U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the nation's best jobs, and "attorney" came in at number 37 with lawyers typically reporting a high sense of job satisfaction.
Lawyers have a median salary of $112,760, but their salaries can vary drastically depending on where they work, according to U.S. News.
Here are the five cities where lawyers make the most money.
Lawyers make the most money in the heart of Silicon Valley.
In San Jose, Calif., lawyers make a median salary of $184,660, which is $71,900 more than the average salary for the profession, according to U.S. News.
Between 2006 and 2010, the median household income in San Jose was $79,405 compared to $60,883 in the state of California and $51,914 in the U.S., according the U.S. Census Bureau.
Lawyers who live in the city likely get a lot of their work from its massive technology center. San Jose boasts the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world with 6,600 technology companies.
San Jose is also home to the patent trial of the century between Apple and Samsung.
This Connecticut city has a major outpost of a big pharmaceutical company.
In Danbury, Conn., the median salary for lawyers is $174,540 – $61,780 more than the average pay for attorneys, according to U.S. News.
The median household income in Danbury between 2006 and 2010 was $65,275 compared to $67,740 for the state of Connecticut and $51,914 in the U.S. for those years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Just 68 miles from New York City, Danbury is home to an outpost of pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim as well as global workforce development company Cartus, and a federal prison.
One of the nation's most scenic locales also pays its lawyers a lot.
In San Francisco, Calif., lawyers make a median annual salary of $172,080, which is $59,320 more than lawyers' average pay, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The median household income in San Francisco was $71,304 for the years 2006 through 2010, compared to $60,883 in the state of California and $51,914 in the U.S. for those years, according the U.S. Census Bureau.
San Francisco is home to a number of hot companies, from Craigslist to Twitter to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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