The most recent LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms asked attorneys from these firms about their working experiences. More than 90 law firms had lawyers surveyed by LawCrossing and the charts linked to in this article have all of the information gleaned from those lawyers.
The survey conducted by LawCrossing asked about vacation time, associate life, demands of the law firm and benefits received. One of the most interesting aspects of the survey was that of the assessment of both salary and bonuses received by the lawyers.
The links below, which are broken down by years of experience, contain all of the information acquired using the survey and focus on four main categories: salary and bonuses, base salary, target bonus and factors that go into deciding lawyer bonuses at the firms. There is also another page dedicated to summer associate salary information.
On each page below, the law firms are placed in the charts alphabetically, which means they are not ranked in any specific order based on the results of the survey.
You can compare the results of this survey to previous surveys on LawCrossing if you are interested in seeing how much lawyer salaries have increased or decreased at these law firms over the past few years.
See the following articles for updated information on law firm salaries:
- 2016 Law Firm Salary Chart - Firms Announcing Raises
- 2016 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms
As you can see from each chart, some law firms provided information for each individual office they operate across the country and others provided firm-wide salary information for the survey.
2015 1st Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2015 2nd 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
Find out why salary should not be your main focus when selecting a law firm in this article:
Money is the Dumbest Thing Any Attorney Should Focus on When Joining a Law Firm
See the following articles for more information:
- In-House Counsel Salaries
- The Pressures of General Counsel Jobs Including Salaries
- General Counsel Pay Becoming More Performance-Oriented
Please see the following articles for more information about life as an associate:
- What's Next after Finishing Law School
- The Real World: Life after Law School
- The Five Stages of Every Legal Career
- The Choices of Practice in Law
- Choosing a Law Specialty: Who Are You and What Do You Want
- The 10-Step, ''No-Fail'' Guide to Distinguishing Yourself as a First-Year Associate
- 5 Tips for First Year Law Firm Associates
- The Art of Drafting a Proper Legal Memo
- Top 39 Tips for New Litigation Associates and Trial Lawyers: How to Be a Good Litigation Attorney
- The Real Reason There Are Fewer Law Firm Jobs (What No Attorney Wants You to Know)
- Avoid the Dangers of Getting Jobs Through Friends and Family
- Should You Marry a Lawyer? A Couple's Guide to Balancing Work, Love and Amibition
- The Three Major Legal Fraternities
- 2015 8th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
- 2015 1st Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
- Getting along with colleagues and co-workers in a new firm
- LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms
- The Pros and Cons of Working in a Law Firm
- The Impact Law Firm Economics Can Have on Your Legal Career
- How to Avoid a Bad Reputation at Work
- Must You be a ''Type-A'' Personality to Succeed in a Law Firm?
Please see the following articles for more information about attorney salaries:
- 2013 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms
- How to Negotiate Your Way to a Better Salary
- What Do In-House Attorney Positions Pay?
- Which Legal Jobs Will Pay the Most?
Please see the following articles for more information about law firm jobs:
- What Law Firms Look for In a Lateral Resume
- Law Firms and Part-Time Attorneys-They Really Can Go Hand in Hand
- Overhead Ratios of a Law Firm
- 2014 AmLaw 200 Law Firm Revenue, Firm Size, and Breakdown
- Top Ten Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs
- Staying Put In Your Current Legal Firm and Learning Is the Best Option In Recession.