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Legal salaries

38 Legal listings with published compensation.

Overall

P10
$142,450
P25
$184,150
Median
$245,000
P75
$265,000
P90
$325,000

By seniority

Level P25 Median P75 N
Entry $73,749 $114,500 $114,500 2
Mid $184,150 $245,000 $245,000 15
Senior $242,817 $262,500 $292,500 16
Director $203,175 $325,000 $340,200 3

Top-paying Legal roles

Anthropic ·
Trade Compliance Counsel
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $320K–$385K · Senior
Trade Compliance Counsel at Anthropic providing legal advice on U.S. and international sanctions and export controls. Advises on OFAC, EAR, ITAR compliance for AI products and scaling operations.
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Anthropic ·
Commercial Counsel, Compute & Infrastructure
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $320K–$385K · Senior
Commercial Counsel at Anthropic leading legal execution for infrastructure transactions including compute, semiconductors, datacenters, and energy procurement. Requires 8-12+ years of legal experience with cloud hardware, datacenter construction, and project finance.
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Scale AI ·
Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $302K–$378K · Director
Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Scale AI, building and leading the centralized GRC function. Responsibilities include managing compliance teams, developing enterprise risk management programs, and operationalizing AI governance frameworks for a high-growth AI data company.
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Vercel ·
Director of Legal, Product Foundations
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $310K–$340K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Director
Director of Legal, Product Foundations at Vercel leading privacy, regulatory strategy, IP, and litigation. Reports to VP of Legal and partners with product, engineering, and security teams to enable product velocity at scale.
AI tools
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Pinterest ·
Sr. Counsel, Core Product
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $158K–$326K 🛠 AI tools welcome 🤝 AI-OK interview · Senior
Sr. Counsel, Core Product at Pinterest supporting product and engineering teams on generative AI, IP, privacy, and safety issues. Role involves advising on emerging legal risks, implementing scalable processes, and using AI tools to accelerate legal analysis.
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Anthropic ·
Product Counsel, Claude Platform
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $265K–$320K 🛂 Visa sponsor 🛠 AI tools welcome · Senior
Product Counsel at Anthropic supporting the Claude Platform, API, and developer ecosystem. Provides legal guidance on API terms, cloud distribution, and emerging AI governance frameworks for developers building on Claude.
APIscloud computingAWS BedrockGoogle VertexAzure
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Anthropic ·
Frontier Counsel
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $265K–$320K · Senior
Frontier Counsel at Anthropic advising on legal issues in AI development, including data acquisition, copyright, privacy, and compute infrastructure. Serves as trusted legal advisor to Research and Compute teams navigating complex regulatory and compliance challenges.
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Anthropic ·
Commercial Counsel, GTM
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $265K–$320K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Mid
Commercial Counsel at Anthropic supporting Go-to-Market and Sales teams on enterprise agreements, customer negotiations, and AI governance initiatives. Requires JD, 3-5 years commercial legal experience, and curiosity about AI policy.
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Anthropic ·
Commercial Counsel, Datacenters & Construction
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $265K–$320K · Senior
Commercial Counsel at Anthropic leading legal execution for datacenter leases, construction agreements, and infrastructure financing. Coordinates with outside counsel and internal teams on Anthropic's largest physical infrastructure transactions.
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Anthropic ·
Commercial Counsel, Colocation & Networks
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $265K–$320K · Senior
Commercial Counsel at Anthropic leading legal execution for colocation, network connectivity, and datacenter services agreements. Negotiates distributed compute capacity arrangements with third-party facilities and emerging providers to support frontier AI infrastructure.
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Together AI ·
Senior Counsel, Commercial
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $225K–$300K · Senior
Senior Counsel, Commercial at Together AI, an AI infrastructure company. Leads negotiation and drafting of customer, supplier, and financing contracts while building the legal function at a rapidly growing AI startup.
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Scale AI ·
Lead Counsel, Product and Intellectual Property
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $231K–$288K · Senior
Lead Counsel for Product and Intellectual Property at Scale AI, advising on IP strategy, product development, and regulatory compliance for AI systems. Reports to Associate General Counsel; requires 5+ years IP law experience and technical fluency in AI/ML.
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Anthropic ·
Policy Manager, Chemical Weapons and High Yield Explosives
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $245K–$285K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Senior
Policy Manager at Anthropic focused on chemical weapons and explosives safety. Designs evaluation methodologies, develops threat models, and collaborates with engineers to mitigate AI misuse risks in sensitive domains.
PubChemReaxysSciFinder
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Vercel ·
Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $250K–$270K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Senior
Senior Legal Counsel at Vercel leading M&A transactions, Vercel Ventures investments, and corporate governance. Reports to Head of Corporate Legal with focus on transaction execution and public company readiness.
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Brex ·
Commercial Counsel
📍 New York, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Mid
Commercial Counsel at Brex supporting revenue-generating and vendor agreements. Drafts, negotiates, and advises on commercial contracts in a fintech environment while improving legal processes and templates.
CLM systemsAI contracting tools
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Brex ·
Commercial Counsel
📍 Seattle, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Mid
Commercial Counsel at Brex supporting revenue-generating and vendor agreements. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates commercial contracts in a fintech environment while developing legal playbooks and CLM workflows.
CLM systemsAI contracting tools
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Brex ·
Commercial Counsel
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Mid
Commercial Counsel at Brex supporting revenue-generating and vendor agreements. Drafts, negotiates, and advises on commercial contracts in a fintech environment while developing legal processes and templates.
CLM systemsAI contracting tools
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Vercel ·
Staff GRC Analyst
📍 US 🌐 Remote-only 💰 $180K–$270K · Staff
Staff GRC Analyst at Vercel managing compliance attestation programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS) and security control frameworks. Owns audit lifecycle, continuous monitoring, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination for an AI-native development platform.
DrataLinearGithub
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Brex ·
Product and Regulatory Counsel
📍 Seattle, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K · Mid
Product and Regulatory Counsel at Brex advising on card and banking product compliance. Provides strategic guidance on financial regulations, drafts customer agreements, and collaborates with product and engineering teams on regulatory requirements.
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Brex ·
Product and Regulatory Counsel
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K · Mid
Product and Regulatory Counsel at Brex advising on card and banking product compliance. Provides strategic guidance on financial regulations, product structuring, and customer agreements for a fintech platform serving tens of thousands of businesses.
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Brex ·
Product and Regulatory Counsel
📍 New York, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $220K–$270K · Mid
Product and Regulatory Counsel at Brex advising on card and banking product compliance. Provides strategic guidance on financial regulations, drafts customer agreements, and collaborates with product and engineering teams on regulatory requirements.
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Coinbase ·
Senior Counsel, Commercial Legal
📍 US 🌐 Remote 💰 $224K–$264K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Senior
Senior Counsel at Coinbase handling commercial legal matters for payments and fintech partnerships. Negotiates complex agreements with strategic partners in the crypto and payments space, collaborates cross-functionally, and develops risk strategies.
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Anthropic ·
Security Risk & Compliance, HIPAA
📍 US 🌐 Remote 💰 up to $255K · Mid
Security Risk & Compliance specialist at Anthropic owning HIPAA compliance operations end-to-end across Claude products. Responsibilities include operating compliance review programs, managing PHI data flows, writing policies, and coordinating with product and engineering teams.
AWSGCPAzure
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Datadog ·
Privacy Counsel
📍 New York, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $171K–$250K · Mid
Privacy Counsel at Datadog advising on data protection, AI governance, and privacy compliance across product, engineering, and legal teams. Role includes privacy risk assessments, contract negotiations, and scaling Datadog's global privacy program.
GDPREU AI Act
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Scale AI ·
Head of Legal Operations & Chief of Staff
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $180K–$225K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Director
Head of Legal Operations & Chief of Staff at Scale AI, partnering with the General Counsel to drive strategy, operations, and technology for a 30+ person Legal & GRC team. Manages legal budget, vendor strategy, litigation operations, and risk frameworks while mentoring a 2-person operations team.
IroncladBrightflagLogikcullRelativity
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