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Legal Salary Guide

Compensation data from 532 job postings across 142 companies

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Median Salary
$181,050
Legal roles
Jobs with Pay Data
532
postings with salary info
Salary Range
$145,735 – $235,740
25th to 75th percentile
Companies Reporting
142
with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Legal salary by experience level

intern
$334,800
junior
$117,700
mid
$181,050
senior
$205,750
manager
$300,000
director
$172,200

Top-Paying Companies

By median Legal salary

Notion
$380,000
Chainalysis
$340,000
Ramp
$327,500
Pinterest
$321,423
OpenAI
$313,500
Genentech
$307,700
Netflix
$307,500
Wiz
$300,500
Rocket Lab
$297,500
Anthropic
$292,500

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

South San Francisco
$307,700
Long Beach
$290,750
New York City
$263,500
Los Angeles
$261,000
Chicago; Irvine; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; San Jose
$259,000
Falls Church
$252,150
San Francisco
$251,000
United States (Remote)
$249,067

Compensation Distribution

Based on 532 Legal postings with salary data

<$75k
4
$75k–$100k
29
$100k–$150k
108
$150k–$200k
178
$200k–$300k
178
$300k+
35

Legal Jobs with Salary

FEC Counsel
mid Legal Counsel · Adyen · New York City, NY
$160k – $212k
Head of Commercial Legal, Strategy and Enablement
intern Legal Counsel · Adyen · New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA
Salesforce
$245k – $315k
Legal Counsel
mid Legal Counsel · Adyen · New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA
$135k – $175k
Regulatory Licensing and Affairs Team Lead - North America
senior Policy Analyst · Adyen · New York City, NY
$210k – $300k
Regulatory Licensing and Affairs Team Lead - North America
senior Policy Analyst · Adyen · San Francisco, CA
$210k – $300k
Compliance Analyst II (Compliance Monitoring)
mid Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (Canada)
$78k – $118k
Compliance Lead (Servicing Advisory)
senior Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
Compliance
$130k – $170k
Senior Legal Counsel
senior Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United Kingdom)
Compliance
$133k – $173k
Associate Counsel, IP & Open Source
mid Legal Counsel · Airbnb · United States
$157k – $185k
Counsel, Insurance
mid Legal Counsel · Airbnb · United States
$196k – $230k
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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $205,533Product $204,957Design $195,000Software Engineering $179,499Security $179,000Data Engineering $175,979Marketing $162,500Sales $160,900People $156,000Services $147,500Operations $142,500Finance $142,000
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