86) These indentured women shook the fabric of patriarchy in such a way that in 1916, a year before the end of indentureship, a group of indentured laborers filed a formal complaint against the actions of Indian women.
The field of law is as broad as it is diverse â as are the related earnings. As one might expect, lawyers working in state government earn significantly less than their counterparts in the private sector. According to PayScale.comâs data for 2014, the median annual salary of lawyers in the United States is $75,803. This article breaks down the numbers by specialty to give you a general idea of what lawyers who practice in a variety of settings can expect to bring in.
Local governments employ the most lawyers in the U.S. and as of 2009, 51,790 lawyers were employed at the local level. The federal government employs 31,300 lawyers and state governments employ 36,080 lawyers. Federal lawyers are the highest paid on average, with a mean annual salary of $127,550.State lawyers earn $82,750 on average, which is less than lawyers employed by local governments who earn an average wage of $91,040.s a whole, lawyers across the U.S. earn an average salary of $129,020, meaning government lawyers earn wages below the national average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as of 2009.