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Ok, so the LV Sun just ran a story about how the Senate Joint Economic Committee (a bipartisan group of 20 members of the House and Senate) recently put out a report claiming that Nevada had the “biggest drop in wages” compared to all states – 11.9%, between 2007 and 2010.
This story made me wonder, does this trend hold true for the Las Vegas legal community? Perhaps we can conduct a study of our own. What do you make now? What did you make in 2007? Has your employment situation changed during this time period? If so, how?
I guess I'm lucky. I work at a mid-size firm, and my pay has steadily increased during that period. Probably by about 25%.
I made $103k in 2007 and I'll make about $160k-$170k this year.
I started at about $90K with bonus in mid-2006, was at about $102k with bonus in 2007, and I'll pull in $155K+ with bonus this year.
My income has dipped a few points from 2007, directly related to the real estate-developmebt market
Unfortunately I am making exactly the same amount I was making in 2008. Although I did just leave a higher paying job to work at a smaller firm where I actually enjoy my job. So the paycut was somewhat intentional.
Quality of life costs money.