Jane Street
New York, NY · founded 1999
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm founded in 1999, headquartered at 250 Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan and famous for punching far above its ~3,000-person headcount. The work is intense and intellectually demanding, hiring is brutally selective from elite math and CS backgrounds, and the reward is some of the most competitive pay in all of finance. The office leans into a playful, puzzle-loving culture: chess, bughouse and ping-pong tables, weekly classes, catered meals, and a private gym and medical suite. Benefits are genuinely above the finance norm, with fully paid medical/dental/vision, 12 weeks of parental leave for all parents, and expanded fertility coverage.
see the full file on Jane Streetdocumented benefits (24)
| Birthing-parent leave | offered |
|---|---|
| Partner leave | 12 weeks |
| How leave is framed | birthing_partner |
| Fertility support | yes |
| Lactation rooms | yes |
| Countries with offices | United States, Netherlands, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Singapore |
| Tuition reimbursement | offered |
| Employer pays full premium | yes |
| Mental health | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Offices | New York, NY, Chicago, IL, London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore |
| Food | multiple_meals |
| Internal course catalog | yes |
| On-site health clinic | yes |
| On-site gym | yes |
| On-site cafeteria | yes |
| Campus or amenities | New York office at 250 Vesey Street in the Financial District (Brookfield Place), with views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty; on-site gym, medical suite, nursing suites, quiet rooms, library, classrooms/auditoriums, cafes and recreation spaces. |
| Median filed wage | $300,000 |
| Gender pay gap, median | 36% |
| Gender pay gap, mean | 19.8% |
| Bonus gap, median | 44.8% |
what Jane Street pays
Median of 14 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $300,000.
Half of Jane Street's certified filings fall between $250,000 and $300,000.
| role | median | filings | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| software engineer | $300,000 | 5 filings | |
| trader | $300,000 | 3 filings | |
| production engineer | $300,000 | 2 filings | $250,000 to $300,000 |
| trading desk operations engineer | $220,000 | 2 filings | $190,000 to $220,000 |
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- NYC office at 250 Vesey Street in the Financial District, with views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty
- Recreation spaces with tables for chess, bughouse, cards, ping pong, pool and foosball
- On-site libraries, classrooms and auditoriums
- After-work chess and ping-pong tournaments, card games, trivia nights, dinners and the occasional karaoke night
- Company-sponsored employee sports teams
- Speaker series featuring world-class thinkers
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Jane Street. It applies to every employer in NY.
| IVF cycles the state covers | New York requires three IVF cycles, from large groups only. Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3) require large group policies to cover 'three cycles of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) used to treat infertility and prescription drugs that are prescribed for the IVF treatment'. Large group means more than 100 employees, and the law applies to policies issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2020. Age restrictions are not permitted, and an insurer may not discriminate on age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity. Small group and individual plans must cover basic infertility treatment such as intrauterine insemination but are NOT required to cover IVF. THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: the Department of Financial Services states that 'the IVF law does not apply to self-funded ERISA plans', nor to Medicaid managed care, the Essential Plan or Medicare. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan and 80% at firms of 200 or more, so at most large New York employers this law does not apply and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (New York Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3), effective 1 January 2020.) |
|---|---|
| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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