2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Minimum and maximum 2016 attorney billing rates for non-IP work (Q29a-Q29b)

Number of Firms Reporting

First Quartile 25%

Third Quartile 75%

Mean (Average)

Median (Midpoint)

Number of Attorneys/Location

One Two 3-5 6-10 11-30 31-100 101 or More

5 3 5 9

$297 $275 $390 $255 $266 $190 $271 $349 $272 $433 $235 $271 $257 $225 $235 $310 $198 $335 $365 $514 $444 $533 $475 $944 $464 $773 $800 $382 $517 $538 $472 $646 $990 $728

$193

$350 $275 $325 $275 $263 $198 $248 $335 $228 $265 $200 $275 $280 $228 $260 $300 $200 $350 $325 $415 $450 $538 $475 $975 $440 $665 $750 $425 $450 $550 $455 $538

$375

ISD

ISD

$138 $203 $229 $168 $205 $325 $201 $213

$675 $325 $310 $211 $301 $386 $387 $820

Number of Attorneys

10

6

18

Minimum billing rate for non-IP work

NYC CMSA Philadelphia CMSA Washington, DC CMSA Other East Metro Southeast Minne.-St. Paul PMSA Other Central Texas San Francisco CMSA Other West

4 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 5 9 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 6

ISD

ISD

$228

$313

Location

ISD

ISD

16

$180 $146

$249 $299

ISD

ISD

$188 $238

$205 $425

One Two 3-5 6-10 11-30 31-100 101 or More

ISD

ISD

$303 $410 $396 $440 $636 $383 $445 $463

$775 $488 $631 $508

Number of Attorneys

10

18

$1,256

Maximum billing rate for non-IP work

NYC CMSA Philadelphia CMSA Washington, DC CMSA Other East Metro Southeast Minne.-St. Paul PMSA Other Central Texas San Francisco CMSA Other West

$569

$1,210 $1,188

ISD

ISD

$415

$653

Location

ISD

ISD

16

$358 $288

$619

$1,114

ISD

$1,170

ISD

$459

$650

$1,074

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