The intense competition for top legal talent has accelerated the move towards major money for lawyers. But what is the Biglaw salary scale for the world’s largest law firms?
We have written about how to understand the Biglaw salary scale here, and update the bonuses and pay scale developments with Biglaw here.
Here is a list of the Biglaw salaries –
Rank | Firm | Revenue (US$) | Lawyers | Revenue per lawyer (US$) | Profit per partner (US$)[2] | Country with the most lawyers |
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1 | Kirkland & Ellis | $4,154,600,000 | 2,598 | $1,599,000 | $5,195,000 | ![]() |
2 | Latham & Watkins | $3,767,623,000 | 2,720 | $1,385,000 | $3,352,000 | ![]() |
3 | DLA Piper (verein) | $3,112,130,000 | 3,894 | $799,000 | $1,874,000 | ![]() |
4 | Baker McKenzie (verein) | $2,920,000,000 | 4,809 | $607,000 | $1,443,000 | ![]() |
5 | Dentons (verein) | $2,899,600,000 | 10,977 | $264,000 | $533,000 | ![]() |
6 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $2,632,615,000 | 1,694 | $1,554,000 | $3,919,000 | ![]() |
7 | Clifford Chance | $2,500,000,000 | 2,489 | $1,005,000 | $2,350,000 | ![]() |
8 | Sidley Austin | $2,337,803,000 | 1,922 | $1,217,000 | $2,551,000 | ![]() |
9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | $2,265,000,000 | 2,063 | $1,098,000 | $1,391,000 | ![]() |
10 | Hogan Lovells (verein) | $2,246,050,000 | 2,642 | $850,000 | $1,381,000 | ![]() |
11 | White & Case | $2,184,850,000 | 2,204 | $991,000 | $2,400,000 | ![]() |
12 | Allen & Overy | $2,160,729,000 | 2,447 | $883,000 | $2,215,000 | ![]() |
13 | Linklaters | $2,093,569,000 | 2,393 | $875,000 | $2,270,000 | ![]() |
14 | Jones Day | $2,077,000,000 | 2,514 | $826,000 | $1,093,000 | ![]() |
15 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $2,008,334,000 | 1,351 | $1,486,000 | $3,345,000 | ![]() |
16 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $1,942,013,000 | 1,812 | $1,072,000 | $2,485,000 | ![]() |
17 | Norton Rose Fulbright | $1,904,019,000 | 3,266 | $583,000 | $907,000 | ![]() |
18 | Ropes & Gray | $1,903,616,000 | 1,247 | $1,527,000 | $2,552,000 | ![]() |
19 | Greenberg Traurig | $1,641,790,000 | 2,070 | $793,000 | $1,750,000 | ![]() |
20 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $1,618,633,000 | 996 | $1,625,000 | $4,417,000 | ![]() |
21 | CMS (EEIG) | $1,596,128,000 | 3,765 | $424,000 | $766,000 | ![]() |
22 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $1,517,889,000 | 1,126 | $1,348,000 | $4,028,000 | ![]() |
23 | Mayer Brown | $1,484,000,000 | 1,632 | $909,000 | $1,702,000 | ![]() |
24 | Sullivan & Cromwell | $1,467,398,000 | 809 | $1,814,000 | $4,653,000 | ![]() |
25 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | $1,444,000,000 | 975 | $1,481,000 | $4,514,000 | ![]() |
26 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $1,387,694,000 | 1,020 | $1,360,000 | $4,699,000 | ![]() |
27 | King & Spalding | $1,338,607,000 | 1,165 | $1,149,000 | $2,847,000 | ![]() |
28 | Goodwin Procter | $1,330,176,000 | 1,091 | $1,219,000 | $2,463,000 | ![]() |
29 | Cooley | $1,329,329,000 | 1,009 | $1,318,000 | $2,382,000 | ![]() |
30 | Paul Hastings | $1,268,910,000 | 954 | $1,330,000 | $3,254,000 | ![]() |
31 | Herbert Smith Freehills | $1,263,904,000 | 2,228 | $567,000 | $1,269,000 | ![]() |
32 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | $1,252,062,000 | 827 | $1,514,000 | $4,556,000 | ![]() |
33 | Reed Smith | $1,246,926,000 | 1,602 | $778,000 | $1,261,000 | ![]() |
34 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | $1,211,009,000 | 1,210 | $1,001,000 | $3,162,000 | ![]() |
35 | Eversheds Sutherland | $1,206,000,000 | 2,563 | $471,000 | $1,161,000 | ![]() |
36 | Covington & Burling | $1,187,388,000 | 1,112 | $1,068,000 | $1,734,000 | ![]() |
37 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | $1,184,336,000 | 844 | $1,403,000 | $2,151,000 | ![]() |
38 | McDermott, Will & Emery | $1,172,114,000 | 1,051 | $1,115,000 | $1,884,000 | ![]() |
39 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $1,158,537,000 | 990 | $1,170,000 | $1,989,000 | ![]() |
40 | Morrison & Foerster | $1,147,200,000 | 1,005 | $1,141,000 | $1,982,000 | ![]() |
41 | Dechert | $1,135,502,000 | 974 | $1,116,000 | $2,728,000 | ![]() |
42 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $1,135,014,000 | 910 | $1,247,000 | $2,402,000 | ![]() |
43 | King & Wood Mallesons (verein) | $1,079,000,000 | 3,258 | $331,000 | $921,000 | ![]() |
44 | Milbank | $1,069,027,000 | 765 | $1,398,000 | $3,874,000 | ![]() |
45 | Debevoise & Plimpton | $1,049,459,000 | 710 | $1,304,000 | $3,265,000 | ![]() |
46 | Squire Patton Boggs (verein) | $1,035,000,000 | 1,485 | $697,000 | $1,027,000 | ![]() |
47 | Holland & Knight | $1,026,809,000 | 1,212 | $847,000 | $1,424,000 | ![]() |
48 | K&L Gates | $1,026,626,000 | 1,691 | $607,000 | $990,000 | ![]() |
49 | Winston & Strawn | $1,012,310,000 | 879 | $1,152,000 | $2,162,000 | ![]() |
50 | Proskauer Rose | $1,004,942,000 | 744 | $1,351,000 | $2,660,000 | ![]() |
51 | Shearman & Sterling | $968,164,000 | 849 | $1,140,000 | $2,431,000 | ![]() |
52 | Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati | $961,000,000 | 842 | $1,142,000 | $2,350,000 | ![]() |
53 | Arnold & Porter | $951,900,000 | 919 | $1,036,000 | $1,242,000 | ![]() |
54 | Perkins Coie | $934,810,000 | 1,042 | $897,000 | $1,287,000 | ![]() |
55 | Foley & Lardner | $920,427,000 | 1,023 | $900,000 | $1,251,000 | ![]() |
56 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | $882,086,000 | 265 | $3,329,000 | $6,330,000 | ![]() |
57 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | $869,057,000 | 1,399 | $621,000 | $844,000 | ![]() |
58 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | $868,000,000 | 696 | $1,247,000 | $3,089,000 | ![]() |
59 | McGuireWoods | $853,505,000 | 989 | $863,000 | $1,360,000 | ![]() |
60 | Kim & Chang | $846,114,000 | 1,050 | $806,000 | $1,302,000 | ![]() |
61 | Alston & Bird | $835,865,000 | 796 | $1,050,000 | $2,087,000 | ![]() |
62 | O’Melveny & Myers | $835,342,000 | 667 | $1,252,000 | $2,262,000 | ![]() |
63 | Ashurst | $822,259,000 | 1,512 | $554,000 | $1,299,000 | ![]() |
64 | Clyde & Co | $800,554,000 | 1,756 | $456,000 | $922,000 | ![]() |
65 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | $799,555,000 | 526 | $1,520,000 | $4,414,000 | ![]() |
66 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | $799,139,000 | 780 | $1,025,000 | $1,689,000 | ![]() |
67 | Vinson & Elkins | $792,597,000 | 656 | $1,208,000 | $2,517,000 | ![]() |
68 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | $776,000,000 | 538 | $1,442,000 | $3,268,000 | ![]() |
69 | Yingke | $762,873,000 | 8,862 | $86,000 | $172,000 | ![]() |
70 | Hunton Andrews Kurth | $756,000,000 | 861 | $878,000 | $1,097,000 | ![]() |
71 | Baker Botts | $751,070,000 | 734 | $1,023,000 | $1,662,000 | ![]() |
72 | Slaughter & May | $737,990,000 | 598 | $1,234,000 | $3,073,000 | ![]() |
73 | Baker & Hostetler | $732,494,000 | 890 | $823,000 | $1,035,000 | ![]() |
74 | Seyfarth Shaw | $717,370,000 | 882 | $813,000 | $1,140,000 | ![]() |
75 | Fragomen | $701,787,000 | 582 | $1,207,000 | $1,884,000 | ![]() |
76 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | $677,320,000 | 643 | $1,053,000 | $1,500,000 | ![]() |
77 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | $669,709,000 | 675 | $993,000 | $1,682,000 | ![]() |
78 | Venable | $657,038,000 | 735 | $894,000 | $1,165,000 | ![]() |
79 | Gowling WLG | $645,550,000 | 1,283 | $503,000 | $535,000 | ![]() |
80 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | $642,000,000 | 1,528 | $428,000 | $951,000 | ![]() |
81 | Pinsent Masons | $632,654,000 | 1,678 | $377,000 | $817,000 | ![]() |
82 | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt | $617,493,000 | 478 | $1,292,000 | $1,372,000 | ![]() |
83 | Littler Mendelson | $590,038,000 | 1,066 | $553,000 | $521,000 | ![]() |
84 | Polsinelli | $580,437,000 | 849 | $684,000 | $739,000 | ![]() |
85 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | $557,987,000 | 740 | $754,000 | $996,000 | ![]() |
86 | Fox Rothschild | $555,000,000 | 860 | $645,000 | $695,000 | ![]() |
87 | Troutman Sanders | $549,617,000 | 664 | $828,000 | $1,074,000 | ![]() |
88 | Zhong Lun | $535,314,000 | 1,554 | $344,000 | $809,000 | ![]() |
89 | Blake, Cassels & Graydon | $524,160,000 | 638 | $822,000 | $747,000 | ![]() |
90 | Faegre Baker Daniels | $521,138,000 | 674 | $773,000 | $896,000 | ![]() |
91 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | $520,099,000 | 862 | $604,000 | $776,000 | ![]() |
92 | Cozen O’Connor | $517,301,000 | 675 | $767,000 | $828,000 | ![]() |
93 | Duane Morris | $510,341,000 | 658 | $775,000 | $1,010,000 | ![]() |
94 | AllBright Law Offices | $506,652,000 | 3,178 | $159,000 | $403,000 | ![]() |
95 | Nixon Peabody | $505,520,000 | 591 | $856,000 | $1,503,000 | ![]() |
96 | McCarthy Tetrault | $498,545,000 | 642 | $777,000 | $762,000 | ![]() |
97 | Simmons & Simmons | $497,952,000 | 1,056 | $472,000 | $949,000 | ![]() |
98 | Locke Lord | $496,433,000 | 611 | $812,000 | $1,035,000 | ![]() |
99 | Jackson Lewis | $486,149,000 | 865 | $562,000 | $634,000 | ![]() |
100 | Bird & Bird | $485,312,000 | 1,200 | $404,000 | $757,000 | ![]() |