According to PayScale.com, the median annual salary for an IP attorney in 2020 was $136,761, with salaries ranging from $78,000 to $197,000 or higher. Patent attorneys usually accept patent cases on an hourly basis, at rates that can range from $100 to $500 per hour. The U.S. Department of Labor reported that the median income for all lawyers was $115,820 in May 2019; the lowest paid 10 percent earned $59,670 and the highest paid 25 percent averaged more than $186,350 per year.
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