As is becoming standard among the firms at the top of the Biglaw hierarchy, yet another firm has matched what’s become the new prevailing salary scale. It’s always our pleasure to welcome a new firm full of bright-eyed associates to the land of the $205K market rate. Thanks for joining your peers, Mayer Brown!
At the end of the day yesterday, the No. 22 firm on the most recent Am Law 100 ranking notified associates that it would be matching the Davis Polk scale for U.S. associates, effective July 1. Once again, here’s the new salary scale, in case you’ve somehow forgotten:
- 2020: $205,000
- 2019: $215,000
- 2018: $240,000
- 2017: $275,000
- 2016: $305,000
- 2015: $330,000
- 2014: $350,000
- 2013+: $365,000
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Congratulations to everyone at the firm. Based on the sheer number of tips we received, everyone seems really happy. We love to see it!
(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Mayer Brown.)
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.