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BigLaw firms in Philadelphia, PA

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

Firms
26
Offices
26
Median first-year base
$225,000
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26 firms in Philadelphia, PA

  1. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

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

  2. Vault #30Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Office here · AmLaw #12

    $225,000+

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

  3. Vault #31Goodwin Procter LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #21

    $255,000+

  4. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

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

  5. Vault #38Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #36

    $225,000+

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

  6. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

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

  7. Vault #48Holland & Knight LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #26

    $225,000+

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

  8. Vault #51Dechert LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #39

    $255,000+

  9. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  10. Vault #59Reed Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #40

    $225,000+

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

  11. Vault #63Baker & Hostetler LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #59

    $215,000

  12. Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #33

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #76Fox Rothschild LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #71

    $205,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  14. Vault #85Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #56

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #80

    $180,000 - $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  16. Vault #91Blank Rome LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #73

    $210,000

  17. Vault #92Ballard Spahr LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #89

    $210,000

  18. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  19. Barnes & Thornburg LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #78

    Pay not published
  20. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #70

    Pay not published
  21. Jackson Lewis P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #79

    Pay not published
  22. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #72

    Pay not published
  23. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #60

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

    Office here · AmLaw #77

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

    Office here · AmLaw #93

    Pay not published
  26. 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 Philadelphia, PA

First-year base

$225,000

Median across the firms here

Estimated take-home

$150,569

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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