Bloomberg Law
Oct. 16, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

Looking In-House, Report Sees Many Pay Gaps

Lenore Adkins
Bloomberg Law

Among in-house counsel, women report lower base salaries and lower total compensation than their male counterparts, according to a new survey that found a yawning gender pay gap around the globe.

Released this week, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s 2015 Census polled more than 5,000 in-house attorneys in 73 countries, including the U.S., according to the organization’s chief legal officer James Merklinger, who called it the largest of its kind.

It found that 69 percent of women earned less than $200,000 annually in 2015. In contrast, only about 56 percent of men make less than $200,000.

Female in-house attorneys of ...

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