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Originally Posted by AR_Six
I work at one of the larger firms and you're wrong. The payscale is basically set in stone, subject to minor variances for retention and a couple of specialist areas, basically. It's as I said - significantly better in Calgary than in Vancouver. I.e., a 3rd year Calgary associate is making about what a 5th year is in Vancouver, and Calgary has an actual bonus structure. The longer you stick around, the bigger the gap gets.
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Like I said before, that really only applies to people working at large firms doing high end corporate work.
http://www.zsa.ca/zsa.php?fuseaction=main.pages&id=184
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I know the person who put this together, and I can tell you it's accurate. With the exception of the large firm and medium/small firms that work in oil and gas, you're looking at a difference of 5-10%. Calgary large firm work is not known for its diversity and involves a lot of oil and gas work. So like I said before, if you want to move to Calgary and make a crap load of money working oil and gas, yes that's a possibility. If you're working in any other field of law besides oil and gas, the rates are comparable, but slightly higher in Calgary. Pay rates in Calgary are slightly higher than anywhere else in Canada though.