Anyone else open to discussing salaries? I was the only associate in my small Texas firm (3 attorneys including me) and paid $40,000. Promise of bonus, but no show. I felt like that was way too low.

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3rd year at a small Texas oil and gas boutique. $110,000 base and $30,000 bonus at 1800 hours.

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Nope.

Went in-house directly out of law school to a global IT company headquartered in California. Starting salary $100,000, with company-wide bonus eligibility (usually 10%).

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Depends on your years of experience and practice area

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I was paid $45k salary against a bonus structure of 30% of anything I brought in over 3x salary. This was practicing family law in West Texas at a 2 person firm. I left to do insurance defense in Austin, now making significantly more.

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My first gig out of law school was insurance defense. Salary of $45K. Bonus of $3K

What was your firm size and region like?

General practice. I was easily bringing in 5k (probably closer to 10k) each month in billable. It was my first gig after passing Texas and Arkansas bar exams (on state line so I “needed” both) I didn’t receive any benefits.

You got a little hosed in my opinion. I’m in CA and I’ve heard TX salaries are generally comparable. Starting out of school I was in PI and I’ve carved out a niche there developing a specialty. I’d like to think that base of knowledge is why I’ve been trending upward. Starting out I was making high 50s splitting time as a contract atty at one firm and clerk at another. Jobs were two cities an hour apart but I had no experience once barred. Landed a FT at a plaintiffs firm for 3-5 mos at 65k, moved to defense at 69k for a year, jumped back to plaintiffs at 75k. Boss was a jerk. Jumped back on defense in six figures in year four. Boss is still a jerk. I’ve always had lead prospects but never brought in consistent money. Good on you for having that. Leverage it for a percent. Seems like you should be in the 50-60-70-80 range for the total compensation package, but there’s so much more to know to be able to say what’s fair. Hours worked? Area of law? Market rate (check Glassdoor)? Your experience in practice area and years in practice? Trial experience? Benefits offered? 401k match?

Portland, OR. small firm (5ish attorneys). I make $67,000. This is my first year of practice and I’m hoping I get a raise. Most of my first year colleagues in the region are making 65,000-80,000 depending on the area of law, size of the firm, and the clients.

$75K first year, with 4 yrs of same firm work experience. Will get bonud but who knows how much until it hits account. Smallish NYC based plaintiffs' class action firm - 4 offices across 4 states, about 25 attys overall

$75K as a first year at a 15 attorney land use practice in the NYC area. 1600 billable hours requirement, not anticipating a bonus.

First year at an insurance defense firm in SC. $75k base + $5k signing bonus + $2.5k collections bonus.

Small office in Nebraska, part of a larger midwest firm. In my third year and make 118K.

State Supreme Court clerkship right out of law school for 1 year, $47,500. Now first year associate, $135,000.

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