{"id":166228,"date":"2026-10-27T02:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/27\/plaintiff-law-firms-pay-first-years-131k-on-average-with-raises-and-bonuses-highly-variable\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:59:59","slug":"plaintiff-law-firms-pay-first-years-131k-on-average-with-raises-and-bonuses-highly-variable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/27\/plaintiff-law-firms-pay-first-years-131k-on-average-with-raises-and-bonuses-highly-variable\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaintiff Law Firms Pay First-Years $131K on Average, With Raises and Bonuses Highly Variable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only about 49% of the respondent firms had a structured or lockstep pay raise structure, and 21.5% had no official policy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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