Modeled career paths · Corporate law

Where does a Corporate Associate go next?

What employers are asking a Corporate Associate for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Management path

Senior Corporate Associate+27% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

64% of modeled moves out of Corporate Associate go here

leadership branch100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Corporate Counsel+71% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

21% of modeled moves out of Corporate Associate go here

leadership branch88% of modeled exits move upward from there

Senior IP Associate+32% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via IP Associate. 5% joint modeled share

leadership branch100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Higher-growth opportunity

Corporate Partner+144% typical comp change · ~6.0y typical

reachable via Senior Corporate Associate. 16% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

General Counsel, Corporate+206% typical comp change · ~6.0y typical

reachable via Corporate Counsel. 5% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Career pivot

IP Associate+3% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

7% of modeled moves out of Corporate Associate go here

pivot86% of modeled exits move upward from there

Litigation Associate-11% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

7% of modeled moves out of Corporate Associate go here

pivot86% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.