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General Counsel

$263,750

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +25.6%

$210,000 $263,750

$214.1k 25th

$263.8k Median

$297.6k 75th

$173.3k

$340k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 61.1%
Live roles: 185

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Highest-paying jobs

Chief Legal Officer (CLO) ($1M-$5M salary)

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

$1,000,000 – $5,000,000

General Counsel

Omidyar Network · San Francisco, CA, Washington D.C.

$375,400 – $469,200

Chief Legal Officer

STR · Woburn, MA

$295,000 – $415,000

Chief Legal Officer

STR · Arlington, VA

$295,000 – $415,000

Chief Legal Officer (Pacific Northwest or Hybrid) (964-SLS)

Solutuslegal · Portland, OR

$350,000 – $400,000

General Counsel

TetraScience · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

$280,000 – $400,000

Deputy General Counsel

Lyell Immunopharma · Seattle, Washington, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States

$360,000 – $400,000

Associate General Counsel, Product & Commercial

MrBeast · San Mateo, CA

$300,000 – $396,000

Deputy General Counsel

Fairstead ESC LLC · New York, New York, United States

$275,000 – $385,000

Associate General Counsel, Hardware IP

OpenAI · San Francisco

$347,000 – $385,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
FutureSight	$5,988	10
TT The Trade Desk	$214,050	4
Hadrian Automation	$312,500	3
SA Scale AI	$297,900	3
Fireblocks	$257,000	3
Robinhood	$236,000	3
STR	$355,000	2
The New York Times	$290,000	2

General Counsel salary by location

Location	Median	Roles
San Francisco	$253,500	23
New York	$250,000	37
Los Angeles	$229,325	10
Boston	$216,345	4
Chicago	$214,050	7
Austin	$180,000	3