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Legal Salary Guide

Compensation data from 528 job postings across 123 companies

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Median Salary
$181,050
Legal roles
Jobs with Pay Data
528
postings with salary info
Salary Range
$151,775 – $228,000
25th to 75th percentile
Companies Reporting
123
with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Legal salary by experience level

intern
$280,000
junior
$124,444
mid
$181,050
senior
$199,600
manager
$270,000
director
$195,000

Top-Paying Companies

By median Legal salary

Square (Block)
$346,000
Lemonade
$337,500
Snap
$314,000
Genentech
$307,700
Netflix
$307,500
Scale AI
$297,900
Anthropic
$292,500
Vercel
$285,000
Recursion
$280,830
Rivian
$275,000

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Los Gatos
$555,000
South San Francisco
$307,700
New York City
$280,000
Mountain View
$266,500
San Francisco Bay Area
$263,500
Los Angeles
$261,000
Chicago; Irvine; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; San Jose
$259,000
United States (Remote)
$240,000

Compensation Distribution

Based on 528 Legal postings with salary data

<$75k
6
$75k–$100k
19
$100k–$150k
98
$150k–$200k
203
$200k–$300k
164
$300k+
38

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
Regulatory Licensing and Affairs Team Lead - North America
senior Policy Analyst · Adyen · New York City, NY
$160k – $300k
Regulatory Licensing and Affairs Team Lead - North America
senior Policy Analyst · Adyen · San Francisco, CA
$160k – $300k
Compliance Analyst II
mid Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
$100k – $140k
Compliance Exam Lead
senior Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
$130k – $170k
Compliance Lead, Fair Lending
senior Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
Testing Machine Learning
$130k – $170k
Compliance Lead, Product Advisory (Card & Deposits)
senior Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
Compliance
$130k – $170k
Counsel II, Commercial
mid Legal Counsel · Affirm · Remote (United States)
Performance Optimization Compliance
$180k – $230k
Senior Manager, Public Policy, Texas
senior Policy Analyst · Airbnb · Texas, United States
$164k – $205k
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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $206,825Product $199,750Design $193,000Security $180,850Software Engineering $174,950Data Engineering $172,000Marketing $163,950Sales $157,325People $149,850Operations $142,550Services $142,350Finance $135,700
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