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by brudgers 2739 days ago
Legal salaries are bimodal.

https://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib

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Any idea why there's such a narrow peak at 160k? Is it a tax efficiency thing or are law firms colluding on salary? (or something else?)
It’s the starting salary at biglaw firms. The law profession is very guild-like in it’s hiring practices.