Featured Job Survey Results: Bonuses (Boston)

We have received over 1,300 responses to our ATL / Lateral Link survey on bonuses (accessible here). So far, we’ve told you about New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles (take the survey on that page to see the results), and San Francisco / Silicon Valley.
Today’s new results are from Boston. Because a number of Boston firms had yet to announce their bonuses at the time of the survey (ahem, Goodwin?), the sample size for Boston, like its pizza and bagels, was not quite on par with New York’s. The salaries and bonuses reported, however, are generally in line with the other cities we’ve posted.
The breakdowns of bonus and base compensation, after the jump.

Bonus Distributions By Associate Class In Boston

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	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Less than $5,000						14%	14%	100%
$5,000 to $9,999					38%
$10,000 to $14,999						14%
$15,000 to $19,999		33%			13%		14%
$20,000 to $24,999			100%			14%
$25,000 to $29,999
$30,000 to $34,999							14%
$35,000 to $39,999							14%
$40,000 to $44,999						14%
$45,000 to $49,999						14%	42%
$50,000 to $54,999
$55,000 to $59,999					13%	14%
$60,000 to $64,999
$65,000 to $69,999					38%
$70,000 to $74,999				50%
$75,000 to $79,999				25%
$80,000 to $84,999				25%
$85,000 to $89,999
$90,000 to $94,999
$95,000 to $99,999		33%
$100,000 or more	100%	33%				14%

Base Salary Distributions By Associate Class In Boston

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
$83,000					11%
$90,000					22%
$125,000							8%
$135,000							8%
$145,000								14%
$160,000						30%	83%	86%
$170,000						70%
$177,000		33%
$180,000					11%
$185,000					56%
$210,000				100%
$230,000			100%
$230,000
$250,000		67%
$260,000	50%
$265,000	50%