Top corporate lawyers saw strong gains in their compensation between 2015 and 2016, but their salary and bonus increases were split along gender lines, according to a report published last week by legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa.
According to the report, total compensation for general counsel increased 9.6 percent (from an average of $395,000 to $433,000) between 2015 and 2016, with much of the bump coming from bonuses, which increased 38 percent during that period.
But compensation for male GCs far outpaced compensation for female GCs, according to the report.
In fact, the total average compensation for female ...
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