2017 Report of the Economic Survey
Private Firm, Partner
Total Gross Income for 2016 from your primary practice (Q10) Private Firm, Partner
Total gross income in calendar year 2016 from primary practice
10th Percentile 10%
First Quartile 25%
90th Percentile 90%
Number of Individuals
Mean (Average)
Median (Midpoint)
Third Quartile 75%
All Individuals
343 $521,707 $167,000 $260,000 $420,000
$650,000 $240,000 $316,130 $467,500 $702,403
$994,800
5-6 7-9
7 $185,893
ISD $110,000 $225,000
ISD
14 $278,996 $162,618 $209,000 $242,605 49 $353,514 $131,000 $197,500 $300,000 134 $535,993 $186,917 $275,000 $450,000 84 $658,202 $222,500 $350,000 $510,000 54 $540,261 $161,011 $290,200 $476,308 13 $615,821 $129,600 $280,000 $500,000 28 $642,804 $277,000 $350,000 $450,000 12 $734,583 $240,000 $355,000 $635,000 47 $532,968 $158,000 $250,000 $500,000 23 $573,826 $218,000 $350,000 $500,000 13 $735,117 $370,000 $515,000 $600,000 73 $426,274 $176,400 $252,500 $380,000 37 $609,440 $194,600 $350,000 $550,000 14 $522,857 $110,000 $262,500 $462,500 35 $377,521 $110,800 $150,000 $300,000 16 $587,105 $129,500 $231,250 $518,338 28 $457,585 $160,700 $238,603 $355,000 37 $531,409 $145,000 $267,753 $465,000 24 $554,396 $159,500 $238,377 $465,000 71 $450,459 $121,404 $240,000 $390,000 16 $454,019 $127,000 $276,950 $400,000 27 $256,526 $115,450 $163,000 $235,209 39 $453,723 $131,000 $200,000 $415,000 60 $495,061 $170,300 $242,500 $395,000 81 $632,440 $200,000 $332,500 $500,000 51 $555,153 $237,000 $335,000 $400,000 80 $535,376 $130,319 $296,250 $481,308 293 $535,100 $171,200 $273,000 $450,000 47 $436,837 $116,400 $225,000 $375,000 224 $532,576 $179,500 $275,000 $420,000 73 $504,379 $174,000 $250,000 $450,000 32 $482,904 $133,700 $222,500 $362,500 300 $521,932 $173,200 $256,250 $420,000 9 $873,889 6 $920,000 8 $793,125 3 $300,000 ISD ISD $270,000 14 $313,633 $75,625 $173,750 $272,500 12 $506,384 $239,500 $262,750 $383,000 13 $291,485 $60,000 $109,250 $225,000
$507,500 $675,000 $957,500
Years of Intellectual Property Law Experience
10-14 15-24 25-34 35 or More
$782,500 $1,300,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $691,500 $1,840,000 $700,000 $1,485,000 $875,000 $1,910,000
Boston CMSA NYC CMSA Philadelphia CMSA Washington, DC CMSA Other East Metro Southeast Other Southeast Chicago CMSA Minne.-St. Paul PMSA Other Central Texas Los Angeles CMSA San Francisco CMSA Other West Computer Hardware Computer Software Electrical Mechanical Medical/ Health Care Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Chemical
$712,886 $484,711
$920,000 $650,000
$694,708 $1,150,000
$400,000 $800,000
$831,400 $940,000
Location
$766,500 $1,696,000
$545,500
$793,400
$872,500 $1,160,000
ISD $291,500 $630,000 $1,608,500
ISD
$648,750 $1,225,000
$475,000
$748,000
$593,750 $1,710,000
$609,000
$905,000
ISD $306,250 $897,500 $1,400,000
ISD
IP Technical Specialization (>=50%)
$704,805
$876,000
$848,750 $1,075,500
$600,000 $637,500
$784,000 $818,450
ISD $470,000 $650,000 $1,000,000
ISD ISD
Younger than 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60 or Older
ISD
$300,000 $600,000 $600,000
$432,000 $829,284 $838,000
Age
$850,000 $1,200,000 $630,000 $1,000,000 $665,000 $1,000,000 $650,000 $1,000,000
Male Female
Gender
$511,676
$840,000
Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Doctorate Degree White/Caucasian Hispanic/Latino Asian/Pacific Islander Blended Other
$650,000 $1,000,000
Highest Non-Law Degree
$690,000
$909,000
$602,750 $1,080,000
$650,000
$913,500
7 $556,714
ISD $271,000 $335,000 $1,100,000
ISD
Ethnicity
15 $469,000 $187,000 $330,000 $420,000
$600,000
$892,000
3 $366,667 6 $708,333 34 $243,837
ISD
ISD $350,000
ISD
ISD ISD
ISD $295,000 $525,000 $1,105,000
1-2 3-5 6-10
$93,000 $120,000 $200,000
$300,500 $443,750 $600,000 $630,000 $638,000
$482,500 $664,000 $851,000 $867,000 $845,056
62 $359,155 $118,150 $215,000 $304,000 46 $441,611 $159,100 $225,750 $391,500 71 $500,705 $215,600 $300,000 $450,000 38 $532,580 $272,500 $307,750 $443,761 45 $705,878 $265,000 $417,500 $550,000 17 $690,000 $247,000 $355,000 $585,000
Full-time Intellectual
11-25 26-50 51-100 101-150 More than 150
Property lawyers and agents in the firm or corporation
$835,000 $1,300,000
$860,000 $1,432,000 22 $969,455 $465,000 $568,750 $882,500 $1,200,000 $1,650,000
AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017 I-20
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