Lawyer (Litigation)
Builds and argues cases under procedural rules and deadlines. Adversarial by design and priced by the hour.
- Pay band (est.)
- $100k–$250k
- Time to competence
- 7 years
- Licence
- Required
- Setting
- desk
- Leverage
- high
- Place constraint
- medium
- Physical demand
- 10/100
- Hours burden
- 85/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play15th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge56th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage86th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand43th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay91th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body66th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy82th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit49th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility66th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill28th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load16th
Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.
- Downside tolerance47th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Billable-hour culture; debt; the work is conflict all day.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 85/100 and people intensity 75/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS/NALP-style patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.