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<p>how much to avg lawyers make?</p>

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<p>Starting in a public sector job, around 40k.</p>

<p>It goes up from there though.</p>

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<p>Some lawyers make 50,000 even 60,000 a year in bigger cities!</p>

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<p>The mean annual wage for salaried lawyers is $110,590; the median (50th percentile) annual wage is $97,420, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>These figures exclude self-employed attorneys.</p>

<p>A survey published by the California Bar Journal this month included the following information:</p>

<p>"The percentage [of California attorneys] earning more than $300,000 from the practice of law went from 4 percent to 7 percent, while the percentage of those bringing home less than $50,000 went from 16 percent to 25 percent. Another quarter makes between $100,000 and $149,000, and 24 percent make between $50,000 and $100,000."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_cbj.jsp?sCategoryPath=/Home/Attorney%20Resources/California%20Bar%20Journal/March2006&sCatHtmlPath=cbj/2006-03_TH_04_Older-whiter.html&sCatHtmlTitle=Top%20Headlines%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_cbj.jsp?sCategoryPath=/Home/Attorney%20Resources/California%20Bar%20Journal/March2006&sCatHtmlPath=cbj/2006-03_TH_04_Older-whiter.html&sCatHtmlTitle=Top%20Headlines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>if you go to a top 14 school and manage to get yourself in the middle of the pack at least, you start at 125k (by the time you get your JD, 135k) plus bonus.</p>

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<p>You'll need to be making 130k a year if you get your JD from a top 14 school as your debt will be large, to say the least.</p>

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<p>hmm, my impression is that generally law schools tend to give a lot of merit base scholarships.
put it this way. if you get Penn law with no money and NW law with money, go to NW. won't make a significant dent in your resume, and you come out with less debt.
or go to texas. no income taxes = more money in your pocket.</p>