Congratulations All Around
According to CNNMoney, attorneys have the 37th best job in the country. See the top fifty here. Lawyers also had the second highest average salary of any job in the top 50 with an average of $153,923, behind only doctors. Surprisingly, paralegals were ranked ten spots higher at 27 with an average salary of $61,204. Apparently, the rankers forgot that paralegals have to work with attorneys on a daily basis, drastically reducing their quality of life.
I really have to dispute the results of that poll. I'm pretty sure that the average lawyer salary is somewhere under 60K. The sheer number of government lawyers, state, county and federal, make me think it can't possibly be that high. For every partner making $400,000 there are six associates making $50,000...
Posted by: J.D. Crane | Friday, April 14, 2006 at 12:04 PM
I also dispute the poll... I know *many* people in IT (having been a software developer myself once) and not a damn one of them likes their job.
Posted by: Dave! | Friday, April 14, 2006 at 02:34 PM
Dave!..................We're in agreement on something!
Posted by: J.D. Crane | Friday, April 14, 2006 at 03:24 PM
If that average salary is correct, then I am grossly underpaid. Snakes on a plane.
Posted by: Jurisconsultus | Friday, April 14, 2006 at 07:14 PM