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Good ol’ bonus days are back for Goldman

Goldman’s back to being Goldman again.

After several lean years, the investment bank’s top brass are getting a boost in their salaries and stock awards.

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein bagged a $14.6 million compensation package. That includes 78,111 restricted shares, which would be valued at $12.6 million based on Goldman’s closing price yesterday of $161.77.

The stock awards, which were also paid to other top executives, vest over a three-year period and can’t be sold until 2016. Top brass are encouraged to hold onto at least 75 percent of their stock-based pay, according to insiders.

In addition, Blankfein got a 230 percent bump in his base salary to $2 million, up from the $600,000 in base pay he’s received since 2007.

Blankfein’s pay package represents a total increase in compensation of 52 percent compared to last year, when he pulled in roughly $9.6 million. The figures exclude the cost of private jets, cars and other perks.

Other top execs, including Goldman CFO David Viniar, COO Gary Cohn and Vice Chairman Michael Evans, received identical stock awards and also got a boost in their base salary, with each hauling in $1.85 million annually.

Although Blankfein’s pay is huge by working-stiff standards, it’s a far cry from the halcyon days of 2007, when he hauled in a $67.9 million bonus.

Other firms have been hiking base pay for top executives at a time when regulators are mulling new rules for Wall Street pay.

mark.decambre@nypost.com