Please click on the following links to view the ABA’s Employment Summary for graduates (click years to view PDFs):
2015 · 2016 · 2017
In addition, we have compiled the following complementary statistics below that may be useful.
| CLASS OF 2017 | CLASS OF 2016 | CLASS OF 2015 | |||||||
| Employed At Nine Months After Graduation | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed | 298 | 97.69 | 316 | 95.76 | 259 | 93.17 | |||
| Seeking Work | 3 | 0.98 | 6 | 1.82 | 9 | 3.24 | |||
| NOT seeking work at this time | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.61 | 2 | 0.72 | |||
| Unknown | 3 | 0.98 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Enrolled in Full-Time Degree Program | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.21 | 3 | 1.08 | |||
| Not working – start date deferred | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.80 | |||
| Total Graduates | 305 | 330 | 278 | ||||||
| JOB TYPE | |||||||||
| Law Firm | 196 | 65.78 | 189 | 59.81 | 158 | 61.01 | |||
| Judicial Clerkship (Click here for more detailed statistics) | 37 | 12.42 | 50 | 15.82 | 37 | 14.28 | |||
| Government | 16 | 5.37 | 17 | 5.38 | 13 | 5.02 | |||
| Public Interest | 37 | 12.42 | 48 | 15.19 | 40 | 15.44 | |||
| Academic | 3 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.32 | 3 | 1.16 | |||
| Business | 8 | 2.68 | 9 | 2.85 | 6 | 2.32 | |||
| Military | 1 | 0.34 | 2 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.77 | |||
| EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS/FULL-TIME VS. PART-TIME | |||||||||
| Bar admission required/Full-time | 287 | 96.31 | 301 | 95.25 | 251 | 96.90 | |||
| Bar admission required/Part-time | 1 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.39 | |||
| JD preferred/Full-time | 8 | 2.68 | 13 | 4.11 | 6 | 2.32 | |||
| JD preferred/Part-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Professional other/Full-time | 1 | 0.34 | 2 | 0.63 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Professional other/Part-time | 1 | 0.34 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Non-Professional other/Full-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.39 | |||
| Non-Professional other/Part-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| TERMS OF HIRE | |||||||||
| Permanent (and not law school funded) | 277 | 291 | 244 | ||||||
| Short-term Law School Funded | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Other Short-Term | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Long term Law Shool Funded | 14 | 23 | 11 | ||||||
| JOBS BY REGION | |||||||||
| New England | 5 | 1.68 | 6 | 1.9 | 6 | 2.32 | |||
| Mid-Atlantic (includes New York) | 37 | 12.42 | 36 | 11.39 | 35 | 13.51 | |||
| East North Central | 7 | 2.35 | 6 | 1.9 | 6 | 2.32 | |||
| West North Central | 1 | 0.34 | 3 | 0.95 | 3 | 1.16 | |||
| South Atlantic (includes Washington, DC) | 18 | 6.04 | 28 | 8.86 | 22 | 8.49 | |||
| East South Central | 4 | 1.34 | 2 | 0.63 | 4 | 1.54 | |||
| West South Central | 12 | 3.16 | 10 | 3.16 | 5 | 1.93 | |||
| Mountain | 10 | 4.03 | 10 | 3.16 | 8 | 3.09 | |||
| Pacific (includes California) | 204 | 68.46 | 214 | 67.72 | 168 | 64.86 | |||
| INTERNATIONAL | 4 | 1.34 | 1 | 0.32 | 2 | 0.77 | |||
| BREAKDOWN OF LAW FIRM JOBS BY FIRM SIZE | 196 | 65.78 | 189 | 59.81 | 158 | 61.01 | |||
| 1 to 10 attorneys | 11 | 5.61 | 12 | 6.35 | 15 | 9.49 | |||
| 11 to 25 attorneys | 3 | 1.53 | 1 | 0.53 | 13 | 8.23 | |||
| 26 to 50 attorneys | 3 | 2.04 | 4 | 2.12 | 1 | 0.63 | |||
| 51 to 100 attorneys | 4 | 4.08 | 7 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.27 | |||
| 101 to 250 attorneys | 8 | 4.76 | 9 | 4.76 | 6 | 3.80 | |||
| 251 to 500 attorneys | 19 | 9.69 | 17 | 8.99 | 22 | 13.92 | |||
| 501 or more attorneys | 148 | 75.51 | 138 | 73.02 | 98 | 62.03 | |||
| Solo Practice | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.32 | 1 | 0.63 | |||
| Unknown | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| SALARIES | |||||||||
| Number of Salaries Reported | 277 | 90.82 | 297 | 90 | 240 | 86.33 | |||
| 25th Percentile | $65,000 | $64,981 | $60,000 | ||||||
| Median | $180,000 | $160,000 | $145,000 | ||||||
| 75th Percentile | $180,000 | $180,000 | $160,000 | ||||||
| Average | $136,336 | $125,229 | $112,935 | ||||||
| SALARIES IN SELECTED JOB TYPES | |||||||||
| Private Practice | (193 salaries reported out of 196 total, or 98.47%) | (182 salaries reported out of 189 total, or 96.30%) | (153 salaries reported out of 158 total, or 96.83%) | ||||||
| 25th Percentile | $180,000 | $160,000 | $155,000 | ||||||
| Median | $180,000 | $180,000 | $160,000 | ||||||
| 75th Percentile | $180,000 | $180,000 | $160,000 | ||||||
| Average | $168,250 | $165,057 | $145,111 | ||||||
| Judicial Clerkship | (32 salaries reported out of 37 total, or 86.49%) | (46 salaries reported out of 50 total, or 92%) | (36 salaries reported out of 37 total, or 97.3%) | ||||||
| 25th Percentile | $60,000 | $59,825 | $50,000 | ||||||
| Median | $60,000 | $60,500 | $60,000 | ||||||
| 75th Percentile | $67,000 | $65,000 | $65,000 | ||||||
| Average | $60,866 | $61,720 | $58,737 | ||||||
| Government | (14 salaries reported out of 16 total, or 87.5%) | (19 salaries reported out of 19 total, or 100%) | (13 salaries reported out of 15 total, or 86.67%) | ||||||
| 25th Percentile | $47,500 | $64,000 | $55,000 | ||||||
| Median | $65,000 | $69,825 | $63,722 | ||||||
| 75th Percentile | $79,941 | $78,000 | $85,000 | ||||||
| Average | $71,404 | $70,278 | $70,479 | ||||||
| Public Interest | (32 salaries reported out of 37 total, or 86.49%) | (41 salaries reported out of 48 total, or 85.42%) | (35 salaries reported out of 40 total, or 87.50%) | ||||||
| 25th Percentile | $47,500 | $47,500 | $42,500 | ||||||
| Median | $53,750 | $47,000 | $45,000 | ||||||
| 75th Percentile | $60,000 | $55,000 | $52,000 | ||||||
| Average | $58,310 | $52,418 | $47,419 | ||||||
The above table was prepared in part from information provided by NALP, the Association for Legal Career Professionals. You can view NALP’s Summary Reports by clicking here (for 2014), here (for 2015), and here (for 2016) and here (for 2017). NOTE: They have been partially redacted due to privacy concerns.