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ABA Survey: Lawyer Demographics and Wage Data in 2021

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Not surprisingly, the legal profession has not been immune, and lawyers and their firms have been impacted in many different ways. In comparison, first-year associates from firms with 50 lawyers or less had a median salary of $85,000. The average wage earned by judges, including magistrate judges and magistrates, was $131,850 in 2020.

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