What is a typical paycut expected for a midlevel in biglaw going to an in-house legal department (NYC corporate)?

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Very hard to answer without more details. If you want help and good data out, please take the time to put good data in.

Let’s say today you make between $325-400k as a “midlevel.”

And it would be your first in-house job.

And the odds are that you have a specialty, otherwise it’s a hard hire. So let’s say you’re a Subject Matter Expert of some kind (employment, IP, commercial, Reg, etc).

It’s NYC but it’s startups and it’s a tough market out there. Probably 1,000 new lawyers across the US freshly cut from Fintech looking for jobs, and many or “most” startup jobs are remote optional these days. So the competition is fierce.

Here’s a guess:
FAANG: $300k total comp, all liquid
F100: $270k total comp, all liquid
Legit Startup: $200k cash, $300k/4y options (crapshoot)

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Probably 25-50%. Varies wildly among industry/company.

Except when range is listed as 150-315k

I took about 30%.

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