It’s Good to Be In the Legal Profession - If You’re a Man
Last week, the ABA Journal reported news that falls under “nothing new” - that males in the legal occupation make more than women.
The disparity, however, was fairly eye opening. According to the journal, males in legal occupations earned a median salary in 2007 of $105,233. The median salary of women was $53,790. Both numbers include paralegals and other legal professions.
If you just look at lawyers, women still make less. Female lawyers made a median of $93,600, 77.8% less than comparable salary for men, which was $120,400. Female judges and similar judicial professions reported median earnings of $69,500, just 64.3% of the median of $108,100 earned by males.
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