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What defence lawyers make
Median
$124,000
Lower end
$63,000
Upper end
$223,000
Job Bank's figures for all lawyers and Quebec notaries in Canada, 2023 to 2024, worked out as a year at 40 hours a week. Job Bank does not publish a separate figure for criminal defence lawyers, and many of them are self-employed, so their own pay can sit well away from this. Legal aid rates set the floor for much of the field.