Bingham McCutchen LLP
Average annual base pay: $22,231
For: Associate
While, most other law firms have cut-down on salaries, Bingham McCutchen LLP that has approximately 850 attorneys in nine U.S. offices and five international offices is bucking that trend.
The law firm that represents clients in a wide variety of corporate and technology transactions has an average annual salary for an associate is $222,231, more than $6,000 higher than the previous year's $216,000 average salary. And while they earn big, the rest of the firm's employees enjoy a perk that associates don't get at the firm's U.S. offices.
Cooley LLP
Average annual base pay: $215,861
For: Associate
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company has its other offices stashed up in the United States and China. The firm carries out practice areas that include technology, life sciences, clean technology and real estate, has some of the highest paid associates within them. Not to forget Facebook is one of its clients.  And to make life easier for them and their other busy employees, this law firm offers plenty of perks from chair massages to dry cleaning service, as well as weekly or monthly continental breakfasts.
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