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Welcome to Law Salary Central, salary information available exclusively for Vault Gold Members.

The chart below summarizes salary information gathered by Vault's law editors in the while compiling law firm guides, including the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, and Vault?s regional law firm guides (Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms, Vault Guide to the Top Mid-Atlantic Law Firms, etc.). If you have salary information to report, contact us at editors@staff.vault.com

EXPLANATION OF PREVIEW CHART: The $$$ symbols on the chart below indicate salary or bonus information actually available to Gold Members. "N/A" or "No info given" indicates information not available.

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Firm/Location
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 Summer Associates
Adams and Reese LLP
New Orleans, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Birmingham, AL, Jackson, MS (August 2005)
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Mobile, AL (August 2005)
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
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Texas offices (December 2006)
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New York, NY (March 2007)

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Washington, DC (February 2007)
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Allen & Overy LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
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U.S. Law Group (August 2005)
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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP
All offices (August 2006)
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Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP
Santa Monica, CA (May 2006)
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Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA (May 2006); Charlotte, Raleigh, NC (February 2007)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Andrews Kurth LLP
Texas offices (December 2006)
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New York, NY; Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Los Angeles, CA (August 2006)
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Arent Fox PLLC
All offices (August 2006)
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New York, NY (February 2007)
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Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA (February 2007)
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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Atlanta, GA (March 2007)
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Arnold & Porter LLP
Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
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Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
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Washington, DC (February 2007)
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Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
New York, NY (March 2006)
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Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Baker Botts LLP
Texas Offices (August 2006)
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New York, NY (February 2007)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Baker & Daniels LLP
All Indiana offices (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Birmingham, AL (August 2005); Jackson, Memphis, Nashville, TN (August 2005); New Orleans, LA (August 2005)
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Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville TN (August 2005)
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Baker & Hostetler
Cleveland, OH (August 2006)
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Cincinnati, OH (August 2006)
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Columbus, OH (August 2006)
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Costa Mesa & Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Denver, CO (August 2006)
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Houston, TX (August 2006)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Orlando, FL (August 2006)
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Baker & McKenzie
Bay Area offices, CA (May 2006)
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Chicago, IL (August 2006)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Texas offices (August 2006)
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San Francisco; Palo Alto, CA (August 2006)
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San Diego, CA (August 2006)
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Miami, FL (August 2006)
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Balch & Bingham LLP
Alabama offices (August 2005)
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Atlanta, GA (August 2005)
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Mississippi offices (August 2005)
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Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Philadelphia, PA; Wilmington, DE (August 2006)
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Baltimore, MD; Vorhees, NJ (August 2006)
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Denver, CO (August 2005); Salt Lake City, UT (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Indiana offices; Grand Rapids (August 2006)
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Chicago, IL; Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Baron & Budd, P.C.
Dallas, TX (December 2006)
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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
All offices (Fall 2006)
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Beckley Singleton, Chtd.
Las Vegas, NV (December 2006)
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Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP
All offices (December 2006)
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Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C.
Des Moines, IA (December 2006)
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Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
All offices (December 2006)
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Best Best & Krieger LLP
Riverside, CA (May 2006)*
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*Plus hourly production bonus for every hour over $$$
Bickel & Brewer
Dallas, TX (December 2006)
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Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
Miami, FL (May 2007)
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Bingham McCutchen LLP
All Southern Califronia offices (February 2007)
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New York, NY; London, UK (February 2007)
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All other US offices (February 2007)
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Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
Kansas City, MO (August 2006)
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Omaha, NE (August 2006)
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Springfield, MO (August 2006)
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St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Blank Rome LLP
New York, NY (February 2007)
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Washington, DC (February 2007)
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Philadelphia, PA (February 2007)
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Bodman LLP
Detroit, MI (December 2006)
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
All offices (March 2007)
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Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC
Nashville, TN (2004)
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Bracewell & Guiliani LLP
Austin, Dallas, Houston, TX (August 2006)
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San Antonio, TX (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
Boston, MA (May 2006)
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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Bromberg & Sunstein LLP
Boston, MA (August 2006)
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Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP
(August 2006)
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Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
Boston, MA (February 2007)
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Harford, CT; Providence, RI (February 2007)
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New York, NY (February 2007)
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Bryan Cave LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Irvine & Los Angeles, CA; Washinton, DC (August 2006)
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Kansas City, MO (August 2006)
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New York, NY (August 2006)
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Phoenix, AZ (August 2006)
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St. Louis, MO (August 2006)
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Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA (August 2006)
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Harrisburg, PA (August 2006)
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Philadelphia, PA; Princeton, NJ; New York, NY; Washington, DC (August 2006)
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Miami, FL (August 2006)
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San Diego, CA (August 2006)
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Tampa, FL (August 2006)
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Wilmington, DE (August 2005)
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Buerman and James A. Spitz, Jr.
New York (March 2007)
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Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens, & Cannada, PLLC
Jackson, MS (May 2006)
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Cades Schutte LLP
Honolulu, HI (August 2005)
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
New York, NY; Washington, DC (January 2007)
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Charlotte, NC (August 2006)
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
New York, NY (January 2007)
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Various Offices (August 2005)
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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
All offices (December, 2006)
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Carlsmith Ball LLP
Honolulu, HI (2005)
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Carlton Fields
Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
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Miami, West Palm Beach, FL (August 2006)
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Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa, FL (August 2006)
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Tallahassee, FL (August 2006)
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Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Dallas, TX (December 2006)
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Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
New York, NY (January 2007)
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Chadbourne & Parke LLP
All U.S. offices (August 2006)
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New York, NY (March 2007)
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Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
Houston, TX (December 2006)
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Chapman and Cutler LLP
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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Choate, Hall & Stewart
Boston, MA (August 2006)
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Various Offices (August 2005)
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Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP
Los Angeles, CA (August 2005)
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Clark Hill PLC
All offices (December 2006)
 $$$
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Clark, Thomas & Winters, A Professional Corporation
Austin and San Antonio, TX (December 2006)
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
All offices (January 2007)
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Clifford Chance LLP
All U.S. offices (January 2007)
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Washington, DC (August 2005)
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