Legal salaries vary a great deal from firm to firm. Expect small boutique style firms, local law firms and firms outside of London to pay a lot less than the largest London city firms. Other organisations, such as the Crown Prosecution Service and charities will also pay much smaller salaries than Magic circle firms.
Training Contract salaries vary between £20,000 and £35,000 plus various extras such as GDL and LPC sponsorship, Golden Hellos and perks such as free healthcare and gym membership. Staff at Magic Circle firms may even receive a small bonus. Smaller firms are much less likely to offer sponsorship for academic courses, or bonuses.
Newly Qualified salaries vary between £30,000 and £65,000 plus bonuses, perks and expense accounts. After ten years you can expect to be earning above £100,000 working for a Magic Circle firm or large London city firm. Smaller firms offer more meagre salaries between £50,000 and £100,000, whilst local firms, the Crown Prosecution Service and companies that are not law firms (but hire lawyers for their expertise) may pay salaries of £30,000 to £60,000.
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Those are pretty great starting salaries if you get in, i know a few firms used a peo to manage payroll and when traveling it was extremely convenient to get paid instead of having to deal with checks while away.