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What the pay survey shows
All lawyers median
$159,670
Bottom tenth
$78,360
Top tenth
$351,600
The national median is $159,670 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $78,360. Read that carefully: the survey counts every lawyer under one title, and corporate firm partners pull the middle up. Prosecutors are government employees paid on published salary schedules, and most sit below that median for their whole career.