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The Market Has Spoken: It's Time To Show Biglaw Associates The Money

Pay up before your talent flees to a firm that will.

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This is the market speaking. Law firms are desperate for help. And they are desperate to hold onto what they have.

— Kay Hoppe, a veteran legal recruiter based in Chicago, commenting on the recent wave of raises that has brought the entry-level starting salary at large law firms to $205,000. The new salary scale tops out at $365,000 for eighth-year associates. Click here to keep track of all the firms that have announced salary increases.

Staci ZaretskyStaci 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.

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