{"id":120906,"date":"2025-05-29T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/29\/associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:33:18","slug":"associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/29\/associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate Compensation Is More Than Just The Cravath Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the National Association for Law Placement\u2019s 2025 U.S. Associate Salary Survey, what is the overall median first-year associate salary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: It\u2019s higher at firms with 700+ attorneys, at a median of $215,000 \u2014 which is still below the top-of-market scale which gives associates <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/12\/biglaw-raise-bonus-tracker-2023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$225,000 as their starting salary<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Associate Compensation Is More Than Just The Cravath Scale<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/money-question-mark-value-valuation-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the National Association for Law Placement\u2019s 2025 U.S. Associate Salary Survey, what is the overall median first-year associate salary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: It\u2019s higher at firms with 700+ attorneys, at a median of $215,000 \u2014 which is still below the top-of-market scale which gives associates <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/12\/biglaw-raise-bonus-tracker-2023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$225,000 as their starting salary<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/associate-compensation-is-more-than-just-the-cravath-scale\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the National Association for Law Placement\u2019s 2025 U.S. Associate Salary Survey, what is the overall median first-year associate salary? 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