Across 515 live US postings for legal roles with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $178,900–$244,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured November 2026 · n=515 US postings with salary
Legal salary: $178,900–$244,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 1,399 tracked live legal postings. No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median legal posting offers $178,900–$244,000 a year (n=515, USD).
- 26.6% of the 1,399 live legal postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $208,200–$292,683 a year. The median alone hides how wide that spread is.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 9 | $140,000–$190,000 |
| Mid-level | 115 | $150,000–$210,000 |
| Senior | 314 | $180,000–$250,000 |
| Lead | 23 | $240,000–$340,000 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 144 | $186,500–$257,050 |
| On-site / hybrid | 371 | $171,300–$230,850 |
Jobs that build AI vs the rest
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Builds AI | 0 | not enough data |
| Little AI | 457 | $179,375–$243,900 |
Companies hiring legal roles
Method
US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 515 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.
Sample: legal postings at tech companies tracked by Level (1,399 live postings in this category on the measured date). Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.
All amounts are USD per year. Every median and quartile below excludes hourly-rate postings (a listed maximum under $1,000, almost always an hourly rate, not a salary) and mid-range postings that are neither clearly hourly nor clearly annual (maximum between $1,000 and $10,000). Mixing either into an annual median would understate the real number. The middle 50% of postings top out between $208,200–$292,683 (25th–75th percentile).
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor): Lawyers (SOC 23-1011.00).
How many legal roles jobs are remote?
26.6% of the 515 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 0 postings build AI and 1,224 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.