What areas of law pay the most?
What areas of law pay the most?
According to PayScale, here are the median lawyer salaries for the more well-known concentrations, including bonuses, profit-sharing and commission:Patent attorney: $180,000.Intellectual property (IP) attorney: $162,000.Trial lawyer: $134,000.Tax attorney: $122,000.Corporate lawyer: $115,000.Employment lawyer: $87,000.
How much money do female lawyers make?
Forty percent of lawyers are female and these female lawyers earn a median annual salary of between $51,782 and $96,514, as of 2011. In contrast, 60 percent of lawyers are male; those male lawyers earn a median annual salary of between $58,703 and $113,992, PayScale reports.
What does the average corporate lawyer make?
Job openings for Corporate LawyerCityAverage salaryCorporate Lawyer in Sydney NSW 13 salaries$122,812 per yearCorporate Lawyer in Perth WA 8 salaries$129,102 per yearCorporate Lawyer in Melbourne VIC 12 salaries$109,407 per yearCorporate Lawyer in Adelaide SA 15 salaries$142,220 per year1 more row•
Who are the happiest lawyers?
Among the happiest lawyers are those who work with clients whose values they share, and attorneys who work at small firms or in the public sector, particularly in public interest jobs. New lawyers entering legal service jobs earned about one-fourth of the large firm pay.
