The 2024 salary survey
The top firms at the market all pay at similar (high) levels, but there are differences which are worth considering when making your applications. Money isn't everything, but it is something.
It's also important to check regional variations: some firms will pay the same salary in all their offices across the US, while others will pay different rates in different markets. Check each firm's Inside View for more information.
| Firm | 1st year salary | 2nd year salary |
| Adam Leitman Bailey | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Akin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| A&O Shearman | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Alston & Bird | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Arnold & Porter | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Ashurst | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Axinn | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Baker Botts | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Bracewell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Brown Rudnick | $215,000 | $225,000 |
| Cadwalader | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Cahill | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Choate | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Cleary Gottlieb | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Clifford Chance | $225,000 | $225,000 |
| Cooley | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Covington & Burling | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Cozen O'Connor | $170,000-$205,000 | Undisclosed |
| Cravath | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Dechert | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| DLA Piper | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Duane Morris | $190,000-$210,000 | Undisclosed |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | $160,000-$225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Finnegan | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Fish & Richardson | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Foley & Lardner | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Foley Hoag | $215,000 | $225,000 |
| Fox Rothschild | $140,000-$190,000 | Undisclosed |
| Freshfields | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Fried, Frank | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Gibson, Dunn | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Goodwin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Goulston & Storrs | $215,000 | Undisclosed |
| Greenberg Glusker | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Greenberg Traurig | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Gunderson | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Haynes and Boone | Undisclosed | Undiclosed |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Hogan Lovells US | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Holland & Knight | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Holwell Shuster | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Irell & Manella | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Jackson Walker | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Jenner & Block | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| Jones Day | $225,000 | Undisclosed |
| K&L Gates | $200,000 | Undisclosed |
| Kasowitz | $215,000 | $225,000 |
| Katten | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| King & Spalding | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Kramer Levin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Latham & Watkins | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Linklaters | $225,000 | $225,000 |
| Mayer Brown | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| McDermott | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Milbank | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Mintz | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Morrison & Foerster | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Munger, Tolles & Olson | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Nelson Mullins | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | $190,000-$225,000 | Undisclosed |
| O'Melveny | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Orrick | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Patterson Belknap | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Paul Hastings | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Paul, Weiss | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Perkins Coie | $155,000-$225,000 | $160,000-$235,000 |
| Pillsbury | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Polsinelli | $200,000-$215,000 | Undisclosed |
| Proskauer Rose | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Reed Smith | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Richards, Layton & Finger | $190,000 | Undisclosed |
| Ropes & Gray | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Seward & Kissel | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | $210,000 | $220,000 |
| Sheppard, Mullin | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Sidley Austin | $225,000 | $225,000 |
| Simpson Thacher | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Skadden | $215,000 | Undisclosed |
| Sterne, Kessler | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Vedder Price | $225,000 | $230,000-$235,000 |
| Venable | $205,000 | $215,000 |
| Vinson & Elkins | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Weil | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| White & Case | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Wiley Rein | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Willkie Farr | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| WilmerHale | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Wilson Sonsini | $225,000 | $235,000 |
| Winston & Strawn | $225,000 | $235,000 |