Sigh, what a waste of words and digital storage. If you can’t be helpful, at least don’t be unhelpful. I also recommend that you get your evident issue of pent up rage/need for moral superiority checked out.

In answer to the OP’s question, your range of 10 to 30 crores is wide but accurate (pre-tax) for rainmakers who are not founders/founder family. It is good to hear of someone being grateful for their profession, best of luck.

To the commentariat generally - a little more civility, positivity and helpfulness will make your life, and the lives of those around you, better. And this forum a more welcoming place.

Salaried - 1-1.5cr

Equity - 3-6cr

Rainmakers - 8-20cr

What I have seen is at every place be it B4 MBB or Law firms partner component is more or less comparable though the national head kind of partners in B4/MBB make more than Law partners.

The Real money minters are PE partners and it’s just crazy, my junior got into General Atlantic investment role from IIM Bangalore and his fresher pay is 70L base + 100% bonus (1.4cr TC) that too at age of 26, wish I had gone for SRCC and then IIM ABC.

"I’m asking because I always wanted to pursue Law through the NLUs, but I couldn’t clear those entrance exams and ended up pursuing CA instead—which, honestly, I’m quite grateful for today."

Yeah, so grateful that even after a decade of doing not-law, you're at an anonymous legal discussion forum, asking how much your law equivalent-peers make, even after spending a decade in a not-law industry. Life may have given you 'uninflated' and 'higher' numbers, but it still never gave you contentment and that is why you're here. You're not even asking a question here, you're just talking to yourself, trying to understand why, despite the higher numbers, you aren't happy.

So to answer a question you didn't actually ask: Lawyers make enough to make your skin crawl and your hands scroll LI even after all this time.

All the numbers I see here are either heavily inflated or too low.

I’m currently working at EY in the Strategy and Transactions division (Deal Advisory) as an AVP, and compensation up to the Director level is fairly well known. Directors typically make around ₹60–70 lakh in base salary, with a 40–50% year-end bonus, bringing total compensation (TC) to roughly ₹1–1.2 crore.

A person typically makes Director at around 10–11 YOE here, given the up-or-out policy. However, things change significantly at the Partner level.

Partner fixed compensation is broadly equal across service lines, with a minimum of around ₹1.5 crore fixed. Keep in mind that it generally takes around 14–15 YOE to make Partner here, compared with roughly 10–12 YOE at Tier 1 law firms.

However, Partner compensation is not really about the fixed salary. Profit sharing and bonuses are exponentially higher than the base.

For context, my Partner currently makes around ₹7.5 crore annually, and he isn’t even a rainmaker. He has around 23 YOE, including 10 years as a Partner. The rainmakers, particularly National Heads, are reportedly clearing ₹15–20 crore annually.

My Partner also closes approximately ₹40 crore in annual books.

So, what do rainmaking Partners at Tier 1 law firms actually make? I am guessing between 10-30cr (it's a broad range I know)

I’m asking because I always wanted to pursue Law through the NLUs, but I couldn’t clear those entrance exams and ended up pursuing CA instead—which, honestly, I’m quite grateful for today.