What is a realistic starting salary in this field?
Hi,
I am researching transitioning into this field and focusing on patent law in power systems technology. I’m an electrical engineer (bachelors and masters degree) with a professional licenses and 10+ years experience in the industry. I’ve worked at a utility, consultant, and tech developer in this industry.
I see potential in transitioning into law, either patent focused, or legislation for utility representation and am curious what the realistic salaries are in this field. If patent focused, then I want to specialize in international patent law.
I have broken 200k in my field but do not see much more room for growth and expect my earnings to peak around 250k unless I were to open my own firm.
As an aside, the field is genuinely interesting to me and I have no issues with technical writing and research. I see it as a way to continue to improve communication skills and climb the corporate ladder.