Job Title: Barrister (Australian equivalent of trial lawyer)
Salary: no fixed salary; weekly earnings vary from $0 to $15,000 but on average about $7,000 a week; after expenses and chambers rent, about $5,500 a week; after GST and income tax etc, about $3,000 a week
Weekly hours: I work about 50 hours per week on average. In truth, weeks are either easy (35 hours) or hard (60+ hours).
Vacation: potentially unlimited
Age: 32
Experience: 7 years
Education: BComm. LLB (Hons)
Unfortunately, all figures given above are AUD
$100k AUD = $70k USD
in terms of buying power, given that food, cars, electricity, houses and just about everything is more expensive, I'd say in truth $100k AUD = $60k USD in purchasing power parity. (The thing is, we are much more generous on the poor, who have subsidised everything, and generous welfare. But for above-average earners, it's a lot harder to live a nice lifestyle here.)