Ashurst has confirmed its associate salary rates for 2013-14, with lawyers with two years’ post-qualification experience (PQE) receiving an extra £3,000 on last year.

The new rates, which came into effect from 1 May, see lawyers with one year’s PQE earning £69,000, £2,000 more than last year’s salary of £67,000, while the firm is raising the rate for lawyers with two years’ PQE from £74,000 to £77,000.