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Law firm revenues 2015 gross revenue (before tax and partner draws) Sample size 94 81.9% 0% 0% 0% Under $5 million $5 - $10 million $10 - $25 million $25 - $50 million $50 - $100 million $100-$200 million $200 -$500 million Over $500 million 4.26% 1.6% 2.13% In-house counsel compensation by industry Sample size 30 $152,000 $150,000 $ 215,000 $180,000 $150,000 $185,000 $160,000 188,000 200,000 209,000 230,000 220,000 185,000 171,250 Average GC at executive level Gov't Financial Industrial/ Resource- Service Technology Non-profit Professional manufacturing based services Average GC at director level $150,000 307,500 Median Lowest Highest General counsel at director level $151,000 $105,000 $ 252,000 General counsel at executive level 200,000 81,000 450,000 Senior in-house counsel compensation Sample size 30 41.4% 20.7% 24.1% Sample size 29 Under $500,000 $500,000-$1 million $1 millon-$2 million $2 million-$5 million $5 million-$10 million More than $10 million 0% 13.8% 0% In-house counsel compensation Sample size 30 Year of Call Median Lowest Highest 2015 $73,000 $ 69,000 $ 82,000 2014 90,000 75,000 100,000 2013 94,000 80,000 113,300 2012 108,000 88,000 130,000 2011 112,500 93,000 150,000 2010 121,000 104,000 150,000 2009 128,500 106,000 155,000 2008 130,000 106,000 167,500 2007 137,000 106,000 168,000 2006 and earlier 150,000 81,000 315,000 w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m J U L Y 2 0 1 6 33 In-house legal spend budget Will salaries increase in 2017? Sample size 30 Yes No 70% 30% 9.6% Geographically, 52 per cent of respon- dents had a presence in Ontario. B.C. (28 per cent) and Alberta (20 per cent) were also well represented. Quebec contained a base for 10 per cent of respondents, while nine per cent had an office outside the country. Another nine per cent of respon- dents had an office in Nova Scotia, with the rest scattered across the other provinces and territories. The numbers total more than 100 per cent because some respondents have offices in more than one location. The compensation figures in the tables represent base salaries before benefits and other perks, which were covered in other questions; and where respondents provided a range instead of a single number, the midpoints were included in the results.