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BigLaw firms in Chicago, IL

Every firm in our directory with an office in Chicago, IL, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.

Firms
67
Offices
67
Median first-year base
$225,000
Open in the directory Compare the top 3

67 firms in Chicago, IL

  1. Vault #3Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #5

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  2. Vault #4Latham & Watkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #2

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  3. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #11Sidley Austin LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #6

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  6. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  7. Vault #20Ropes & Gray LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #7

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  8. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  9. Vault #22Cooley LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #24

    $255,000+

  10. Vault #24Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #51

    $255,000+

  11. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  12. Vault #32Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #53

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #33Proskauer Rose LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #41

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  14. Vault #35Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #31

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  15. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  16. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  17. Vault #39Winston Taylor LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #49

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  18. Vault #40Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #34

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  19. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  20. Vault #43Jenner & Block LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #81

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  21. Vault #44Mayer Brown LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #27

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  22. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  23. Vault #46McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #16

    $255,000+

  24. Vault #48Holland & Knight LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #26

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  25. Vault #49K&L Gates LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #48

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  26. Vault #51Dechert LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #39

    $255,000+

  27. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  28. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  29. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  30. Vault #58Alston & Bird LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #44

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  31. Vault #59Reed Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #40

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  32. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  33. Vault #63Baker & Hostetler LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #59

    $215,000

  34. Vault #65Crowell & Moring LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #86

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  35. Vault #66Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #47

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  36. Vault #68McGuireWoods LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #54

    $215,000

  37. Vault #69Venable LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #68

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  38. Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #33

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  39. Vault #75Nixon Peabody LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #88

    $210,000

  40. Vault #76Fox Rothschild LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #71

    $205,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  41. Vault #78Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #66

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  42. Vault #79Steptoe LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #98

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  43. Vault #80ArentFox Schiff LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #91

    $215,000

  44. Vault #81Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #85

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  45. Vault #84Fish & Richardson P.C.

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  46. Vault #85Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #56

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  47. Vault #87Polsinelli PC

    Office here · AmLaw #55

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  48. Vault #88Cozen O'Connor P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #80

    $180,000 - $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  49. Vault #89Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #63

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  50. Vault #91Blank Rome LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #73

    $210,000

  51. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  52. Vault #95Akerman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #96

    $215,000

  53. Vault #96Husch Blackwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #82

    $200,000

  54. Vault #98Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

    Office here

    $225,000

  55. Vault #99Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #67

    $200,000

  56. Vault #100Littler Mendelson P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #62

    $225,000

  57. Barnes & Thornburg LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #78

    Pay not published
  58. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

    Pay not published
  59. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #74

    Up to $166,000

  60. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #70

    Pay not published
  61. Jackson Lewis P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #79

    Pay not published
  62. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #72

    Pay not published
  63. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #60

    Pay not published
  64. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #77

    Pay not published
  65. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

    Office here · AmLaw #93

    Pay not published
  66. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #61

    Up to $215,000

  67. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #94

    Pay not published
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Pay shows first-year base; see each firm's profile for sources and dates. How we source data

Pay and cost of living in Chicago, IL

First-year base

$225,000

Median across the firms here

Estimated take-home

$155,631

After federal, state and local income tax, single filer

Same lifestyle in New York

$359,615

What you’d need there; cost-of-living index here is 117 (US average 100)

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