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Which BigLaw corporations pay the best beginning wage?
June 20, 2024, 1:52 pm CDT
Hughes Hubbard & Reed pays new associates a prime wage of $235,000, which is $10,000 above the going fee at many prime legislation corporations. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Hughes Hubbard & Reed pays new associates a prime wage of $235,000, which is $10,000 above the going fee at many prime legislation corporations, based on a survey by the Nationwide Regulation Journal at Regulation.com.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was second, paying new associates a prime wage of $230,000, based on the 2024 NLJ 500 survey, which ranks the nation’s prime 500 corporations primarily based on head depend. The outcomes are summarized right here.
About 50 corporations paid a prime first-year wage of $225,000, whereas about half of that quantity had prime pay of $215,000.
On the backside of the checklist is Crowley Fleck, which has 158 attorneys and places of work in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming. Its prime beginning pay is $85,000.
That is the primary 12 months that the survey requested corporations about wage. The info collected is for the 2023 calendar 12 months.
