The volume of data allowed analyses for 23 individual cities as well as many additional states and regions not encompassed by those cities. These analyses reveal a wide range of law firm compensation. Contrasts between large cities and smaller metropolitan areas are also evident. This year's survey also included information on salaries for staff attorneys and law clerks. The survey also reports the aggregate compensation and bonus systems at participating firms and the prevalence and size of bonuses for prior judicial clerks.
Aggregate compensation includes bonuses in addition to base pay.
About one-third of the firms reported paying a bonus to prior judicial clerks, with large firms most likely to offer bonuses. For more information, see The Salary Wars and Their Aftermath in the Reference section.