This statistic depicts the average annual income from billable hours of attorneys in the U.S. in 2018, broken down by practice area. During the survey, intellectual property attorneys reported earning the highest average income of 224,000 U.S. dollars per year.
What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services?
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Martindale. (June 10, 2019). What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/
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Martindale. (2019). What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/
Martindale. "What Was Your 2018 Compensation for Providing Billable Legal Services? (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/
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