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.
2012 Survey of Law Firm Economics Executive Summary, Page 7. The average amount of unbilled time for non-contingent fee matters per. lawyer for all participating law firms is $54,404, and the average for all size law. firms fluctuates in a narrow range between $46,000 and $68,000.