Law Firm Associate Signing Bonuses Take a Dive, Recruiter Finds
Bloomberg Law reports that average signing bonuses for law firm associates have dropped by $10,000 since 2017 partly because salaries have gone up and women are getting less, according to client data compiled by a legal staffing and recruiting company.
The company, Special Counsel, found that the average signing bonus this year so far is about $17,000. One Special Counsel client topped the list with $60,000, compared to a record $90,000 last year, report Bloomberg reporters Sam Skolnik and Madi Alexander.
The vast majority of those receiving signing bonuses were law firm associates. The others were in-house attorneys or law firm counsel or partners, the report adds.
Read the Bloomberg Law article.
