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0 pointsselfmodruntime4y ago0 comments

Why shouldn‘t money from law be kept in the hands of lawyers? It‘s a grueling education with an even more grueling exam and even now a lot of law graduates can barely afford to keep a roof over their head

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bumby4y ago

Because the profession is meant to serve the public interests and not just be a money grab. According to government data, the median lawyer is in the top 10% of income earners.

scarface744y ago

To put numbers on it. To get to the top 10% of income you only have to make around $120K.

bumby4y ago

Correct. ONet data puts the median lawyer at about $127k. From what I could find, 90th percentile of income is around $126k.

While I know HN is probably SV and software biased, saying "only" $120k comes across as out-of-touch for the way most people live. For comparison, the median SF lawyer makes $191k according to BLS data. I could not quickly find 90 percentile data for the area.

scarface744y ago

Your average Enterprise CRUD developer in any major city in the US can hit that number within 3-5 years and a job hop. It’s not exclusively a SV thing.

And your number is correct according to Census data.

https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-individual-income-perce...

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bumby4y ago

Because the profession is meant to serve the public interests and not just be a money grab. According to government data, the median lawyer is in the top 10% of income earners.

scarface744y ago

To put numbers on it. To get to the top 10% of income you only have to make around $120K.

bumby4y ago

Correct. ONet data puts the median lawyer at about $127k. From what I could find, 90th percentile of income is around $126k.

scarface744y ago

Your average Enterprise CRUD developer in any major city in the US can hit that number within 3-5 years and a job hop. It’s not exclusively a SV thing.

And your number is correct according to Census data.

https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-individual-income-perce...

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