Legal Counsel salary

Median disclosed salary for Legal Counsel roles is $177.5k, based on 387 current postings across Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby career pages.

$177.5kMedian posted salary
$46.1k–$400kFull range
387Postings with disclosed salary

Based on 387 current postings that disclosed a salary range on the employer's own career page -- not a survey, and not adjusted for level or location.

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Engineering Manager, Fraud & Compliance
Mercor · San Francisco
2026-06-19 AshbyEngineering~$250k–$400k
Software Engineer - Privacy & Compliance
OpenAI · San Francisco
2025-10-17 AshbyApplied AI~$230k–$385k
Senior Director, Compliance
GoFundMe · San Francisco, CA
2026-08-24 GreenhouseTrust & Safety~$253k–$380k
Senior Counsel, AI & Product Compliance
OpenAI · San Francisco
2026-08-28 AshbyLegal~$330k–$366k
Senior Counsel II / Corporate Counsel, Transactions
Altos Labs · San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2026-06-24 GreenhouseAltos Headquarters~$285k–$365k
Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco
2026-08-04 AshbySecurity & IT~$225k–$350k
Director of Product Compliance
Skydio · San Mateo, California, United States
2026-08-25 AshbyR&D~$230k–$348k
Senior Staff Regulatory and Compliance Systems Engineer
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
2026-08-26 GreenhouseSystems (78I)~$272k–$336k
Corporate Counsel, M&A
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA
2026-08-27 GreenhouseLegal~$265k–$335k
Executive Director, GxP Quality and Compliance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-28 GreenhouseQuality Assurance~$265k–$331k
Senior Director, US Compliance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-28 GreenhouseLegal~$288k–$331k
Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Compliance
Cross River Bank · Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
2026-08-21 GreenhouseLegal~$300k–$330k
Senior Compliance Director
Mesh Payments · New York, New York, United States, San Francisco, California, United States
2026-08-18 GreenhouseLegal~$250k–$325k
Director, Compliance
Relay Financial · New York, NY
2026-08-18 AshbyRisk~$255k–$315k
Senior Director, Product Compliance
Flex · New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA
2026-07-29 GreenhouseCompliance~$252k–$315k
Executive Director, Global Patient Safety Quality and Compliance - Pharmacovigilance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-26 GreenhouseGlobal Patient Safety~$252k–$315k
Vice President, Head of Privacy (Privacy, Cyber Security, Consumer Compliance)
The New York Times · New York, NY
2026-08-26 GreenhouseLegal Multidiscipline~$275k–$315k
Senior Corporate Counsel - Federal
C3 AI · Tysons, Virginia, United States
2026-08-29 GreenhouseLegal~$252k–$310k
Senior Legal Counsel, Public Sector
MongoDB · United States
2026-08-24 GreenhouseLegal & Risk Mgmt~$157k–$308k
Senior Legal Counsel - Music Publishing
Spotify · Los Angeles, CA
2026-06-24 LeverLegal~$215k–$307k
Director, US Compliance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-20 GreenhouseLegal~$267k–$306k
Senior Director, Global Patient Safety Quality and Compliance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-28 GreenhouseGlobal Patient Safety~$244k–$305k
Senior Director, US Compliance
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
2026-08-28 GreenhouseLegal~$244k–$305k
Sr. Counsel, Privacy Compliance
Databricks · Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.
2026-08-18 GreenhouseLegal~$220k–$302k
Tax Director, Provision & Compliance
Anthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA
2026-08-21 GreenhouseFinance~$230k–$300k
Senior Legal Counsel, Product
Vercel · Hybrid - San Francisco
2026-08-18 GreenhouseLegal~$270k–$300k
Senior Compliance Director & MLRO, US
Airwallex · US - New York
2026-08-28 AshbyRegulatory & Compliance~$200k–$300k
Partner, Compliance, High Reliability Care
Chartis Group · Remote
2026-06-01 AshbyPerformance Transformation Line of Business~$250k–$300k
Senior Payments Compliance Manager
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
2026-08-29 GreenhouseProject Management (Non-Tech)~$246k–$296k
Director of Maneuver Dominance & Maritime, International Trade Compliance
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
2026-08-29 GreenhouseLegal and Business Affairs : Legal : Compliance~$220k–$292k
Director of Maneuver Dominance & Maritime, International Trade Compliance
Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2026-08-29 GreenhouseLegal and Business Affairs : Legal : Compliance~$220k–$292k
Sr. Corporate Counsel
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
2026-08-13 GreenhouseLegal~$235k–$290k
Senior Director, Compliance Training
Revolution Medicines · Remote (United States)
2026-08-28 GreenhouseLegal~$232k–$290k
Legal Counsel – Finance and Corporate Development
Crusoe Energy · New York, NY - US
2026-07-14 AshbyLegal~$240k–$285k
Legal Counsel - Corporate
Crusoe Energy · New York, NY - US
2026-07-20 AshbyLegal~$240k–$285k
Legal Counsel – Finance and Corporate Development
Crusoe Energy · San Francisco, CA - US
2026-07-29 AshbyLegal~$240k–$285k
Director, Legal Counsel - Commercial Cloud Transactions
Crusoe Energy · San Francisco, CA - US
2026-08-04 AshbyLegal~$240k–$285k
Senior Compliance Manager
Harvey · San Francisco
2026-06-02 AshbySecurity~$188k–$281k
Senior Compliance Manager
Harvey · New York
2026-06-02 AshbySecurity~$188k–$281k
Senior Compliance Manager
Harvey · Washington DC
2026-07-01 AshbySecurity~$188k–$281k
Aviation Compliance Lead
Skydio · San Mateo, California, United States
2026-03-24 AshbyOperations~$220k–$280k
Legal Counsel
HeyGen · Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto
2026-08-04 GreenhouseGeneral Counsel~$220k–$280k
Head of Compliance, Gemini Galactic Markets, LLC
Gemini Trust · New York, New York; Miami, Florida; Remote (USA)
2026-07-30 GreenhouseCompliance~$150k–$280k
Director, Financial Crimes Compliance
Upstart · United States | Remote
2026-07-31 GreenhouseRisk & Compliance Department~$201k–$278k
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - FedRAMP
Decagon · San Francisco
2026-08-11 AshbyEngineering~$190k–$275k
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - Privacy
Decagon · San Francisco
2026-08-21 AshbyEngineering~$190k–$275k
Head of FCRA Operations and Compliance
Socure · New York - Remote
2026-08-11 AshbyProduct~$220k–$275k
Director, Legal Counsel, Corporate & Securities
Crusoe Energy · New York, NY - US
2026-06-23 AshbyLegal~$235k–$275k
Legal Counsel, Employment
Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2026-08-27 GreenhouseLegal and Business Affairs : Legal : Legal~$210k–$275k
Legal Counsel, Employment
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
2026-08-27 GreenhouseLegal and Business Affairs : Legal : Legal~$210k–$275k