Noninterest Expense

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Noninterest Expense [Abstract]

Noninterest expense

Noninterest expense

The following table presents the components of noninterest expense.

Year ended December 31, (in millions)	2013		2012		2011
Compensation expense	$	30,810	$	30,585	$	29,037
Noncompensation expense:
Occupancy expense	3,693		3,925		3,895
Technology, communications and equipment expense	5,425		5,224		4,947
Professional and outside services	7,641		7,429		7,482
Marketing	2,500		2,577		3,143
Other expense(a)(b)	19,761		14,032		13,559
Amortization of intangibles	637		957		848
Total noncompensation expense	39,657		34,144		33,874
Total noninterest expense	$	70,467	$	64,729	$	62,911

(a) Included firmwide legal expense of $11.1 billion, $5.0 billion and $4.9 billion for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

(b) Included FDIC-related expense of $1.5 billion, $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.