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Manager legal salaries in the United States
Median $170k a year across 67 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $138k to $205k. 80% of the 84 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $138k to $205k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$175k
- Mid level$194k
- Senior$218k
- Manager (this page)$170k
- Director$220k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Socuremedian of 2 published bands$253k
TRM Labsmedian of 2 published bands$218k
Upstartmedian of 5 published bands$205k
Mercurymedian of 2 published bands$195k
REVOLUTION Medicinesmedian of 3 published bands$161k
Astranismedian of 2 published bands$156k
Airwallexmedian of 4 published bands$155k
Planetmedian of 2 published bands$153k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Legal | $260k | 7 |
| Legal Operations Manager | $180k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTMAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$320k to $385k
- Head of LegalClassDojo · Remote$260k to $325k
- Head of Commercial LegalTRM Labs · Remote$255k to $313k
- Head of LegalRillet · San Francisco, California, United States$250k to $310k
- Head of Commercial LegalFal · San Francisco, California, United States$250k to $300k
- Head of Data Science - Identity & ComplianceSocure · San Francisco, United States$250k to $300k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for manager legal roles in the United States?
$170k a year in base pay, across 67 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $138k to $205k.
What do the best-paid manager legal roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $273k, and one in ten sits below $120k.
How many manager legal job posts publish a salary?
80% of the 84 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote legal roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $171k against $170k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 28 and 39 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for manager legal roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Socure ($253k), TRM Labs ($218k), Upstart ($205k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.