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Senior legal salaries in the United States
Median $218k a year across 82 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $185k to $255k. 71% of the 116 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $185k to $255k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$175k
- Mid level$194k
- Senior (this page)$218k
- Manager$170k
- Director$220k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Brexmedian of 2 published bands$303k
SpaceXmedian of 5 published bands$275k
Decagonmedian of 2 published bands$275k
DoorDashmedian of 2 published bands$265k
Perplexitymedian of 2 published bands$245k
Databricksmedian of 3 published bands$245k
Nuromedian of 2 published bands$242k
Canvamedian of 2 published bands$235k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Commercial Counsel | $242k | 9 |
| Sr. Counsel, Labor & Employment Litigation | $275k | 5 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Litigation CounselDiscord · San Francisco Bay Area$304k to $380k
- Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)OpenAI · Remote$297k to $330k
- Senior Counsel, RiskBrex · New York, New York, United States$270k to $335k
- Senior Counsel, RiskBrex · San Francisco, California, United States$270k to $335k
- Senior CounselTandem · New York, New York, United States$275k to $325k
- Senior Legal CounselTraversal · New York, NY, United States$200k to $400k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for senior legal roles in the United States?
$218k a year in base pay, across 82 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $185k to $255k.
What do the best-paid senior legal roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $275k, and one in ten sits below $119k.
How many senior legal job posts publish a salary?
71% of the 116 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 $203k against $239k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 32 and 50 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for senior legal roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Brex ($303k), SpaceX ($275k), Decagon ($275k).
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.