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California Western School of Law
Private school
San Diego, CA

Graduate salaries for California Western School of Law

Total 2018 graduates: 193

  • 20.7% of this school's 2018 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 10.4% of this school's 2018 graduates made $70,000 or more.

Median salary: $60,643

This is the most recent median salary for graduates who borrowed, reported in 2020 about graduates from 2016 and 2017. This average is derived from actual tax returns in the year following graduation and mapped to J.D. programs by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of the Treasury. Learn more.

Additionally, the majority of law schools voluntarily publish salary information about graduates based upon student/graduate surveys, investigation, and public information. This salary information is on this page.

Salary distribution for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported4020.7%$57,500$70,000$80,200$71,755
Employed - No salary reported10956.5%
Non-employed4422.8%
Total graduates193100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported2613.5%$55,000$68,500$80,000$72,246
Private sector - no salary reported8745.1%
Public sector - salary reported14 7.3% $60,000$74,000$80,200 $70,843
Public sector - no salary reported2110.9%
Unknown sector10.5%
Non-employed4422.8%
Total graduates193100%

When a row has no salary data, indicated by a "-" (hyphen), it either means that no graduates reported a salary for the category or that fewer than five graduates reported a salary for the category.

Salaries by job type for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 892814.5% $65,000$77,500$80,200$73,004
J.D. advantage 45115.7% $49,000$56,000$64,100$67,827
Professional 6-0 ----
Non-professional 8-0 ----
Employed 1494020.7% $57,500$70,000$80,200$71,755
Non-employed 44
Total Graduates 193

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2018 graduates

Toggle job type sub categories
Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 87 21 10.9% $55,000 $65,000 $80,000 $73,419
Law firm: Bar passage required 60 16 8.3% $62,000 $73,500 $83,000 $71,338
Law firm: Bar passage required 27 5 2.6% $50,000 $52,000 $60,000 $80,080
Business & industry 26 5 2.6% $60,000 $75,000 $80,000 $67,320
Government 25 7 3.6% $60,000 $67,000 $83,000 $69,571
Public interest 5 6 3.1% $80,000 $80,200 $80,200 $75,967
Public interest: Bar passage required 8 6 3.1% $80,000 $80,200 $80,200 $75,967
Clerkship 3 0 - - - -
Federal 2 0 - - - -
State 1 0 - - - -
Education 2 - - - - - -
Employed 1494020.7% $57,500$70,000$80,200$71,755
Non-employed 44
Total graduates 193

Law firm salaries by size for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 87 21 10.9% $55,000$65,000$80,000$73,419
Solo 2
2-10 attorneys 64 13 6.7% $52,000 $65,000 $75,000 $73,215
11-25 attorneys 13 - 0 - - - -
26-50 attorneys 1 - 0 - - - -
51-100 attorneys 1 - 0 - - - -
101-250 attorneys 3 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 3 - 0 - - - -
Size unknown 0
Employed, non-law firm 62 19 9.8%
Non-employed 44
Total graduates 193

Salaries by state for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
California - 38 19.7% $56,000 $70,000 $80,200 $71,847
Outside of California
or unknown
- 0 0% - - - -
Employed 1494020.7% $57,500$70,000$80,200$71,755
Non-employed 44
Total graduates 193