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St. John's University
Private school
Queens, NY

Graduate salaries for St. John's University

Total 2018 graduates: 226

  • 81% of this school's 2018 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 40.5% of this school's 2018 graduates made $70,000 or more.

Median salary: $71,940

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 reported18381%$62,000$70,000$99,970$91,667
Employed - No salary reported2812.4%
Non-employed156.6%
Total graduates226100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2018 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported13057.5%$65,000$75,000$150,000$102,219
Private sector - no salary reported208.8%
Public sector - salary reported53 23.5% $57,944$69,000$70,500 $65,784
Public sector - no salary reported83.5%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed156.6%
Total graduates226100%

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 18616773.9% $62,500$70,000$90,000$92,620
J.D. advantage 22156.6% $55,000$87,500$100,000$83,298
Professional 2-0 ----
Non-professional 1-0 ----
Employed 21118381% $62,000$70,000$99,970$91,667
Non-employed 15
Total Graduates 226

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 127 111 49.1% $65,000 $75,000 $170,000 $104,586
Law firm: Bar passage required 123 110 48.7% $65,000 $75,000 $170,000 $104,945
Law firm: Other 410.4%
Business & industry 23 19 8.4% $70,000 $72,000 $100,000 $88,395
Business & industry: Bar passage required 11 9 4% $70,000 $70,000 $72,000 $85,444
Business & industry: Bar passage required 10 10 4.4% $63,000 $90,000 $105,000 $91,050
Business & industry: Other 200%
Government 40 36 15.9% $62,500 $69,000 $70,500 $66,755
Government: Bar passage required 35 34 15% $65,000 $69,000 $70,500 $66,506
Government: Other 520.9%
Public interest 9 8 3.5% $54,350 $56,000 $75,000 $65,588
Public interest: Bar passage required 8 6 2.7% $56,000 $56,000 $63,000 $65,450
Public interest: Other 120.9%
Clerkship 10 8 3.5% $52,286 $58,252 $73,306 $62,586
Federal 2 0 - - - -
State 8 6 2.7% $49,571 $55,143 $76,500 $61,559
Education 2 - - - - - -
Employed 21118381% $62,000$70,000$99,970$91,667
Non-employed 15
Total graduates 226

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 127 111 49.1% $65,000$75,000$170,000$104,586
Solo 0
2-10 attorneys 41 32 14.2% $55,000 $63,750 $70,000 $63,141
11-25 attorneys 20 17 7.5% $58,000 $65,000 $75,000 $65,294
26-50 attorneys 8 6 2.7% $65,000 $70,000 $155,000 $95,833
51-100 attorneys 23 23 10.2% $70,000 $85,000 $110,000 $92,630
101-250 attorneys 2 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 4 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 29 28 12.4% $180,000 $190,000 $190,000 $181,071
Size unknown 0
Employed, non-law firm 84 72 31.9%
Non-employed 15
Total graduates 226

Salaries by state for 2018 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
New York - 170 75.2% $65,000 $70,306 $100,000 $93,740
Outside of New York
or unknown
- 13 5.8% $50,000 $56,000 $65,000 $64,562
Employed 21118381% $62,000$70,000$99,970$91,667
Non-employed 15
Total graduates 226
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