Cost of living.

futurenyustudent
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:34:08 +0000

Your career and salary will advance faster in NYC than in St Louis.

So whereas after 5 years the NYC lawyer might make $250k-$300k or so (since biglaw kids start at $145k base, I heard about $175k all in) the St Louis lawyer might only make $125k. And the NYC guy definitely has an advantage when going inhouse due to the higher profile work.