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ToggleOn Wall Street, there are always some hidden giants who can quietly make a fortune during periods of market volatility, and Jane Street, a giant in quantitative trading and market making, is undoubtedly the most dazzling "money printing king" in 2025.
According to the latest data disclosed by Bloomberg and other media outlets, Jane Street delivered a performance report that shocked the global financial community in 2025 (last year). This low-profile partnership not only surpassed many century-old Wall Street firms in profitability, but its record-breaking salaries have also redefined people's understanding of "financial upstarts".
The average annual income is $2.68 million, with starting salaries for fresh graduates reaching $700,000.
On Wall Street, talent is always the most valuable asset, and Jane Street's way of retaining top minds is simple and direct: offer numbers that no one in the market can refuse.
Data shows that Jane Street's total compensation payouts reached a staggering $9.38 billion in 2025, more than double that of 2024. This figure is based on the company's approximately 3,500 employees.
- Average salary: a staggering US$2.68 million (equivalent to over NT$80 million). This figure is nearly seven times the average salary at traditional investment banks such as Goldman Sachs.
- Starting salary for fresh graduates: The total compensation for newly graduated traders or quantitative researchers typically starts at $300,000 to $700,000 (base salary of about $300,000, plus huge bonuses).
- Top performers: Senior or high-performing employees who can easily earn millions or even tens of millions of dollars a year.
Despite payroll expenses reaching nearly $9.4 billion, this represents roughly 24% of its total revenue. This is a normal and extremely healthy incentive level in the high-frequency/market-making trading field.
Crushing JPMorgan Chase! Annual revenue of $39.6 billion sets a new record.
The ability to support such an outrageous compensation structure stems from Jane Street's phenomenal earning power. 2025 is considered a "super year" for Jane Street, with all its financial indicators reaching record highs:
- Net Trading Revenue: Approximately $39.6 billion , nearly double that of the previous year. This figure not only far exceeds that of its biggest competitor, Citadel Securities ($12.2 billion), but also surpasses the related trading revenue of JPMorgan Chase ($35.8 billion) and Goldman Sachs ($31.1 billion).
- Adjusted EBITDA: approximately US$31.2 billion .
- Extremely high profit margins: Benefiting from the extremely low fixed cost structure of quantitative trading and market makers, their profit margins are as high as 65% to 70% .
- Output per employee: On average, each employee generates approximately $11 million in revenue and up to $9 million in EBITDA net profit for the company.
The ETF craze and high volatility are the biggest drivers, with equity capital reaching 45 billion.
The reasons for Jane Street's explosive performance can be attributed primarily to the sharp increase in global market volatility in 2025 and the explosive growth in demand for ETF liquidity . As one of the world's most important liquidity providers, Jane Street has steadily reaped profits during every market upheaval, thanks to its powerful algorithms and arbitrage advantages across asset classes (equities, ETFs, bonds, commodities, etc.).
Furthermore, Jane Street converts a significant portion of its profits, after deducting salaries, into corporate equity. Currently, the company's member equity (own capital) has ballooned to approximately $45 billion , providing it with not only greater trading firepower but also the resources to engage in cross-industry investments—such as its early strategic investment in AI unicorn Anthropic, which yielded substantial additional returns for the quantitative giant.
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