The Average Salary of a Staff Attorney
Attorneys, the bridge between their clients and the legal system, are often employed by a company, agency or institution. In this case, the salary a staff attorney earns varies from industry to industry.
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After Graduation
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2010-11 handbook, the median salary of attorneys nine months after graduating law school varied by the type of employer they worked for in May 2007. Staff attorneys employed by business enterprises earned the highest median salary at $69,100, followed by attorneys employed by local, state or federal government, who earned a comparable median salary of $50,000.
Largest Employers
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Attorneys employed by "companies and enterprises" earned the highest median wage in May 2008, pulling in $145,770 annually. They were followed by their counterparts working in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, who earned a median annual wage of $126,080. By comparison, the median annual earnings of staff attorneys working in local government during this same period was $82,590.
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Highest-Paying Industry
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that staff attorneys working in petroleum and coal products manufacturing earned the highest annual mean wage at $196,190 in May 2009. These attorneys also made the highest median hourly salary at $94.32 per hour.
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I just read what the Congressioal staff makes $169.459, the Senate over $168.411 and Representatives between $400.00 and $600.000 in a 6 mths. time and they spend over 1 million in 6mth. time and they want to take off us to make theirselves more wealthier and as for us, we are forgotten, they want to take what little we do have"AWAY" what a damn shame. Instead of giving to the less fortunate, they are taking from us and giving it back to the rich and making them even richer "MUST BE NICE". I thought Obama would help us once he got in office.. Boy! was I wrong...
