Marketing and Tech Directors Get Big Pay Hikes at Texas Law Firms

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Marketing and Tech Directors Get Big Pay Hikes at Texas Law Firms

Posted Jun 30, 2008, 06:47 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

Marketing directors and technology managers at Texas law firms are getting some hefty salary hikes, especially at large firms, according to a salary and billing survey by Texas Lawyer.

Both positions got pay raises averaging 7.8 percent this year, the survey found. Average pay in the state was $73,984 for marketing directors and $102,243 for information services managers, Texas Lawyer reports. At large Texas law firms, the average was $111,258 for marketing directors, an increase of 17.6 percent, and $162,721 for IS managers, an increase of 10 percent, according to a chart published by Texas Lawyer (sub. req.).

The percentage increase for associates was smaller. The average increase for first-year associates was 5.3 percent, and the average salary was $103,436, according to another chart (sub. req.). For seventh-year associates, the average pay hike was 3.7 percent and the average pay was $140,972. At large firms, average pay was $150,455 for first-year associates and $197,480 for seventh-year associates.

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