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Pace University
Private school
White Plains, NY

Graduate Salaries for Pace University

Total 2016 graduates: 171

  • 44.4% of this school's 2016 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 22.2% of this school's 2016 graduates made $60,500 or more.

Median salary: $63,699

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 2016 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported7644.4%$53,665$60,500$70,000$65,240
Employed - No salary reported8248%
Non-employed137.6%
Total graduates171100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2016 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported4124%$55,000$65,000$80,000$70,213
Private sector - no salary reported6538%
Public sector - salary reported35 20.5% $52,000$58,500$61,200 $59,414
Public sector - no salary reported179.9%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed137.6%
Total graduates171100%

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 2016 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 1297141.5% $52,000$60,000$70,000$64,257
J.D. advantage 20-0 ----
Professional 2-0 ----
Non-professional 2-0 ----
Employed 1587644.4% $53,665$60,500$70,000$65,240
Non-employed 13
Total Graduates 171

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2016 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 84 35 20.5% $55,000 $65,000 $80,000 $70,300
Law firm: Bar passage required 81 35 20.5% $55,000 $65,000 $80,000 $70,300
Law firm: Other 300%
Business & industry 22 6 3.5% $52,000 $67,500 $80,000 $69,708
Government 25 19 11.1% $57,944 $60,000 $61,200 $60,044
Government: Bar passage required 19 18 10.5% $58,000 $60,500 $61,200 $60,324
Government: Other 610.6%
Public interest 12 6 3.5% $52,000 $53,500 $61,000 $66,000
Public interest: Bar passage required 9 5 2.9% $52,000 $52,000 $55,000 $54,000
Public interest: Other 310.6%
Clerkship 11 10 5.8% $47,500 $48,279 $67,000 $54,265
Federal 0 0 - - - -
State 11 9 5.3% $47,500 $48,599 $67,000 $54,966
Education 4 - - - - - -
Employed 1587644.4% $53,665$60,500$70,000$65,240
Non-employed 13
Total graduates 171

Law firm salaries by size for 2016 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 84 35 20.5% $55,000$65,000$80,000$70,300
Solo 0
2-10 attorneys 53 18 10.5% $50,000 $60,000 $65,000 $59,556
11-25 attorneys 14 5 2.9% $50,000 $60,000 $65,000 $58,000
26-50 attorneys 4 - 0 - - - -
51-100 attorneys 4 - 0 - - - -
101-250 attorneys 1 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 6 6 3.5% $80,000 $80,000 $80,000 $92,250
Size unknown 2
Employed, non-law firm 74 41 24%
Non-employed 13
Total graduates 171

Salaries by state for 2016 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
New York - 59 34.5% $55,000 $61,200 $70,000 $65,403
Outside of New York
or unknown
- 17 9.9% $47,958 $55,000 $60,000 $64,674
Employed 1587644.4% $53,665$60,500$70,000$65,240
Non-employed 13
Total graduates 171