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BigLaw firms in Washington, DC

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

Firms
104
Offices
104
Median first-year base
$225,000
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104 firms in Washington, DC

  1. Vault #1Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #50

    $225,000+

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

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

    Office here · AmLaw #5

    $225,000+

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

  3. Vault #4Latham & Watkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #2

    $225,000+

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

  4. Vault #5Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #25

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

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

  6. Vault #7Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #14

    $225,000+

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

  7. Vault #8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #4

    $225,000+

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

  8. Vault #9Milbank LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #28

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  9. Vault #10Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #10

    $225,000+

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

  10. Vault #11Sidley Austin LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #6

    $225,000+

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

  11. Vault #12Covington & Burling LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #30

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #15Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #29

    $225,000+

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

  14. Vault #16Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #32

    $225,000+

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

  15. Vault #17Williams & Connolly LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #87

    $225,000+

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

  16. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

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

  17. Vault #20Ropes & Gray LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #7

    $225,000+

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

  18. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

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

  19. Vault #22Cooley LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #24

    $255,000+

  20. Vault #23Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #35

    $225,000+

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

  21. Vault #24Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #51

    $255,000+

  22. Vault #25Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #38

    $225,000+

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

  23. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

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

  24. Vault #27Morrison & Foerster LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #42

    $225,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  25. Vault #28O'Melveny & Myers LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #57

    $225,000+

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

  26. Vault #29Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  27. Vault #30Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Office here · AmLaw #12

    $225,000+

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

  28. Vault #31Goodwin Procter LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #21

    $255,000+

  29. Vault #32Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #53

    $225,000+

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

  30. Vault #33Proskauer Rose LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #41

    $225,000+

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

  31. Vault #34Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #37

    $225,000+

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

  32. Vault #35Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #31

    $225,000+

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

  33. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

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

  34. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

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

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

    Office here · AmLaw #36

    $225,000+

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

  36. Vault #39Winston Taylor LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #49

    $225,000+

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

  37. Vault #40Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #34

    $225,000+

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

  38. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  39. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

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

  40. Vault #43Jenner & Block LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #81

    $225,000+

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

  41. Vault #44Mayer Brown LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #27

    $225,000+

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

  42. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

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

  43. Vault #46McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #16

    $255,000+

  44. Vault #47Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #52

    $225,000+

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

  45. Vault #48Holland & Knight LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #26

    $225,000+

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

  46. Vault #49K&L Gates LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #48

    $225,000+

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

  47. Vault #50Freshfields US LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  48. Vault #51Dechert LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #39

    $255,000+

  49. Vault #52Linklaters LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  50. Vault #53Vinson & Elkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #58

    $225,000+

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

  51. Vault #54Baker Botts L.L.P.

    Office here · AmLaw #75

    $225,000+

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

  52. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  53. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  54. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  55. Vault #58Alston & Bird LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #44

    $225,000+

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

  56. Vault #59Reed Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #40

    $225,000+

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

  57. Vault #60Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #65

    $225,000+

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

  58. Vault #61Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  59. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

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

  60. Vault #63Baker & Hostetler LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #59

    $215,000

  61. Vault #65Crowell & Moring LLP

    Founded here · Office here · AmLaw #86

    $225,000+

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

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

    Office here · AmLaw #47

    $225,000+

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

  63. Vault #68McGuireWoods LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #54

    $215,000

  64. Vault #69Venable LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #68

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  65. Vault #70Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.

    Office here

    $255,000+

  66. Vault #71Fenwick & West LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #69

    $225,000+

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

  67. Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #33

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  68. Vault #73Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  69. Vault #74Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #90

    $225,000+

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

  70. Vault #75Nixon Peabody LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #88

    $210,000

  71. Vault #76Fox Rothschild LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #71

    $205,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  72. Vault #77Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #83

    $225,000+

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

  73. Vault #78Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #66

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  74. Vault #79Steptoe LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #98

    $225,000+

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

  75. Vault #80ArentFox Schiff LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #91

    $215,000

  76. Vault #81Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #85

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  77. Vault #82Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

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

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  79. Vault #85Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #56

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  80. Vault #87Polsinelli PC

    Office here · AmLaw #55

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Office here · AmLaw #80

    $180,000 - $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  82. Vault #89Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #63

    $225,000+

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

  83. Vault #90Foley Hoag LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  84. Vault #91Blank Rome LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #73

    $210,000

  85. Vault #92Ballard Spahr LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #89

    $210,000

  86. Vault #93Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #64

    $225,000+

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

  87. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  88. Vault #95Akerman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #96

    $215,000

  89. Vault #96Husch Blackwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #82

    $200,000

  90. Vault #97Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #95

    $215,000

  91. Vault #98Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

    Office here

    $225,000

  92. Vault #99Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #67

    $200,000

  93. Barnes & Thornburg LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #78

    Pay not published
  94. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #100

    Pay not published
  95. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

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

    Office here · AmLaw #74

    Up to $166,000

  97. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #70

    Pay not published
  98. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #72

    Pay not published
  99. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #60

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

    Office here · AmLaw #77

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

    Office here · AmLaw #93

    Pay not published
  102. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #61

    Up to $215,000

  103. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #94

    Pay not published
  104. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #76

    Pay not published
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Pay and cost of living in Washington, DC

First-year base

$225,000

Median across the firms here

Estimated take-home

$144,831

After federal, state and local income tax, single filer

Same lifestyle in New York

$276,809

What you’d need there; cost-of-living index here is 152 (US average 100)

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