Law Practice
Oct. 11, 2014
Starting salaries remain flat, study says
The National Association for Law Placement found more large firms are paying first-year associates less than the usual average of $160,000.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The median starting salary at large law firms in Los Angeles and San Francisco fell to $145,000 this year, with only 40 percent of LA firms paying the longtime average salary of $160,000, according to a survey released Thursday.
In 2009, 90 percent of large LA firms paid at least $160,000.
Though many large firms still pay first-year associates a salary of $160,000, the National Associati...
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