Salaries and hours

The 2017 salary and billable hours survey

Firm	1st year salary	2nd year salary	Billable hour requirement	Average billable hours per associate
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.	$150,000	Undisclosed	Undiscloed	N/A
Akin Gump	$180,000	$190,000	1,950 loose bonus target	N/A
Allen & Overy LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	1,602
Alston & Bird LLP	$155,000 - $180,000	$160,000 - $190,000	2000 target	N/A
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP	$180,000	Undisclosed	N/A	N/A
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP	$170,000 - $180,000	$175,000 - $190,000	1,800	1,840
Baker Botts LLP	$180,000	Undisclosed	2000	N/A
Baker McKenzie	$145,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	2,000	N/A
Bracewell LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	N/A
Brown Rudnick LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1,900	N/A
Brownstein Hyatt	$135,000	$140,000	1,900	1,733
Cadwalader	$180,000	$190,000	2000 target	1,665
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A
Cleary Gottlieb	$180,000	$190,000	None	N/A
Clifford Chance US LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Cooley LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1,950 target	1,921
Cozen O'Connor	$125,000 - $160,000	Undisclosed	1,600 - 2,000	1,809
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Crowell & Moring LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	1,800
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	1,621
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Dechert LLP	180,000	190,000	1,950 target	N/A
DLA Piper LLP (US)	$160,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	2,000 target	1,827
Duane Morris LLP	$140,000 - $165,000	Undisclosed	1950	N/A
Dykema Gossett PLLC	$120,000 - $150,000	Undisclosed	1,950	N/A
Epstein Becker & Green PC	$130,000 - $140,000	Undisclosed	1,950	1,750
Finnegan	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	1,897
Fish & Richardson PC	$180,000	$190,000	1,900	1,886
Fitzpatrick	$180,000	Undisclosed	2,160 target	N/A
Foley & Lardner LLP	$140,000 - $180,000	$150,000 - $195,000	1,900	1,823
Fox Rothschild LLP	$115,000 - $160,000	Undisclosed	1850	1,793
Freshfields	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Fried, Frank	$180,000	$190,000	2000 target	N/A
Gibbons P.C.	Undisclosed	$135,000	1,980	1,741
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Goodwin	$180,000	$190,000	1,950	N/A
Goulston & Storrs	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	1,950
Greenberg Traurig, PA	$110,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	N/A
Hangley	$135,000	Case-by-case	N/A	N/A
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP	$178,500	$189,500	N/A	1,485
Haynes and Boone, LLP	$180, 000	$190, 000	N/A	1,645
Hogan Lovells	$180,000 (varies by city)	$190,000 (varies by city)	2,000	N/A
Holland & Knight LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1900	N/A
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1750	1,900
Hunton & Williams LLP	$160,000 - $180,000	N/A	2,000 target	1,839
Irell & Manella LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2000 target	1,830
Jackson Walker LLP	$180,000	Undisclosed	1,950	1,814
Jenner & Block LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,100 target	N/A
Jones Day	$160,000 - $180,000	N/A	2,000 target	N/A
K&L Gates	$140,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	1,950 target	N/A
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,150 target	N/A
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	$120,000 - $180,000	$135,000 - $195,000	1,400	1,794
King & Spalding LLP	$155,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	N/A	1,949
Kirkland & Ellis LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Kramer Levin	$180,000	$190,000	1,950 target	1,743
Latham & Watkins LLP	$180,000	Undisclosed	1,900 target	N/A
Linklaters	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Mayer Brown LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A
McDermott Will & Emery LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A
Milbank	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Mintz Levin	$180,000	$190,000	1,850	N/A
Morgan, Lewis	$165,000 - $180,000	$170,000 - $190,000	N/A	N/A
Morrison & Foerster LLP	$180,000	$190,000	Undisclosed	N/A
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	1,652
Nelson Mullins	$95,000 - $170,000	Undisclosed	1,900	2,102
Nixon Peabody LLP	$160,000	$165,000	1,850	1,761
Norton Rose Fulbright	$180,000	$190,000	Undisclosed	N/A
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP	$160,000	Undisclosed	1,900	1,686
O'Melveny & Myers LLP	$180,000	$190,000	No requirement	N/A
Orrick	$165,000 - $180,000	$175,000 - $190,000	2,000, target	1,727
Patterson Belknap	$180,000	$190,000	2,150	N/A
Paul Hastings LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	N/A
Paul, Weiss	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Perkins Coie LLP	$105,000 - $180,000	$110,000 - $190,000	1,850 - 1,950	1,967
Pillsbury	$180,000	$190,000	1,950	N/A
Proskauer Rose LLP	$125,000 - $180,000	$130,000 - $190,000	N/A	N/A
Reed Smith LLP	$130,000 - $180,000	Undisclosed	1,900 target	N/A
Ropes & Gray LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Schiff Hardin LLP	$180,000	Undisclosed	2,000	1,978
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A
Sedgwick LLP	Varies (case-by-case)	Varies (case-by-case)	1,950/2,000 target	N/A
Seward & Kissel LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	1,665
Shearman & Sterling LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Sheppard, Mullin	$180,000	$190,000	1,950	1791
Sidley Austin LLP	$180,000	$190,000	Undisclosed	N/A
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Skadden	$180,000	$190,000	1,800	N/A
Snell & Wilmer LLP	$115,000 - $160,000	Undisclosed	1,800 - 1,950 target	1,670
Squire Patton Boggs	$135,000-$180,000	Undisclosed	1,900	N/A
Sterne, Kessler	$165,000 - $180,000	$175,000 - $190,000	2,000 target	1,909
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000 target	N/A
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Thompson & Knight LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1,900	2,052
Vedder Price	$180,000	$185,000 - $190,000	2,000	N/A
Venable LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1,900	N/A
Vinson & Elkins LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
Waller	$115,000	$126,000	1,800	1,743
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
White & Case LLP	$174,000 - $180,000	$180,000 - $190,000	2000 target	N/A
Wiley Rein LLP	$180,000	$190,000	1,950	1,924
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	N/A
WilmerHale	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	1,799
Wilson Sonsini	$180,000	$190,000	N/A	1,790
Winston & Strawn LLP	$180,000	$190,000	2,000	N/A