the share of one-person households in the US is reaching record highs.
Amazon Prime now has 200 million shoppers in the US, up 6% from last year, according to new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. However, that doesn’t mean there are 200 million Prime subscriptions — which go for $139 a year — since multiple people in a household can share the same membership. Amazon recently added free same-day grocery delivery for many Prime subscribers, in hopes of getting more Americans to fork over that annual fee.
