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Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Chicago, IL
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Graduate salaries for Chicago-Kent College of Law

Total 2018 graduates: 232

  • 37.9% of this school's 2018 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 19% of this school's 2018 graduates made $80,000 or more.

Median salary: $64,051

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 reported8837.9%$57,000$80,000$150,000$97,685
Employed - No salary reported12353%
Non-employed219.1%
Total graduates232100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported6829.3%$67,500$94,000$160,000$109,897
Private sector - no salary reported10645.7%
Public sector - salary reported20 8.6% $48,500$51,000$65,083 $56,164
Public sector - no salary reported177.3%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed219.1%
Total graduates232100%

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 1517532.3% $58,000$90,000$160,000$102,110
J.D. advantage 55125.2% $56,000$67,500$90,000$74,500
Professional 4-0 ----
Non-professional 1-0 ----
Employed 2118837.9% $57,000$80,000$150,000$97,685
Non-employed 21
Total Graduates 232

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2018 graduates

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Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 131 58 25% $70,000 $95,000 $180,000 $114,448
Law firm: Bar passage required 117 55 23.7% $70,000 $100,000 $180,000 $118,018
Law firm: Other 1431.3%
Business & industry 43 10 4.3% $60,000 $75,000 $100,000 $83,500
Business & industry: Bar passage required 35 8 3.4% $62,500 $75,000 $101,000 $85,250
Business & industry: Other 820.9%
Government 17 6 2.6% $65,166 $66,134 $81,000 $70,149
Government: Bar passage required 13 6 2.6% $65,166 $66,134 $81,000 $70,149
Government: Other 400%
Public interest 11 8 3.4% $47,000 $50,000 $53,500 $49,875
Public interest: Bar passage required 10 7 3% $50,000 $50,000 $55,000 $50,714
Public interest: Other 110.4%
Clerkship 7 5 2.2% $47,000 $48,000 $49,000 $47,676
Federal 0 0 - - - -
State 7 0 - - - -
Education 2 - - - - - -
Employed 2118837.9% $57,000$80,000$150,000$97,685
Non-employed 21
Total graduates 232

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 131 58 25% $70,000$95,000$180,000$114,448
Solo 10
2-10 attorneys 39 10 4.3% $50,000 $65,000 $70,000 $59,200
11-25 attorneys 20 6 2.6% $50,000 $65,000 $75,000 $63,333
26-50 attorneys 8 6 2.6% $90,000 $92,500 $100,000 $90,000
51-100 attorneys 12 9 3.9% $100,000 $160,000 $180,000 $134,000
101-250 attorneys 8 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 10 8 3.4% $150,000 $170,000 $180,000 $166,250
501+ attorneys 22 15 6.5% $92,500 $145,000 $180,000 $137,333
Size unknown 2
Employed, non-law firm 80 30 12.9%
Non-employed 21
Total graduates 232

Salaries by state for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Illinois - 75 32.3% $58,000 $80,000 $155,000 $99,761
Outside of Illinois
or unknown
- 13 5.6% $54,000 $70,000 $93,000 $85,710
Employed 2118837.9% $57,000$80,000$150,000$97,685
Non-employed 21
Total graduates 232
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