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Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Analyst jobs

The brand every analyst seat is benchmarked against — but core US IB reqs are closed until the early-2027 wave.

$165k–$225k
total comp (est.)
81/100
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The Investment Banking Analyst role

Goldman’s Investment Banking Division is organized by industry coverage group, with M&A and the Capital Solutions Group handling capital markets and risk management. Analysts support advisory and financing mandates, starting with Goldman Sachs University orientation and an apprenticeship-style team model. The 9–10 week summer analyst program is the main route into full-time analyst offers.

Goldman does not publish an IB analyst class size, group-placement model or training length; firmwide it hired about 2,500–3,000 summer interns from 360,000+ applicants in 2025 and cites 2.5K+ interns from 500+ schools in its 2026 program, with divisional group placement stated at the application stage.

Worth knowing: Goldman received more than 360,000 applications for its 2025 intern class and accepted about 0.7% — and as of October 2026 it has no core US IB analyst req live on its own ATS despite program pages saying ‘applications for select businesses are now open’.

Goldman Sachs IB analyst salary

$110k–$115k
Base salary
$165k–$225k
Total comp (est., with equity)

Base: Goldman posts no range on a US IB generalist analyst req right now; the closest posted New York campus analyst ranges are $110,000–$115,000 (2027 IB Quantitative Strats Summer Analyst, posted Aug 15, 2026, and the 2027 NYC Engineering New Analyst), and experienced-hire NYC analyst reqs in IB Capital Solutions post $110,000–$125,000 (Sep–Oct 2026). All-in: Mergers & Inquisitions’ 2026 report (updated Jul 8, 2026) range for New York large-bank analysts, 25th–75th percentile, base plus year-end bonus — an industry range, not Goldman-specific. levels.fyi (US analyst level, n=13) shows a median total of $130k on a $120k median base, too thin to use as a range.

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How Goldman Sachs scores

Compensation
7
Program maturity
10
Career capital
10
Momentum
5

Index score: 81/100. How we rank →

Goldman Sachs IB analyst: common questions

Goldman Sachs’s posted first-year analyst base is $110k–$115k. Reported first-year all-in compensation including bonus is $165k–$225k. Base: Goldman posts no range on a US IB generalist analyst req right now; the closest posted New York campus analyst ranges are $110,000–$115,000 (2027 IB Quantitative Strats Summer Analyst, posted Aug 15, 2026, and the 2027 NYC Engineering New Analyst), and experienced-hire NYC analyst reqs in IB Capital Solutions post $110,000–$125,000 (Sep–Oct 2026). All-in: Mergers & Inquisitions’ 2026 report (updated Jul 8, 2026) range for New York large-bank analysts, 25th–75th percentile, base plus year-end bonus — an industry range, not Goldman-specific. levels.fyi (US analyst level, n=13) shows a median total of $130k on a $120k median base, too thin to use as a range.
As of October 10, 2026: Closed in the US as of Oct 10, 2026: no core US Investment Banking summer analyst or new analyst req is live on higher.gs.com, even though Goldman’s Americas program pages still say ‘applications for select businesses are now open’. Live 2027 reqs are IB-adjacent only — IB Quantitative Strats summer analyst (New York, Dallas) and the Banking Analytics & Solutions Group summer analyst (Dallas, posted Sep 24, 2026).. Check the live campus page for current windows.
Closed — no core US IB summer or new analyst req is live on higher.gs.com; trackers expect the 2028 summer window around January 2027, reviewed on a rolling basis
Summer analyst: currently pursuing a college or university degree, usually in the penultimate year. New Analyst: undergraduate or graduate degree conferred between December 2026 and July 2027. Up to four business/location combinations per recruiting year. No GPA minimum is published.

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