Currently in ID. A recruiter reached out with a plaintiffs side property/personal injury offer. The pay is $100-200k depending on experience. Since I can’t get anymore details out of the recruiter, and don’t have any knowledge of that side of the aisle l, is there a catch here? I always figured plaintiffs side had a lower base pay but got the real money from settlements.

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Yeah and going into PI (for the large majority) will only increase it. I do Insurance Defense and ours is high, but we have a great team to be able to ensure each paralegal is given roughly the same amount. When it comes to PI, I tried it for a while with the number one PI attorneys in TEXAS and I was just given more and more as time went on and it becomes so stressful that you don’t even enjoy the job. BUT, this may be a different firm, if it’s larger, and you can ask what the general case load per paralegal is. Then you’ll have your answer.

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Would agree with A1. Assume lower base, with very little visibility into all-in comp. If base comp is important then it probably isn't the right route, but can't speak to exact numbers in this scenario

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Do not assume that the plaintiff firm has a commission setup. There are plaintiff firms out there that give you a high base and a small bonus at the end of the year and that’s it; no percentage on settlements. Be sure to ask about this

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Likely the base salary is somewhere between 70-150k annually depending on years of experience. Commission is usually based off of settlements. For example, 3% of gross settlements, paid monthly.

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