What’s market bonus for a first year? Is the $20,000 estimate on big law investor accurate?

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Big law investor isn’t really an estimate. They have actual historical data going back many years, for all of the “market paying” firms. The 2022 data is just what it was in 2021.

And yes, it’s likely bonuses will be similar scale to last year. Don’t forget that stub year (class of 2022) is usually prorated, and the $20k is for class of 2021.

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A1, hopefully you maxed out your 401k! If you haven’t by your bonus, 100% of bonus should go to it (unless you desperately need the funds immediately).

Depends on whether your firm is cravath scale or not. Even then some firms are black box like HuschBlackwell and no one knows what everyone gets.

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