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In a good team (competition/ b&f/ top corp) an associate will easily bill 60-80 lakhs (realised). This comes out to 4-6 lakhs of bill share in a year.
Taking the lower end at 4 lakhs, an A1 compensation comes out as:
14.4L (fixed) + 4L (bill share) + 3.5L (bonus) = 22L
Contrast this with SAM/CAM/AZB which pay A1s between 21-23L, this is bang in middle.
Any money you make over and above the assumed 4L bill share will take you way above market standards. Know at least a couple of A1s last year who made 8/9L in bill share. You decide if that is market standard.
Now some people will still come and cry that bill share is a scam, for that reason I would like to clarify that low billing teams/disputes teams would probably see a bill share of 1/2L. So tread with caution.
Take an informed decision - happy to address any specifics. Cheers!