This gets posted a bit, but always think it provides good transparency. What is the following for you:

- Associate year/practice year?
- Typical hours (billed or worked depending)?
- Practice area?
- Market/location/region?
- Salary

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Student associate in patent prosecution at mid/biggish law: $125k + tuition, 1500 hrs
After the bar: $175k, 1850 hrs

The hours are hard to hit. Lots of small clients with emails and phone calls but also lots of budget restraints

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6 year.
1700.
Commercial lit/corporate transactional
$95k
NJ

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Are these base salaries or salaries and bonuses?

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1st year
1,800 requirement
L&E
Central Florida
$110,000

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Nope but I think RKC pays more

3rd
Requirement is 1,900 but on pace for 2,200
Corporate specialty group
Houston
$230,000

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8th year
No billables and work 40 hour weeks
Government
$100k
Mid Atlantic

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2nd year
- no set minimum
-ID
-Portland
-$100k

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Portland, OR! Sorry!

4th
2600 billed
Lit/investigations
Dc
370k

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I refuse to go into the office, so that saves me ~10 hrs/week that I can just bill. I’ve also been really busy and am an efficient biller. Probably bill 10ish hours for every 12 worked

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3rd year
1800 required (but I’m billing 2400)
Corp/M&A
Arkansas
$102,000

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Dang. FEC?

1st Year
No specific requirement
Small firm General Practice, (mostly L/T, Probate, and Business)
$60k
Western MA

This was me when I started out, except I was making $45k. Keep on trucking!

-third year (brand new to practice area)
-1900 requirement
-employment law
-Miami
-100k (small firm)

Just over a year
1500-2000
Document review
Greater NYC
$31/ hour (base)

2nd year
No billable requirement (will be around 1700-1800 this year)
Appellate/trial support
FL
$85k

11th yr
No set requirement but usually around 1500
Trusts and Estates
South Florida
100k base, plus 25% of originations.

2nd year
1850 required
Lemon law defense
Los Angeles
$108k

- 2nd Year
- 1800
- Litigation (Commercial and Real Estate)
- Tampa
- 155000

How big of a firm?

3rd Year
1650 minimum (but 1800 expected)
Medical Malpractice
PNW
98k

6th yr
1850 billable
255k
LA
Trusts and estates

2nd year
1850
Healthcare (not litigation)
Los Angeles
$120k base

5th year
1900-2000 hours/year
Labor and Employment
220k (am I underpaid??)
NYC

For NYC though this does seem low. Must be a boutique?

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