First-year associate salaries are on the rise at some Pennsylvania firms with at least one firm with a presence in the state paying out $160,000 to new associates this year.
DLA Piper, which has around 40 lawyers in Philadelphia, will pay first-years $160,000 this fall, according to information on first-year hiring provided by the firm. That is up from $145,000 paid to Pennsylvania first-year associates in years past. But the firm doesn’t currently have any first-year associates scheduled to start in Pennsylvania this fall.
