Money · 1 of 5
What lawyers make
Median
$159,670
Bottom tenth
$78,360
Top tenth
$351,600
The national median is $159,670 a year, the bottom tenth earn $78,360 or less and the top tenth $351,600 or more, in the 2025 survey. These are the published figures for Lawyers as a whole, including government and public interest work. The survey does not break out intellectual property lawyers, and law firm partners are owners rather than employees, so they are not counted in it at all.