Most Employee Bonuses Last Year Were Expected to Match 2023 Levels

Bonuses in the financial services industry were expected to soar anywhere from 5% to 35%, the best performance since 2021, a report by Johnson Associates found.

“The economy was much better, and then markets were up dramatically,” said Alan Johnson, the company’s founder, explaining why bonuses were expected to surge. “I think people were expecting that, with some degree of probability, that it would be a lot worse. That didn’t happen, which was a nice surprise.”

HR Brew / January 2, 2025