Salary Survey

Since 1989, the Golden Gate chapter has annually produced a local compensation and benefits survey. The survey reports associate and staff base salary, bonus and benefits information. This is the original SF Bay Area Salary Survey for Law Firms. Approximately 48 law firms, involving 58 offices and 2,500 incumbents in the Bay Area, participated in the survey in 2025.

Substantial discounts on the purchase price apply for survey participants, but non-participants may purchase the results.  Early purchasing provides additional discounts.   Data collection starts annually in June and ends in July. Results will be released in September. 

To be added to the mailing list for our 2026 Salary Survey, please send your contact info to the Salary Survey, Chair, Andrea Everage and GGCALASurvey at RSM. 

2026 ALA GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER SALARY SURVEY

We are pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 ALA Golden Gate Chapter Compensation and Benefits Survey. We continually work to make improvements based on respondents' suggestions and trust that you will be pleased with the results.   

We are once again offering a special purchase price for pre-ordering this year's Survey Report. To receive the special price your payment must be completed online or postmarked by July 16, and you must complete at least 75% of the survey questions. 

As you complete the survey, please review all positions and descriptions carefully, as we have consolidated and redefined many positions in recent years as we work toward improving the data collection process and enabling more thorough reporting.  Also, a few benefits questions have changed, so please read carefully. 

The data collection takes place from June 25 to Friday, July 24

All individual participants’ data is kept confidential pursuant to a confidentiality agreement with RSM. 

Please remember: the more participants, the better the information – your participation will help make the results more valuable for all ALA members.  We urge you to participate and completely fill out your survey questionnaire.  Please also share information about this valuable survey with others in your network. 

 We encourage participants to pay by credit card for faster processing.  To pay by credit card, log on to http://alasf.org/content.php?page=Salary_Survey   

Alternatively, checks should be made payable to the Golden Gate Chapter ALA. Completed order form and check should be sent to: 

GCC ALA Treasurer 
Golden Gate Chapter ALA 
PO Box 19-2265 
San Francisco, CA 94119 

2025 ALA GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER SALARY SURVEY - Results Available nOW! 

Order the 2025 Salary Survey now clicking here and pay by credit card.

Though we will, of course, accept checks as payment, we encourage participants to use credit cards.  If you must pay by check, please make payable to:
GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER ALA
Mail order form and check to:
GGC ALA Treasurer
Golden Gate Chapter ALA
PO Box 19-2265
San Francisco, CA 94119

Also email a copy of the order form GGCALASurvey at rsmus.com and salarysurvey at alasf.org.  

 All position descriptions for management and staff positions have been reviewed and updated over the past several years as needed and are included with salary data.

Other details:

• Salaries for associate classes are reported by year from current graduates to those with more than 10 years experience
• Benefits information includes paid time off/vacation (broken down by staff, management and attorneys), percent of insurance benefits paid by firm and holidays. 
• Results are broken down by number of attorneys in firm, 1-10, 11-20, 21-50, 51-100, 101-150 and Over 150.       
• Statistics are reported for the entire Bay Area, in addition to separate regional reports for San Francisco, South Bay and East Bay.
• Survey data collection is by pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet.

The survey company of RSM compiles the confidential online information.

If you have questions, please contact Salary Survey, Chair, Andrea Everage

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