What does your pay structure look like? Base salary and bonus structure, compared to years of experience, region/cost of living situation, types and number of cases, job duties, etc.

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Base: $70,000
Pre-Lit: 7%
Lit: 14%
Self-Generated Cases: 40%
Gross: $200K
Case Load: 100
East Coast
6 YOE

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I am curious about the economics of this practice. How much gross revenue does your firm generate from your work each year?

1 YOE, I was paid 60k base, 5% commission of prelit cases settled, 10% in litigation. In 10 months I made 110k, and I slowed down and made only $125 at the end of the year. This wasn’t bad for 1 YOE as most firms were only paying 80-90k. This was on the west side in a LCOL area.

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I actually read a post in here earlier where someone was asking if 55k was a good salary with five years of experience. I couldn't believe they got such a lowball offer. That is the salary I was making my first year as a paralegal if that tells you anything.

My last pay structure was for a first year associate - 60k base + 5% on all cases I worked on and 1/3 on all cases I brought in; in reality, it was just 60k base because the owners felt that I wasn’t “ready” to handle cases on my own, so the cases I did work on and settled I didn’t get my promised 5%. The cases I did bring in they only paid me a portion - much less than 1/3 - because they said the cases didn’t settle for much and “had a lot of costs”.

This was at a Southern California firm, just me and the 2 owners and some support staff; around 400 cases at the peak, 80% in litigation and I was responsible for all active cases in litigation along with the owners. I wasn’t allowed to use any of the support staff and was the person who always got in trouble when support staff messed up, because “the buck stops at the attorney”🙄🙄.

Left that firm and started my own after a year and never looked back. Now I just pay myself around 10-20% of my net profits as needed to cover my personal expenses and keep the rest in the business to have cash on hand when a case goes into lit and has a lot of costs.

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Base 70
Lit (only) 5-10% depending on fees I bring in
Referrals 50%
Gross: 90k (to date)
OH
3YOE

1 YOE and salary of $105k total salary in HCOL city. Did not even know when job searching that other structures, like base pay + commission, were an option for new lawyers. Is just having a salary unusual in PI?

I’m in a similar situation. I have a similar yearly salary but a set end of year bonus not based on anything.

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4 YOE
No base
20% of fees, extra 5% for self-generated
case load 90-120, maybe 20-25% go into lit
Last year I got a 1% of firm fees bonus but that's "discretionary" per senior partner
southern-midwest (very low cost of living area)

Can I work at your firm? That sounds amazing

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