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Can't talk left coast, but outer exurbs of DC area, same practice area... Associate right out of school - $65-75K, small salary bump when sworn in to practice (usually 5-10%). Bonus is variable based on how long they start work before December 31, but usually 5% of salary between date of hire and December 15.
2nd year associate - 10% raise, and begin bonus if they generate revenue more than 2.5 times their salary.
3rd year associate, percentage of actual revenue realized on a monthly basis. 4th year - NEP offer if their revenue generated warrants it, 5th year - either gone, same as 4th year, or EP offer with buy in sufficient to pay for all the sign, letterhead and other name change related expenses, plus a specific $$ amount to current equity partners (5-figures total still). 50% of H/I covered, all CLEs covered, Malpractice covered, and partial matching on 401k.
Paralegals - DOE, for limited experience hire... $40K, plus half health insurance cost, partial matching on 401k.
But, my region is almost saturated with attorneys, and low level staff so...
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this! Immensely helpful!