The salary and bonus structure is because there is not much else to pay for other than people (and the shareholders who put up the money at risk, but they manag

The salary and bonus structure is because there is not much else to pay for other than people (and the shareholders who put up the money at risk, but they managed to get away with paying them very little, another interesting story). If money is the product you deal with, you take some of it. If there is little competition you take a lot. The more the money passes you the more it adds up.