Big law going into year 9. Salary for 2025 is technically no longer based on the market scale. What can you expect in incremental increase over Year 8 salary? Should you be negotiating comp actively?

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There’s also firms that keep you at 8th yr comp forever unless you make counsel/partner

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Problem is, when you get promoted counsel, your role is not different than an income partner. You are expected to do billing and business development, as well as running matters. So doing (income) partner-level work with associate-level pay.

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Usually it’s a small bump over the scale, like $10-15k

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Same as the senior associate bonus.

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Sidley put out a scale thru year 9 last year and i think that set "market" where 9th year is concerned. I think it was $445k base.

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My salary/bonus stayed flat at my 8th year numbers #supersenior

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