NALP Bulletin, November 2011
Class of 2010 — Full-Time Reported Salaries by Employer or Job Type
| Employer or Job Type | PERCENT OF REPORTED SALARIES WHICH WERE: | National Median | National Mean | Most Frequently Reported Salaries | # of Salaries Reported | ||||
| $40,000 or Less | $40,001 - 55,000 | $55,001 - 75,000 | $75,001 - 100,000 | More than $100,000 | |||||
| All Types | 11.3% | 26.5% | 23.1% | 9.6% | 29.5% | $63,000 | $84,111 | $160,000 (18.4%) / $50,000 (5.5%) | 18,398 |
| Academic | 32.8 | 38.2 | 18.9 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 47,000 | 50,970 | * / 55,000 (6.9) | 259 |
| Business | 11.8 | 22.0 | 31.8 | 20.8 | 13.5 | 65,000 | 72,669 | 60,000 (6.7) / 50,000 (6.0) | 1,639 |
| Bar Passage Req'd | 7.0 | 23.1 | 35.6 | 23.0 | 11.3 | 68,000 | 72,267 | 60,000 (7.3) / 75,000 (6.8) | 618 |
| JD Preferred | 12.0 | 24.2 | 32.1 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 65,000 | 72,695 | 50,000 (7.6) / 60,000 (6.9) | 582 |
| Other Professional | 13.3 | 17.7 | 27.4 | 23.6 | 18.0 | 70,000 | 77,066 | 60,000 (5.6) / ** | 390 |
| Consulting | — 18.8 — | 35.4 | 28.2 | 17.7 | 75,000 | 81,433 | *** / 80,000 (6.1) | 181 | |
| In-house | 5.0 | 16.2 | 38.3 | 26.1 | 14.4 | 70,000 | 77,210 | 75,000 (7.7) / 70,000 (7.5) | 402 |
| Management | 9.4 | 16.2 | 27.2 | 24.6 | 22.5 | 75,000 | 83,797 | 60,000 (7.3) / 70,000 (6.3) | 191 |
| Temp Legal | 7.1 | 64.3 | 19.6 | — 8.9 — | 49,000 | 54,069 | 52,000 (12.5) / 44,850 (10.7) | 56 | |
| Other Jobs | 18.0 | 24.8 | 29.7 | 16.6 | 10.9 | 60,000 | 67,111 | 60,000 (6.8) / 50,000 (5.9) | 809 |
| Judicial Clerkships | 11.7 | 48.7 | — 39.6 — | 0.0 | 51,900 | 51,456 | 60,000 (8.0) / 50,000 (6.3) | 2,713 | |
| Government | 17.1 | 40.6 | 34.2 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 52,000 | 55,014 | 50,000 (7.5) / 40,000 (6.8) | 2,515 |
| Federal — All Jobs | 6.4 | 26.4 | 53.2 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 62,000 | 62,437 | 60,000 (8.7) / 62,467 (7.1) | 1,131 |
| State — All Jobs | 31.6 | 52.0 | 13.9 | — 2.4 — | 44,000 | 46,743 | 40,000 (13.9) / 50,000 (8.5) | 661 | |
| Local — All Jobs | 20.2 | 52.3 | 23.3 | — 4.2 — | 50,000 | 50,975 | 50,000 (11.4) / 40,000 (7.9) | 708 | |
| Prosecution Jobs | 24.2 | 55.2 | 19.1 | — 1.5 — | 49,000 | 48,527 | 50,000 (13.2) / 50,000 (10.2) | 665 | |
| Military | 12.6 | 32.7 | 40.3 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 60,000 | 60,455 | 60,000 (11.9) / 50,000 (9.0) | 278 |
| Other Jobs | 14.6 | 37.1 | 38.1 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 55,000 | 56,619 | 60,000 (6.8) / 50,000 (5.5) | 884 |
| Private Practice | 6.6 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 11.8 | 50.1 | 104,000 | 106,444 | 160,000 (32.9) / 50,000 (4.7) | 10,262 |
| Public Interest | 37.7 | 52.4 | 8.9 | — 1.0 — | 42,900 | 44,087 | 40,000 (12.9) / 42,000 (7.4) | 958 | |
| Public Defenders | 26.4 | 64.7 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43,000 | 45,614 | 40,000 (15.5) / 42,000 (14.9) | 329 |
Note: The number of salaries reported for all types of employers exceeds the sum of salaries reported for individual employer types because not all jobs with a salary reported included an employer type. Figures in parentheses in the column labeled "Most Frequently Reported Salaries" indicate the percentage of salaries reported at that level. A few salaries reported for law firm solo practice are excluded from all salary analyses for the Class of 2010.
* $30,000 and $45,000 each accounted for 7.2% of reported salaries.
** $70,000 and $100,000 each accounted for 5.1% of reported salaries.
*** $50,000 and $75,000 each accounted for 6.6% of reported salaries.
