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COMPARISON OF <br /> AVERAGE SALARIES <br /> $1ao <br /> $1so <br /> $140 <br /> $120 <br /> ~ c / <br /> w N $100 1 <br /> a <br /> w ~ $sa <br /> $so ~r ~ _ <br /> > - 7 <br /> $40 _ _ <br /> $20 0-2 6-9 13=15 20=25 <br /> 30+ <br /> YEARS EXPERIENCE <br /> HI Private Frms HI Gov't Mainland Gov't <br /> As expected, lawyers in private firms make larger salaries than their public sector <br /> colleagues. These differences escalate most dramatically at the 10-15 year mark. Lawyers who <br /> stay in government service beyond this point in their cazeers fall farther behind each yeaz. Not <br /> surprisingly, this is the critical point where the experience gap between public and private law <br /> offices begins, as the experience profiles in the preceding section have demonstrated. <br /> Although significant differences between the public and private bar were not unexpected, <br /> it was noteworthy to find that mainland government agencies pay their experienced lawyers more <br /> than Hawaii, the state with the highest cost of living. Thus, not only do mid-career govemment <br /> <br /> lawyers in Hawaii fall well behind private practitioners, they also make less than their <br /> GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY COMPENSATION: <br /> A Comparative Study <br /> Page - 13 <br /> <br />