Most lawyers don't make 150k+ and the ones who do are basically putting in the hours of 2 full time jobs.
http://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib
![[Image: DistributionCurve2013_1.jpg]](http://www.nalp.org/uploads/DistributionCurve2013_1.jpg)
A lot of lawyers start in the 40-60k a year range, which isn't much considering it requires 7 years of school after high school.
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The left-hand peaks of the graph reflect salaries of $40,000 to $65,000, which collectively accounted for about 52% of reported salaries. The right-hand peak shows that salaries of $160,000 accounted for about 14% of reported salaries.
http://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib
A lot of lawyers start in the 40-60k a year range, which isn't much considering it requires 7 years of school after high school.