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The Bonus Boom

Wall Street's unjust rewards, by the numbers.

The Bonus Boom

4,793
$1 million-plus bonuses paid by major Wall St. firms in 2008

7.7%
Compensation increase at major firms from 2007 to 2009...

30%
...and at JPMorgan Chase

$140B
Projected 2009 compensation at major firms

The Bonus Boom

This chart is part of Mother Jones' coverage of the financial crisis, one year later.

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