I spent a fair bit of time in finance and it was not uncommon there to have a bonus that was a multiple of your salary. If you quoted just the salary numbers t

I spent a fair bit of time in finance and it was not uncommon there to have a bonus that was a multiple of your salary. If you quoted just the salary numbers than finance would look like it underpaid where as the opposite is true. In many places bonus isn't even the correct term as a substantial portion of it was guaranteed.