Salary for Practice Area: General

Updated: 30 Jan 2012

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Practice Area: General

Median Salary by Job

Job	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are the gross, national median (50th percentile). Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	C$0	C$21K	C$42K	C$63K
Legal Assistant	C$38,786
Paralegal / Legal Assistant	C$40,926
Legal Secretary	C$37,660
Attorney / Lawyer	C$60,683
Paralegal	C$44,603
Entry-Level Attorney	C$51,251
Associate Attorney	C$59,322
Country: Canada \| Currency: CAD \| Updated: 30 Jan 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 890

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Heenan Blaikie LLP	Not enough data
McCarthy Tetrault LLP	Not enough data
Gowlings (Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP)	Not enough data
Miller Thomson LLP	Not enough data
Blaney McMurtry LLP	Not enough data

Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	C$40,154 - C$72,967
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)	C$49,995 - C$93,460
Associate's Degree	C$34,245 - C$51,245
Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Jurisprudence, or Master of Law (LLM)	C$50,980 - C$102,500
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology	C$34,944 - C$53,820

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Gender

	Female 87%			Male 13%
Salary:	C$34,834 - C$51,400			C$45,841 - C$116,011

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

40%

5-9 years

19%

10-19 years

18%

20 years or more

16%

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