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Chicago-founded proprietary trading firm. No equity - base + discretionary bonus. Posted base ranges are tight ($200-250K for most experienced roles); bonus drives the spread.
Ranges aggregated from publicly-available sources. Treat the median (p50) as roughly representative; quartile bands reflect negotiation range. Have specific data points or corrections? Send them in.
Jump Trading is a privately held proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with large New York and international offices. There is no equity: comp is base plus a discretionary bonus, and Jump does not publish bonus figures. Jump posts base ranges on US roles (IL and NY pay-transparency rules), and they cluster at $200-250K for experienced engineers, with campus systems roles at $200-250K and AI research roles at $300K. Public total-comp data is thinner and lower than for Citadel, Jane Street or HRT - levels.fyi shows a $430K median with no level split - so the bands here are wider and stop at senior. Treat everything above the mid band as directional.
Levels.fyi shows no level breakdown for Jump (one level, 115 reports), so these are tenure bands, not Jump titles. Posted base ranges are unusually tight - $200-250K for most experienced US engineering roles - so most of the spread is bonus.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $190K | $200K | $225K | $250K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $85K | $140K | $185K | $250K |
| Total comp | $275K | $340K | $410K | $500K |
Base is anchored on Jump's own campus postings ($200-250K full-time systems engineering; the SWE internship pays $250K annualized). Bonus is not published. Sparse public data - directional; the total band is inferred from Tradermath's year-one reports, which mix roles.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $200K | $225K | $250K | $250K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $140K | $195K | $240K | $325K |
| Total comp | $340K | $420K | $490K | $575K |
Best-covered band. The levels.fyi median package ($250K base + $180K bonus, 5 YOE, NYC) and a Blind report of $350K TC plus a $75K sign-on at 3 YOE both sit here. Bonus is discretionary and tied to personal and team results.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $225K | $250K | $250K | $275K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $175K | $225K | $325K | $425K |
| Total comp | $400K | $475K | $575K | $700K |
Postings asking for 5-7+ years still list $200-250K base, so seniority shows up in bonus. The highest levels.fyi report is $687.5K. Sparse public data - directional; no public data separates staff-level engineers, so no band is shown above this one.
Cross-referenced against public reporting, state pay-transparency postings, and triangulated where source ranges disagreed. Last refresh: October 2026.
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