Noninterest Expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Noninterest Expense [Abstract]

Components of noninterest expense

The following table presents the components of noninterest expense.

Year ended December 31, (in millions)	2014		2013		2012
Compensation expense	$	30,160	$	30,810	$	30,585
Noncompensation expense:
Occupancy	3,909		3,693		3,925
Technology, communications and equipment	5,804		5,425		5,224
Professional and outside services	7,705		7,641		7,429
Marketing	2,550		2,500		2,577
Other(a)(b)	11,146		20,398		14,989
Total noncompensation expense	31,114		39,657		34,144
Total noninterest expense	$	61,274	$	70,467	$	64,729

(a) Included firmwide legal expense of $2.9 billion, $11.1 billion and $5.0 billion and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(b) Included FDIC-related expense of $1.0 billion, $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.