Good news for those of you who didn’t graduate from top law schools or aren’t working in high-paying law jobs. According to new research, you might actually be happier than some of your high-achieving or high-earning colleagues. Or at least equally miserable.

Combing over 6,000 responses from lawyers in four states, Florida State University law professor Lawrence Krieger and University of Missouri psychology professor Kennon Sheldon finds that law school pedigree and money did not make lawyers happier. The ABA blog sums up the findings:

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