1. Central/west coast FL. 2016 grad. Commercial real estate. $145k + 10% of what I bring in. 1800 billables. $5k bonus for every 100 billed hours over 1800.
2. Bay Area, immigration, barred since 2019, 163k + bonus. My job is hybrid not fully remote but I sometimes go weeks without stepping foot in the office.
3. Fl, workers comp, 2014, 120k fully remote no billables
4. Fully remote, working in-house for Bay Area tech company but live in rural area on the East Coast. Barred 2014.
$185K base with 12% target bonus + equity. Made $700K last year thanks to equity appreciation, but will be way lower this year after tech market crashed. Probably looking more like $300-350K this year.
5. NYC, 2019 graduate, barred since 2020 (New York admission process takes forever). Public defense, $77k. Unionized.
ETA: No billable obviously; I work 45 hours on a busy week.
6. NW Ohio, civil litigation, admitted May 2021, 130k + bonus
ETA: I know this wasn’t specifically asked, but for anyone who is interested, our firm offers 4 months of paid parental leave which you are immediately eligible for.
7. Solo practitioner. Fully virtual firm. Southern California. On pace for $600k net this year. $450k last year.
Graduated 2015. Went straight in house making about $150k after bonus. Left July 2020 to start my own firm.
8. DC, admin law for the feds, 1996 (yep, it’s been a while . . .) GS-14, step 10, (164K in DC + $2-4K bonus)
9. Public Defender in Texas, 2015 Grad, upcoming raise in September will bring me to $111,912 plus cost of living increase to be determined. Throw in loan forgiveness after 10 years and a pension with 250% match, and I’m very happy with the compensation.
10. NYC – first year associate with 5 years of paralegal experience – PI – 85K + end of year bonus of about 10K.
11. Philly, nonprofit (non litigation role), 2018, $84K
12. CA. Solo estate planning and bankruptcy. About $300k/yr. I don’t have an office. Never did, never will.
13. NYC area, 7 years out, 190k in house, so no billables, fully remote. I consider myself very lucky, my first job was making 50k at a shitty tiny firm. Lucked into a great practice area shortly thereafter with still-lousy pay, but worked my way up and eventually got the chance to make the jump in house
14. Northern Indiana, licensed 2015, 3 years experience in family law. 92k with firm-paid benefits and a revenue share bonus structure. Minimum 1500 hours, which is super easy.
15. Med mal/employment/commercial lit defense. 8 years post-grad. $165k with 1950 billable requirement.
16. Real estate / tech work, private firm in Texas, 2013 grad, 1720 billables, $225K + bonus (based on firm profit so ~$110K or so).
17. Graduated 2005. Living in Washington, DC area. Working for government in compliance. $124k. Law school loans forgiven. 12% retirement contribution without a match requirement. Bonus at end of year for outstanding performance.
