Only Work In legal Publishing As An Editor If You Are Married To A Millionaire

We came across the following thread this morning about what salary editors at a legal publishers should expect… quite depressing really


Here’s the initial post…

Salary for legal publishing?
Does anyone here work in legal publishing? I have an interview next week at a legal publishing website for an associate editor position. I have absolutely no idea what kind of salary is reasonable. I definitely don’t want to price myself out, but I also don’t want to get taken. Anyone have suggestions for salary requirement?

And the responses….. maybe time to look for a different job ?

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It doesn’t pay well. Maybe 30 to start.

by: Anonymous??? reply 1??? 01/27/2011 @ 10:04PM
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Thirty what per what, dear?

by: Anonymous??? reply 2??? 01/27/2011 @ 10:07PM
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Thou per year, dear.

Good luck trying to live on that!

by: John Wiley??? reply 3??? 01/27/2011 @ 11:01PM
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Don’t take less than $2.35 per hour. Make sure they let you keep ALL your tips. I hope this helped

by: Anonymous??? reply 4??? 01/27/2011 @ 11:09PM
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Probably 40k.

by: honestly??? reply 5??? 01/27/2011 @ 11:14PM
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Would illegal publishing be more lucrative?

by: Anonymous??? reply 6??? 01/27/2011 @ 11:34PM
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$30K sounds right.When I was a paralegal, NYC legal publishing paras were usually plain-looking girls who grew up in the South and came from good schools like U. Va. (Pretty girls — and boys, I guess — went to the major law firms.) Wages were entry-level non-certified paralegal (no prior training).

by: Anonymous??? reply 7??? 01/28/2011 @ 10:49AM
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Can one survive on a salary of 30K in NYC?

by: Anonymous??? reply 8??? 01/28/2011 @ 02:52PM
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Yes…if one is married to a millionaire.