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What lawyers make
Median for the group
$159,670
Bottom tenth
$78,360
Top tenth
$351,600
The national median for all lawyers is $159,670 a year. The bottom tenth earn $78,360 or less and the top tenth $351,600 or more (2025 federal wage survey). This is the figure for all lawyers, not for real estate lawyers specifically, because the survey does not split them out. It counts lawyers paid as employees, so partners who own a share of their firm are not in it.