Competition law partner salary

Partners in the nation’s top 200 law firms earned an average of $1.054 million in 2019, an increase of 10% from 2018, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Average compensation for equity partners was $1.39 million compared to $432,000 for nonequity partners, according to the survey by legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa.

On the law firm side, profits per equity partner gives little indication of the rewards that flow to top rainmakers.
Firms vary widely in their compensation ranges.
At the most traditional end of the spectrum, a firm’s highest-paid partner might take home 4x the pay of the lowest-paid partner.

Similarly, white partners made $1.046 million on average in 2019, while partners identifying as nonwhite earned an average of $869,000.
But Black partners saw a big jump of 78% in compensation since the 2018 survey, followed by a 16% increase for Asian Pacific partners.
Hispanic partners reported a decline, however, of 18%.

Law firm partner compensation is dependent on a number of factors including: