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? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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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 February 27, 2021, from 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)." Chart. June 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/
Martindale. (2019). What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2021. 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/
Martindale, What was your 2018 compensation for providing billable legal services? (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869528/us-legal-services-average-income-by-area-of-practice/ (last visited February 27, 2021)