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Lawyer salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Explore Lawyer 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 Lawyer salaries in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. These are individual benchmarks, not an average across employers or levels.
Lawyer · Latham & Watkins LLP · All reported locations
For Lawyer at Latham & Watkins LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $310,000. The sample denominator is 60 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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Lawyer · Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP · All reported locations
For Lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $285,000. The sample denominator is 42 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.
Lawyer · Sidley Austin (US) LLP · All reported locations
For Lawyer at Sidley Austin (US) LLP in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $235,000. The sample denominator is 33 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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L& Latham & Watkins LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $310,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort60 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
DP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $285,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort42 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
SA Sidley Austin (US) LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $235,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort33 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
GD Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $267,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort30 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
ST Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $310,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort28 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CS Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $218,920 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort17 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
M& Morrison & Foerster LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $190,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort14 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
R& Ropes & Gray LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $377,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort14 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
AO Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $310,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort13 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
MB Mayer Brown LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $215,530 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort13 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
FF FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $350,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort12 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
JD Jones DayLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $218,920 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort9 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
XL XYZ LAW PLLCLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $158,080 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort7 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
GT Greenberg Traurig, LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $325,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
D& DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $260,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
HL Hogan Lovells US LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $235,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
O& O'Melveny & Myers LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $390,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
Q& Quill & Arrow LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $140,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
SL Strategic Legal Practices, APC.LawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $145,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
TK Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLPLawyerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $165,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 |
Questions about this pay market.
What are Lawyer 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 Lawyer work in other industries?
A career and an employer sector answer different questions. This page uses the assigned employer industry; the broader Lawyer 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. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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Explore the pay context →EMPLOYER COMPARISONDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP vs. Sidley Austin (US) LLP
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Explore the pay context →EMPLOYER COMPARISONGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP vs. Sidley Austin (US) LLP
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