Law firms
Law firm salaries compared
The top firms at the market all pay at similar (high) levels, but there are differences which are worth considering when making your applications. It's also important to check regional variations: some firms will pay the same salary in all their offices across the US, while others will pay different rates in different markets. Check each firm's Inside View for more information.
| 1st Year Salary | 2nd Year Salary | |
|---|---|---|
A&O Shearman | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Akin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Alston & Bird | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Arnold & Porter | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Ashurst Perkins Coie | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Axinn | $250,000 | Undisclosed |
Baker Botts | $225,000 | $235,000 |
BakerHostetler | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Bracewell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Brown Rudnick | $215,000 | $225,000 |
Cahill | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Cleary Gottlieb | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Clifford Chance | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Cooley | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Covington & Burling | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Cozen O'Connor | $180,000 - $215,000 | Undisclosed |
Cravath | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Debevoise & Plimpton | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Dechert | $225,000 | $235,000 |
DLA Piper | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Duane Morris | $215,000 [Philadelphia; Dallas; Washington, DC; New York; Austin; Chicago; Baltimore; Boston] $200,000 [Miami; San Diego; Fort Worth; Pittsburgh; Atlanta; Boca Raton] $195,000 [South Jersey; North Jersey] | Undisclosed |
Elsberg Baker & Maruri | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (US) | $225,000 [CA; CH; DC; NY] $215,000 [PH; WM] $200,000 [CO; DA; FM; MN; NJ] $175,000 [IN] $160,000 [DM; FW] | Undisclosed |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (US) | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Fish & Richardson | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Foley & Lardner | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Foley Hoag | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Fox Rothschild | $205,000 [Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC] $200,000 [Boston, Chicago] $195,000 [Denver, Philadelphia] $190,000 [Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, Morristown, Princeton, Seattle, West Palm Beach, Wilmington] $185,000 [Pittsburgh, Sarasota] $180,000 [Atlantic City, Bucks County, Charlotte, Chester County, Greensboro, Greenville, Montgomery County, Raleigh] $170,000 [Kansas City, Las Vegas] $145,000 [Oklahoma City] | Undisclosed |
Freshfields | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Fried Frank | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Goodwin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Goulston & Storrs | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Greenberg Glusker | $210,000 | $220,000 |
Greenberg Traurig | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Gunderson | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Haynes and Boone | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Holland & Knight | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg | $225,000 | $235,000 |
HSF Kramer | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Hunton Andrews Kurth | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Irell & Manella | $235,000 | $245,000 |
Jackson Walker | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Jenner & Block | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Jones Day | $235,000 - $240,000 | Undisclosed |
Katten | $235,000 | $245,000 |
King & Spalding | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Kirkland & Ellis | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Latham & Watkins | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Linklaters | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Mayer Brown | $225,000 | $235,000 |
McDermott Will & Schulte | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Milbank | $235,000 | $245,000 |
Mintz Levin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Morgan Lewis | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Morrison & Foerster | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Norton Rose Fulbright | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
O'Melveny & Myers | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Paul Hastings | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Paul, Weiss | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Pillsbury | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Polsinelli | $225,000 [Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco] $215,000 [Atlanta, Wilmington, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, Raleigh, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Park City] $210,000 [Birmingham, Chattanooga, Charleston, Kansas City, St. Louis] | $235,000 [Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco] $225,000 [Atlanta, Wilmington, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, Raleigh, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Park City] $220,000 [Birmingham, Chattanooga, Charleston, Kansas City, St. Louis] |
Proskauer Rose | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Reed Smith | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Richards, Layton & Finger | $210,000 | Undisclosed |
Seward & Kissel | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Seyfarth Shaw | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Sheppard Mullin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Sidley Austin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Simpson Thacher | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Skadden | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
Sterne Kessler | $225,000 [2,000 hours] $190,000 [1,900 hours] | $235,000 [2,000 hours] $200,000 [1,900 hours] |
Sullivan & Cromwell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Vedder Price | $225,000 | $230,000 - $235,000 |
Venable | $215,000 | $225,000 |
Vinson & Elkins | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $225,000 | $235,000 |
White & Case | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Wiley | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher | $225,000 | $235,000 |
WilmerHale | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Wilson Sonsini | $225,000 | $235,000 |
Winston Taylor | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |