Where is the best place to be a law firm associate? The short answer is: It depends. In the chart below, we aggregated the average satisfaction scores from ALM Intelligence's 2018 Midlevel Associate Survey by the city where firm offices are located, and sliced across a few metrics.

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There isn't a huge amount of variation across the major U.S. legal markets, indicating that midlevel associates at large law firms are generally pretty pleased. Miami ranks top by a hair when it comes to benefits and compensation satisfaction, while Los Angeles take the crown in terms of satisfying work.