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CUNY
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Long Island City, NY
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Graduate salaries for CUNY

Total 2017 graduates: 94

  • 60.6% of this school's 2017 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 30.3% of this school's 2017 graduates made $60,000 or more.

Median salary: $59,438

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 2017 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported5760.6%$52,000$60,000$65,000$62,360
Employed - No salary reported2526.6%
Non-employed1212.8%
Total graduates94100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2017 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported77.4%$55,000$65,000$100,000$79,514
Private sector - no salary reported1313.8%
Public sector - salary reported50 53.2% $52,000$60,000$65,000 $59,959
Public sector - no salary reported1212.8%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed1212.8%
Total graduates94100%

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 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 705558.5% $52,000$60,000$65,000$59,174
J.D. advantage 6-0 ----
Professional 3-0 ----
Non-professional 2-0 ----
Employed 825760.6% $52,000$60,000$65,000$62,360
Non-employed 12
Total Graduates 94

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2017 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 12 6 6.4% $55,000 $62,500 $85,000 $67,767
Law firm: Bar passage required 11 6 6.4% $55,000 $62,500 $85,000 $67,767
Law firm: Other 100%
Business & industry 8 - - - - - -
Government 31 15 16% $60,000 $60,000 $68,000 $68,196
Government: Bar passage required 0 14 14.9% $60,000 $60,000 $65,000 $62,353
Public interest 21 26 27.7% $52,000 $55,750 $62,500 $57,673
Public interest: Bar passage required 31 26 27.7% $52,000 $55,750 $62,500 $57,673
Clerkship 9 8 8.5% $46,500 $48,000 $55,000 $53,188
Federal 1 0 - - - -
State 8 7 7.4% $45,000 $48,000 $50,000 $52,214
Education 1 - - - - - -
Employed 825760.6% $52,000$60,000$65,000$62,360
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 94

Law firm salaries by size for 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 12 6 6.4% $55,000$62,500$85,000$67,767
Solo 1
2-10 attorneys 11 6 6.4% $55,000 $62,500 $85,000 $67,767
11-25 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
26-50 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
51-100 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
101-250 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
Size unknown 0
Employed, non-law firm 70 51 54.3%
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 94

Salaries by state for 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
New York - 44 46.8% $55,000 $60,000 $65,000 $65,331
Outside of New York
or unknown
- 13 13.8% $48,000 $50,000 $56,000 $52,308
Employed 825760.6% $52,000$60,000$65,000$62,360
Non-employed 12
Total graduates 94
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