I am a JD/LLM in M&A tax. I am considering a switch to big law. I am curious what the salary bands are for manager and senior manager to compare law firm vs big 4, 5 years down the line and 10 years down the line.

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You can look up big law salaries online. For comparison I just have a JD, am 4 years in, and make 190+bonus (10-20%).

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Someone once told me that international tax senior manager was making $400k. It was hearsay so I can’t be sure that is true.

That’s no where close to true for vast majorly. MAYBE for career SM in a very highly specialized area.

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There is no comparison.

Big 4 MDs in M&A make just a little more than a first year associate salary + bonus (~220k) in big law. Major market, outside of NY.

I make over 200 and I’m an M2 and not in NY. Lol at thinking MDs don’t make more than 220…

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You will make more early but you will work for it.

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