What is the starting salary for Northeastern University School of Law graduates?
There is a wide range of salaries paid to entry-level lawyers. While there is some geographic variation in salary, the biggest variation is in the type of legal work that people do (corporate, public interest, policy work) and the setting in which they do this work (small, medium or large firm, government, corporation, judiciary). For instance, on the low-end of entry-level salaries are generally lawyers who work for public interest organizations or in the criminal justice system (as prosecutors or public defenders). The starting salaries can be in the low to mid $30,000. The high-end of entry-level salaries are lawyers who work for large corporate law firms in major cities. The starting salaries can be $125,000 – $160,000.
