Quant Salary Potential

[JimmyJimbo]

How possible/hard is it to make 500k a year as a quant? What kind of salary potential do quants have, and how do you attain advancements in salary? Are you ever taken advantage of by a company and given a position with few advancement opportunities (salary cap)?
Thanks!

 

[yetanotherquant]

Highly unrealistic. In Germany you shoud be happy to start with €50K. If you are lucky you can grow to €100K in some years + comparable bonus (if you are in front-office).