BigLaw firms in Wilmington, DE
Every firm in our directory with an office in Wilmington, DE, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.
- Firms
- 24
- Offices
- 24
- Median first-year base
- $225,000
24 firms in Wilmington, DE
- Vault #3Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Office here · AmLaw #5
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Office here · AmLaw #20
$235,000+
Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)
- Vault #34Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Office here · AmLaw #37
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Office here · AmLaw #11
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)
Office here · AmLaw #3
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #46McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Office here · AmLaw #16
$255,000+
- Vault #49K&L Gates LLP
Office here · AmLaw #48
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Office here · AmLaw #17
Varies by office
- Vault #59Reed Smith LLP
Office here · AmLaw #40
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #69Venable LLP
Office here · AmLaw #68
$215,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Office here · AmLaw #33
$235,000+
Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)
- Vault #76Fox Rothschild LLP
Office here · AmLaw #71
$205,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Vault #84Fish & Richardson P.C.
Office here
$225,000+
Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)
- Vault #85Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Office here · AmLaw #56
$225,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Vault #87Polsinelli PC
Office here · AmLaw #55
$225,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Vault #88Cozen O'Connor P.C.
Office here · AmLaw #80
$180,000 - $215,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Vault #91Blank Rome LLP
Office here · AmLaw #73
$210,000
- Vault #92Ballard Spahr LLP
Office here · AmLaw #89
$210,000
- Vault #94Duane Morris LLP
Office here · AmLaw #84
$215,000
Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Office here · AmLaw #78
Pay not published - Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Office here · AmLaw #99
Pay not published - Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Office here · AmLaw #70
Pay not published - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Office here · AmLaw #72
Pay not published - Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Office here · AmLaw #76
Pay not published
Pay shows first-year base; see each firm's profile for sources and dates. How we source data
Pay and cost of living in Wilmington, DE
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)