These are the 10 richest cities, and the salary a person would need to live comfortably in each of them: 1. San Francisco â You'd need $124,561 to live comfortably in SF. 2. San Jose â You'd need around $115,515 here. 3. Washington, D.C. â $108,092 would be a comfortable salary in the nation's capital.
Therefore, the average cost of law school for a graduate of the top twenty law schools in the country comes out to be $136,707 plus their undergraduate degree of $76,000 to be a final total of $212,707.Second, we will analyze the second group of top law schools.inally we will analyze the third grouping of top law degrees in the United States. The average cost of these schools does not vary significantly from the second grouping at $37,500. This would lead to a three year grad school cost of $112,500, with a total cost of $188,500 to become a lawyer.
1 The average amount that lawyers make is from $100-300 dollars an hour. 2  It depends on how much you charge the clients. 3  It depends upon the type of practice that one chooses. 4  The majority of attorneys do not make the enormous sums that the general public believes. But the average salary starting out (Example: your first year in a law firm) is estimated to be anywhere from $60,000-$70,000 per year. 2  The more experienced you are does nothing but helps you; the average for a successful lawyer can be anywhere from $200,000 to sometimes 1 million plus.