Hooray! Another Biglaw firm has decided the weekend was a long enough wait to get behind the new prevailing market standard for associate salaries. In case you’ve been cut off from all things Biglaw since last Thursday, Milbank announced they were upping the game on compensation, with associates receiving between a $10,000 and $20,000 bump, depending on seniority.
The latest firm to make a play in the associate compensation wars is WilmerHale. The firm, ranked 29th in the most recent Am Law 100, matched the new salary grid. That makes the new compensation scale as follows:
| Class | Old Salary | New Salary |
| Class of 2021 | $205K | $215K |
| Class of 2020 | $215K | $225K |
| Class of 2019 | $240K | $250K |
| Class of 2018 | $275K | $285K |
| Class of 2017 | $305K | $325K |
| Class of 2016 | $330K | $350K |
| Class of 2015 | $350K | $370K |
| Class of 2014+ | $365K | $385K |
The raises are retroactive to January 1.
In the announcement, the firm also gave more details about their previously announced bonuses. Specifically, given the firm’s performance-based compensation, they charted out how much WilmerHale associates are getting compared with the bonus market standard. So, this is how they stack up:
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