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Law Clerk salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Explore Law Clerk pay at 20 employers in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Employer industry and career are separate: this page focuses on the employers assigned to this sector, while the career can also appear elsewhere.
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Public annual pay cohorts at employers in this industry
An industry-wide average is not calculated from these employer medians. Each row keeps its sample denominator and available component breakdown. Unknown components stay undisclosed.
BENCHMARK EVIDENCE
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Selected supported source cohorts for Law Clerk salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. These are individual benchmarks, not an average across employers or levels.
Law Clerk · SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP · All reported locations
For Law Clerk at SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $225,000. The sample denominator is 29 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
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Law Clerk · Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP · All reported locations
For Law Clerk at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $225,000. The sample denominator is 20 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
Coverage refreshed . Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.
Law Clerk · Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP · All reported locations
For Law Clerk at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $225,000. The sample denominator is 19 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
Coverage refreshed . Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.
Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.
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20 selected cohorts shown. Open a row for the full pay definition and components.
| EMPLOYER / ROLE | TOTAL COMP | BASE SALARY | STOCK / YEAR | CASH BONUS | CONTEXT | |
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S& SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort29 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
WF Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort20 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
PW Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort19 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
ST Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort17 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
SA Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort12 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CS Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $215,530 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort11 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
QE Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort11 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CC Clifford Chance US LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $215,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
ML MILBANK LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $235,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
WG Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
GD Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort9 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
NR NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort9 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
GL GRAPE LAW FIRM PLLCLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $85,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort7 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
C& Covington & Burling LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
D& DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
H& Hang & Associates, PLLCLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $76,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CL Cooley LLPLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $225,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
S& Sun & Ren PLLCLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $74,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
TL The Law Offices of Fuqiang Zhang, P.C.Law ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $73,674 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
YL YAO LEGAL GROUP LLCLaw ClerkAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $72,800 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 |
Questions about this pay market.
What are Law Clerk salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
The available evidence includes 20 supported public pay cohorts across 20 employers. The tables show individual employer benchmarks and their measurement definitions. We do not average employer medians into a single industry salary.
Does this page show base salary or total compensation?
Base-pay coverage is available. Government wage filings describe offered base pay. Missing stock, bonus and benefits are not inferred from those wages.
Can Law Clerk work in other industries?
A career and an employer sector answer different questions. This page uses the assigned employer industry; the broader Law Clerk career page includes supported employers in other sectors. Filings may cover only part of an employer’s workforce.
How can a hiring team use these benchmarks?
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EMPLOYER COMPARISON
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
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