Shocker: Israeli Lawyers Get Paid Less Than Their American Counterparts!!

Below is an infographic showing the salaries of lawyers and jurists in Israel, as of 2009.


The left side of the graphic describes different types of lawyers and the right side has the following statistics. Whereas a top Manhattan attorney can make $1,000/hr., a similar lawyer in Tel Aviv makes $275-600/hr. While a first-year attorney at a top firm in Manhattan makes 52,000 NIS a month ($15,250 at the rate of 3.41 shekels to the dollar), an experienced attorney at a top firm in Tel Aviv makes 40,000 NIS a month ($11,730), in the periphery of the country 11,000 NIS ($3,226), a first-year associate in Tel Aviv makes 16,500 NIS ($4,839) and in the periphery, 6500 NIS ($1,906).


In Israel, there are currently more than 40,000 lawyers making up 0.6% of the population. Most of them are Jewish males and their ranks are growing by 1,500 lawyers every year.


Seventy-one percent of the lawyers work for 4,500 different firms. Eight percent work for the prosecutor's office or serve as in-house counsel at companies or for municipalities. Twenty-one percent work in non-legal fields but still maintain their legal licenses.