Several firms have raised first-year salaries to $160,000 in their Boston offices, and in some cases firmwide. Bingham McCutchen, DLA Piper, McDermott Will & Emery and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, along with Boston-based Foley Hoag are the firms who have recently raised pay to the NY market scale. Ropes & Gray, Goodwin Procter, and Choate Hall & Stewart have also already raised Boston salaries.
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