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2018 4th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms

published December 03, 2018

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Summary: Here are the 4th year salaries and bonuses of the top law firms in the United States for 2018.

Interested in the salary information at these firms for other years of experience? Check out the charts below:
 
2018 1st Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 2nd Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 3rd Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 5th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 6th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 7th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 8th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
 
Firm Name Associate Salaries Base Salary Associate Bonuses
Adams and Reese LLP NA NA NA
Akerman Senterfitt NA Base Salary Boca Raton, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, and West Palm Beach 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Jacksonville, Naples, Orlando, and Tampa 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $2,000/week Chicago, Dallas, New York, Tysons Corner, and Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,800/week Tallahassee 1st year: $95,000 Summer associate: $1,700/week NA
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Allen & Overy LLP $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Alston & Bird LLP NA Base Salary Atlanta; North Carolina Offices 1st year: $165,000/ $170,000 (Patent Bar Qualified) Summer associate: $3,000/week Dallas; New York; DC; California Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer Associate: $3,500/week NA
Andrews Kurth LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week NA
Arent Fox NA Base Salary All offices 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $165,000 3rd year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,000/week NA
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,400/week NA
Arnold & Porter $255,000 Base Salary All US Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654 per week NA
Baker & Hostetler LLP NA Base Salary Cleveland 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,788/week Other Offices 1st year: $120,000-180,000 (varies by office) NA
Baker & McKenzie $235,000 Base Salary Miami, FL 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,788/week Other U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week Summer Associate Offers 43 out of 49 (2Ls only) (2017) NA
Baker Botts $305,000 Base Salary US Offices 1st year: $180,000 NA
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz NA Base Salary 1st year: $92,000 - $145,000 Summer associate: $1,200 - $2,500/week NA
Ballard Spahr LLP NA Base Salary Atlanta 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,900/week Baltimore 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,800/week Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,100/week LA, NY, DC 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,200/week Denver, Phoenix 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Las Vegas, Salt Lake City 1st year: $125,000 Summer associate: $2,400/week Minneapolis 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Sioux Falls 1st year: $100,000 Summer associate: $1,900/week NA
Barnes & Thornburg LLP NA Base Salary Varies by market: 1st year: $115,000-$165,000/annual Summer associate: $1,000-2,500/week NA
Bingham McCutchen LLP NA NA NA
Blank Rome NA Base Salary NY & DC 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week Philadelphia 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP $240,000 Base Salary All offices Summer associate: 1L - $3,000/week; 2L and 3L - $3,500/week NA
Bracewell LLP $235,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP NA Base Salary Birmingham, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Charlotte, NC 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $1,900/wk (2L), $1,700/wk (1L) Huntsville, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Jackson, MS 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Montgomery, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Nashville, TN 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,800/wk (2L), $1,500/wk (1L) Washington, DC 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,300/wk (2L), $2,100/wk (1L) NA
Brown Rudnick LLP $235,000 Base Salary 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Brownstone Appellate Law Firm NA NA NA
Bryan Cave LLP NA Base Salary Colorado, Kansas City, Phoenix: 1st year: $130,000; Summer associate: $2,500/week St. Louis: 1st year: $135,000; Summer associate: $2,596/week Atlanta: 1st year: $150,000; Summer associate: $2,885/week California; Chicago; New York; Washington, DC: 1st year: $160,000; Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney NA NA NA
BuckleySandler LLP $223,500 Base Salary 1st year: $167,500 + minimum of $8,375 401(k) profit sharing 2nd year: $180,000 + minimum of $9,000 401(k) profit sharing 3rd year: $200,000 + minimum of $10,000 401(k) profit sharing 4th year: $223,500 + minimum of $11,175 401(k) profit sharing 5th year: $235,000 + minimum of $11,750 401(k) profit sharing 6th year: $250,000 + minimum of $12,500 401(k) profit sharing NA
Buhler Duggal & Henry NA NA NA
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP NA NA NA
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP $255,000 Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 10th year: $360,000 Summer associate: $3,653/week NA
Cahill Gordon & Reindel $255,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Campbell & Chadwick, P.C. NA NA NA
Carlton Fields NA Base Salary Atlanta; Hartford 1st year: $135,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Orlando; Tampa 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,300/week Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC 1st year: $155,000 Summer Associate: $3,000/week Miami; West Palm Beach 1st year: $145,000 Summer Associate: $2,800/week NA
Chapman and Cutler LLP NA Base Salary Chicago 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week New York 1st year: $180,000 Salt Lake City 1st year: $130,000 San Francisco 1st year: $180,000 Washington, DC 1st year: $180,000 NA
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP $235,000 Base Salary 1st Year: $180,000 2nd Year: $190,000 3rd Year: $210,000 4th Year: $235,000 5th Year: $260,000 6th Year: $280,000 Summer associate $3462/week NA
Clark Partington Hart NA NA NA
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $255,000 Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week (M&A) NA
Clifford Chance $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $7,916.67 semi-monthly NA
Cohen & Hertz, PC NA NA NA
Cooley LLP $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer Associate: $3,654/week NA
Covington & Burling $255,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Cozen O'Connor NA Base Salary 1st year: 125,000 to $160,000 (based by location) Summer associate: $2400 to $3076/week (based by location) NA
Cravath, Swaine, & Moore $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Crowell & Moring LLP $235,000 Base Salary All U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: Merit-based Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Daniel A. Selwa, II, Attorney At Law, LLC NA NA NA
Daniels Associates, LLP NA NA NA
Davis Polk & Wardwell $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Davis Wright Tremaine NA Base Salary Portland 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,200/week Seattle 1st year: $142,500 Summer associate: $2,500/week Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week New York, NY 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Los Angeles, CA 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week NA
Debevoise & Plimpton $255,000 Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associates: $3,700/week NA
Dechert LLP $255,000 Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Dentons NA NA NA
Dickstein Shapiro $185,000 NA NA
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP NA Base Salary Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, and Pittsburg 1st year: $115,000 Summer associate: $1,950/week Charleston, Morgantown, and Wheeling 1st year: $93,000 Summer associate: $1,050/week Lexington and Louisville 1st year: $107,000 Summer associate: $1,600/week NA
DLA Piper $235,000 Base Salary Atlanta; Phoenix; Raleigh; Short Hills 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,269/week All other U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week *Associate compensation is merit-based NA
Dorsey and Whitney NA Base Salary Minneapolis, MN 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,300/week NA
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP NA Base Salary Chicago, DC, LA, NY, SF 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week Other Offices 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate $3,077/week NA
Duane Morris LLP NA Base Salary Philadelphia, NY, Chicago 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,173 San Diego 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,884 Miami 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,692 NA
Dykema Gossett PLLC NA Base Salary Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing 1st year: $105,000 Summer associate: $1,900/week Chicago, Dallas and Washington, DC 1st year: $135,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Los Angeles 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week NA
Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC NA NA NA
Edelson PC NA NA NA
Elliott & Smith Law Firm NA NA NA
Faegre Baker Daniels NA NA NA
Farella Braun + Martel LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week NA
Fenwick & West $235,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner NA Base Salary Washington, DC 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Fish & Richardson $235,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Fitzgerald Campbell NA NA NA
Flexer Law NA NA NA
Foley & Lardner NA Base Salary Boston; California; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Houston; NY; Washington DC 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Foley Hoag LLP NA Base Salary Boston, MA; Washington, DC; New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 Summer associate: $3,462 per week (in 2018) NA
Foshee & Yaffe NA NA NA
Fox Rothschild NA Base Salary Denver; Las Vegas 1st year: $115,000 Summer Associate: $2,211/week Atlantic City; Dallas; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh 1st year: $125,000 Summer Associate: $2,403/week Blue Bell; Exton; Miami; West Palm Beach; Warrington 1st year: $135,000 Summer Associate: $2,596/week Morristown; Philadelphia; Princeton; Seattle; Wilmington 1st year: $150,000 Summer Associate: $2,885/week Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Washington, DC 1st year: $160,000 Summer Associate: $3,077/week NA
Fragomen NA NA NA
Fred Cohen Law Office NA NA NA
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer $255,000 Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000| 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,650/week NA
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP $235,000 Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 9th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $7,500 semi-monthly NA
Frost Brown Todd NA Base Salary 1st year: $90,000 Summer associate: $1,600/week NA
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $235,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: 280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Goldman & Ehrlich NA NA NA
Goodwin $255,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,650/week NA
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP NA NA NA
Grand Law Firm NA NA NA
Greenberg Traurig NA Base Salary Salaries vary by geographic market New York 1st year: $180,000 NA
Hayes Law Firm NA NA NA
Haynes and Boone $235,000 Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: pro-rated based on $180,000 NA
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP NA NA NA
Hogan Lovells $255,000 Base Salary Most U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer Associate: $3,700/week 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer Associate: $3,500/week *Compensation is based on 2000 billable hour levels (after 1850 billable hours, unlimited pro bono) NA
Holland & Knight NA Base Salary Major Markets (including Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Tyson's Corner; Washington, DC) 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,400/week NA
Horizon Attorneys and Counselors at Law, PLC NA NA NA
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP $235,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week NA
Hunton & Williams NA NA NA
Husch Blackwell LLP NA NA NA
Irell & Manella $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Jackson Lewis PC NA NA NA
Jackson Walker NA Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/ week NA
James Ellis Gumbiner & Associates NA NA NA
Jenner & Block $235,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,653.85/week NA
Jones Day NA Base Salary Cleveland; Columbus; Detroit; Miami; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,100/week All other U.S. offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
K&L Gates NA Base Salary Starting salaries fall between $145,000 and $180,000, based on dynamics of the local market. NA
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP $235,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week NA
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP $255,000 Base Salary Austin; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; LA; NY; DC 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: Determined on case-by-case basis Summer associate: $3,564/week NA
Kaye Scholer $255,000 Base Salary All US Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654 per week NA
Kelley Drye & Warren NA Base Salary NY and DC 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,269/ week NA
Kilpatrick Townsend NA Base Salary 1st year: $135,000/$180,000 Summer associate: $2,981/$3,462/week NA
King & Spalding $235,000 Base Salary Starting salary for 1st year associates: $155,000 - $180,000 (depending on location) NA
Kirkland & Ellis $255,000 Base Salary All U.S. offices: 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,250/week NA
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
KRB Law NA NA NA
Krupp Law Offices, P.C. NA NA NA
Kutak Rock LLP NA NA NA
Latham & Watkins LLP $255,000 Base Salary All US offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week 2L Scholar: $3,700/week 1L Fellow: $3,700/week NA
Law Office of Carl W. Zugelter NA NA NA
Law Offices of Tracy Duell-Cazes NA NA NA
Lawrence & Associates, LLC NA NA NA
Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC NA NA NA
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP NA NA NA
Linklaters $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Littler Mendelson P.C. NA Base Salary Per firm policy, Littler does not disclose salary information. NA
Locke Lord Bissell and Lidell NA NA NA
Locke Lord LLP NA Base Salary Large Market 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461.50/week Small Market 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,980/week NA
Loeb & Loeb LLP $215,000 Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $200,000 4th year: $215,000 5th year: $225,000 6th year: $235,000 7th year: $250,000 8th year: $260,000 NA
Lowenstein Sandler NA Base Salary 1st: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500 NA
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP NA NA NA
Mayer Brown $255,000 Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: Based on the annualized salary of $190,000 NA
McCarter & English NA Base Salary 1st year: $150,000 NA
McDermott Will & Emery $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
McGuireWoods LLP NA Base Salary Atlanta; Baltimore; Charlotte; Richmond; Pittsburgh 1st year: $155,000 Raleigh 1st year: $145,000 Charlottesville 1st year: $135,000 Norfolk; Wilmington 1st year: $130,000 Jacksonville 1st year: $120,000 Austin; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; LA; NY; SF; Tysons; DC 1st year: $175,000 NA
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP NA NA NA
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy $255,000 Base Salary New York 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo $235,000 Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 NA
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP $235,000 Base Salary All U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $36,500/summer NA
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP NA Base Salary Atlanta Year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,980/week D.C. 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,173/week NA
Morrison & Foerster LLP $255,000 Base Salary All U.S. offices/U.S. practice attorneys in international offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Munger Tolles & Olson $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough NA Base Salary South Carolina - 1st year: $115,000 North Carolina - 1st year: $140,000 Georgia - 1st year: $150,000 Washington, DC - 1st year: $160,000 Massachusetts - 1st year: $155,000 West Virginia - 1st year: $95,000 Tennessee - 1st year: $125,000 Florida - 1st year: $115,000 New York - 1st year: $170,000 Colorado - 1st year: $160,000 Summer associates: $1,000-2,600/week NA
Neufeld, Kleinberg & Pinkiert, PA NA NA NA
Nixon Peabody LLP $215,000 Base Salary Metro Market Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $185,000 3rd year: $190,000 4th year: Performance-based with top tier at $215,000 5th year: Performance-based with top tier at $235,000 6th year: Performance-based with top tier at $250,000 7th year: Performance-based with top tier at $260,000 Summer associate: $3,460/week NA
Nolan, Thompson & Leighton NA NA NA
Norton Rose Fulbright NA Base Salary California; New York; Texas; Washington, DC 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
O'Melveny & Myers LLP $255,000 Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Ogletree Deakins Nash NA Base Salary Varies by location NA
Optima Tax Relief NA NA NA
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe $235,000 major - $210,000 small Base Salary Seattle/Portland/Sacramento Associate level 1: $175,000 Associate level 2: $185,000 Associate level 3: $200,000 Managing Associate: $230,000-270,000 Senior Associate: $295,000 Summer Associate: $3,365/week Other US offices Associate level 1: $190,000 Associate level 2: $200,000 Associate Level 3: $220,000 Managing Associate: $255,000-305,000 Senior Associate: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Osborn Maledon, P.A. NA NA NA
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 NA
Paul Hastings LLP $255,000 Base Salary All domestic offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Pepper Hamilton NA Base Salary Berwyn; Philadelphia; Princeton; Wilmington 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate (2L): $2,900/week NA
Perkins Coie $220,000 Base Salary Salaries vary among offices based on location. NA
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP $235,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week NA
Poch & Luckow, P.C. NA NA NA
Polsinelli PC NA Base Salary 1st year: $135,000-$160,000 Summer associates: $2,595-$3,075/week NA
Proskauer Rose LLP $255,000 Base Salary Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer Associate: $3,654/week Newark 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $165,000 3rd year: $155,000?$170,000 4th year: $159,000?$175,000 5th year: $163,000?$180,000 6th year: $166,000?$185,000 7th year: $169,000?$190,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Pryor Cashman LLP NA NA NA
Quarles & Brady LLP NA Base Salary Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Naples, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tampa Tucson 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Chicago; Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,875/week NA
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week There is a $105,000 clerkship bonus for Federal judicial clerks. Qualifying double clerkships are eligible for $125,000. NA
Reed Smith NA Base Salary Philadelphia; Wilmington; Princeton: 1st year: $160,000; Summer associate: $6,667 semi-monthly Pittsburgh: 1st year: $145,000; Summer associate: 6,042 semi-monthly Richmond: 1st year: $130,000; Summer associate: $5,416 semi-monthly All Other U.S. Offices: 1st year: $180,000; Summer associate: $7,500 semi-monthly NA
Rhoads and Rhoads, P.S.C. NA NA NA
Ropes & Gray LLP $235,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Schiff Hardin LLP NA Base Salary All Offices 1st Year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week NA
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP $255,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Seyfarth Shaw NA Base Salary Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Washington DC 1st year: $165,000 Summer Associates: $3,173/week New York 1st year: $180,000 Summer Associates: $3,461/week Houston 1st year: $160,000 Atlanta 1st year: $155,000 Summer Associates: $2,980/week Sacramento 1st year: $150,000 NA
Shearman & Sterling LLP $235,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 9th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Shook Hardy and Bacon NA Base Salary Orange County and San Francisco 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,750/week Kansas City, Tampa, & Seattle 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Miami 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,850/week Houston 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,050/week Chicago 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,450/week NA
Sidley Austin LLP $255,000 Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Sills Cummis & Gross NA NA NA
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP $255,000 Base Salary All U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,660/week NA
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week 1L Scholar: $3,700/week NA
Smalley Law Firm NA NA NA
Snell & Wilmer LLP NA NA NA
Sobel & Erwin, PLLC NA NA NA
Squire Patton Boggs NA NA NA
Steptoe & Johnson $235,000 NA NA
Stinson Leonard Street LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $125,000 Summer: $2,100/week NA
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year - $190,000 2nd year - $200,000 3rd year - $220,000 4th year - $255,000 5th year - $280,000 6th year - $305,000 7th year - $325,000 8th year - $340,000 Summer associate: $3,563/week NA
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $7,916.67 semi-monthly NA
Sullivan & Worcester LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week NA
Susman Godfrey $260,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $195,000 2nd year: $205,000 3rd year: $225,000 4th year: $260,000 5th year: $285,000 6th year: $310,000 7th year: $330,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week NA
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan NA Base Salary Atlanta 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $2,981/week Austin; DC: Houston; New York; Sacramento 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week (DC) NA
The Colpitts Law Firm NA NA NA
The Hardin Law Firm, PLC NA NA NA
The Kreager Law Firm NA NA NA
Thompson & Knight $255,000 Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,653/week NA
Thompson Hine LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $125,000 (Cleveland); $115,000 (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton); $140,000 (ATL); $145,000 (DC); $160,000 (NY) Summer associate: $2,100/week NA
Troutman Sanders NA Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,000/week NA
Vedder Price NA Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week NA
Venable LLP NA Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,460/week NA
Vinson & Elkins $255,000 Base Salary All U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week NA
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP NA Base Salary 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,308/week NA
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz NA Base Salary All offices 1st year: $185,000 Summer associate: $3,550/week NA
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP $255,000 Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
White & Case LLP $255,000 Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week NA
Wiley Rein LLP $235,000 Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year+: Case by Case Summer associate: $3,465/week NA

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