3 Depressingly Low Associate Salaries
Let's take a look a look at some of the more dire job options out there.
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The world of Biglaw may have rejoiced when the MoneyLaw salaries kicked in, and first-year associates started making $180,000. But the opportunity that Biglaw presents (for the discounted price of your soul!) is a tiny fraction of the jobs that await newly minted esquires. So let’s take a look a look at some of the more dire options out there. (For the purposes of this post, I’ve omitted the part-time or hourly positions, but let’s be clear — a boost to the federal minimum wage would help JDs around the country.)
1. $25,000 in Mount Clemens, Michigan
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Maybe this is why Michigan went red this election.
2. $32,000 in Orange County, California
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This job posting is for an experienced attorney. In a place where the annual cost of living is $40,684.
3. $33,000-37,000 in Charlotte, NC
At least with salaries this low you won’t get hosed by Trump’s new tax plan. So, that’s something.
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