Summary: Here are the 2nd year salaries and bonuses of the top law firms in the United States.
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2015 1st Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 3rd Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 4th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 5th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 6th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 7th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 8th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 Summer Associate Salaries of the Top Law Firms
| Firm Name | Associate Salaries | Base Salary | Associate Bonuses |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | $125,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Allen & Overy LLP | 170000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Alston & Bird LLP | $135,000-$155,000 | N/A | |
| Arnold & Porter LLP | $120,000-$155,000 | All U.S. offices: $170,000 | $10,000-$45,000 |
| Baker & McKenzie | $114,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Baker Botts L.L.P. | $114,000-$150,000 | N/A | |
| Baker Hostetler LLP | $10,000 | N/A | |
| Bingham McCutchen LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | Firmwide: $170,000 | $14,000-$44,000 |
| Bryan Cave LLP | $125,000-$155,000 | N/A | |
| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | $170,000 | New York, Washington, DC and North Carolina offices: $170,000 | |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Chadbourne & Parke LLP | $165,000-$170,000 | Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC: $170,000 | |
| Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP | $170,000 | All offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Clifford Chance LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Cooley Godward Kronish LLP | $135,000-$155,000 | All offices: $170,000 | |
| Covington & Burling | $155,000-$170,000 | U.S. Offices: $170,000 | |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | $170,000 | All offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Crowell & Moring LLP | $135,000 | N/A | |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | $170,000 | All US Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | $170,000 | US Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Dechert LLP | $152,500-$170,000 | Austin, TX; Boston, MA; California offices; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Hartford, CT; New York, NY; Washington, DC : $170,000 Philadelphia, PA and Princeton, NJ: $152,500 |
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| Dickstein Shapiro LLP | $160,000 | DC, NY, CA Offices: $170,000 | |
| DLA Piper | $108,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Dorsey & Whitney LLP | $60,000-$150,000 | N/A | |
| Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| Fenwick & West LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| Fish & Richardson P.C. | $145,000-$170,000 | The firm says: Associate base salary (excluding bonuses) is determined by a combination lock-step merit system. Advancement at every level is based exclusively on merit. Our bonus system is a merit based system, rewarding associates for dedication and high quality work. We consider factors such as substantive legal work, practice-building efforts, teamwork, substantial non-billable contributions, hours billed, and dedication and sacrifice in meeting client needs. | |
| Foley & Lardner LLP | $85,000-$165,000 | N/A | |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $170,000 | New York, NY; Washington, DC: $170,000 | |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY and Washington, DC: $170,000 | |
| Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. | $140,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | $170,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | |
| Goodwin Procter LLP | $170,000 | $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP | $95,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Hogan Lovells | $170,000 | Baltimore; California offices; Denver; Houston; McLean, VA; New York; Philadelphia; Washington DC: $170,000 | |
| Holland & Knight LLP | $115,000-$135,000 | N/A | |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Hunton & Williams LLP | $145,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Irell & Manella LLP | N/A | Los Angeles, CA: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Jackson Lewis LLP | $92,000 | N/A | |
| Jenner & Block LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| Jones Day | $137,000-$165,000 | N/A | |
| K&L Gates | $107,000-$135,000 | N/A | |
| Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP | N/A | $170,000 | |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY & Washington, DC: $170,000 | |
| Kaye Scholer LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | N/A | $14,000 |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| King & Spalding LLP | $135,000-$145,000 | N/A | |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | $170,000 | N/A | $14,000 |
| Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Latham & Watkins LLP | $170,000 | N/A | $14,000-$33,500 |
| Linklaters LLP | N/A | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Manatt Phelps & Phillips | N/A | N/A | |
| Mayer Brown LLP | $114,000-$170,000 | Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC; Houston, TX: $170,000 | |
| McDermott, Will & Emery | $115,000-$170,000 | The firm says: In January, 2010, the firm moved to a three-tiered, merit-based compensation system. The bonuses are based on performance and hours. In March 2011, March 2012 and March 2013, the firm paid bonuses which resulted in more than half of our associates receiving total compensation that exceeded total compensation at our peer firms. Over the past three years, the firm paid the majority of the remaining bonus-eligible associates bonuses that resulted in total compensation that at least equaled total compensation paid at peer firms. | |
| McGuireWoods LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP | $170,000 | New York: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | $150,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | All U.S. offices and U.S. practice attorneys in international offices (class of 2011): $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | N/A | All Offices: $170,000 | |
| Nixon Peabody LLP | N/A | N/A | |
| O'Melveny & Myers LLP | $170,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | $135,000-$170,000 | Los Angeles; New York; Orange County; San Francisco; Silicon Valley; Washington, DC: $170,000 Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, CA; Seattle, Washington: $155,000 | $12,600-$16,500 |
| Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | N/A | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Patton Boggs LLP | $135,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Paul Hastings LLP | $165,000-$170,000 | All domestic offices except Atlanta: $170,000 | |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $170,000 | New York, NY; Washington, DC: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Perkins Coie LLP | $85,000-$102,000 | N/A | |
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | $135,000-$145,000 | Firmwide: $170,000 | |
| Proskauer Rose LLP | $120,000-$170,000 | New York, NY; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC: $170,000 Boca Raton, FL : $145,000 Newark, NJ : $150,000 New Orleans, LA : $120,000 |
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| Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP | $170,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | $10,500-$20,000 |
| Ropes & Gray LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | $170,000 | $170,000 | |
| Shearman & Sterling LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Sidley Austin LLP | $155,000-$170,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | $170,000 | All U.S. Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | $170,000 | All U.S. Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| SNR Denton (Now Dentons) | $155,000-$170,000 | N/A | |
| Squire Sanders | $125,000 | N/A | |
| Steptoe & Johnson LLP | $155,000 | Washington, DC: $165,000 | |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP | $160,000-$170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | |
| Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | $170,000 | All US Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Venable LLP | $155,000 | N/A | |
| Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | $170,000 | All US. Offices:$170,000 | $14,000 |
| Wachtell | N/A | N/A | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | $170,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| White & Case LLP | $135,000-$170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | $14,000 |
| Williams & Connolly LLP | $150,000 | Washington, DC: $195,000 | N/A |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | $170,000 | New York, NY: $170,000 | N/A |
| WilmerHale | N/A | $170,000 | N/A |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | $150,000-$155,000 | All Offices: $170,000 | N/A |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | $135,000-$170,000 | $170,000 | N/A |
- See 2016 Law Firm Salary Chart - Firms Announcing Raises for updated information on law firm salaries.
