After Graduation

Range of Reported Salaries 2010

The range of salaries presented below is intended simply as a guideline to the approximate salaries you might expect to receive. These figures vary from year to year based upon market conditions as well as the number of graduates reporting salary information to us. This year, we received salary information from 40% of employed graduates overall. The breakdown based on sector is as follows: 58% in private practice, 25% of our graduates at corporations, 47% of our graduates in government, 84% of our graduates who are judicial clerks and 30% of our graduates in public interest reported salary information.


Law Firms

Median Starting Salary

Salary Range
(25th - 75th percentile)

501 or more attorneys
251-500 attorneys
101-250 attorneys
51-100 attorneys
26-50 attorneys
11-25 attorneys
2-10 attorneys

$160,000
$160,000
$81,000
$74,500
$85,000
$72,500
$50,000

$160,000 - $160,000
$160,000 - $160,000
$90,500 - $100,000
$70,000 - $121,500
$85,000 - $120,000
$65,000 - $90,000
$50,000 - $60,000

Corporations
Government
Judicial Clerks
Public Interest

$70,000
$54,750
$64,000
$53,000

$50,000 - $62,000
$46,000 - $64,000

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