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Legal & Counsel Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 368 open roles at 120 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$194K

Median

$228K

75th percentile

$260K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $54K, highest $485K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal TechRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Litigation Counsel San Francisco, CAAnthropic$385K–$460K
Head of AMER Legal Engineering (In-House)ChicagoHarvey$400K–$450K
Head of AMER Legal Engineering (In-House)DallasHarvey$400K–$450K
Head of AMER Legal Engineering (In-House)New YorkHarvey$400K–$450K
Head of AMER Legal Engineering (In-House)San FranciscoHarvey$400K–$450K
Founding Full Stack Software Engineer, LegalSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$445K
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Commercial LegalSan Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$322K–$443K
Director & Assistant General Counsel, Commercial Remote, CA, USPinterest$210K–$433K
Associate General Counsel, Commercial – InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$381K–$423K
Director, Privacy LegalRemote - United StatesReddit$299K–$419K
Senior CounselSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$400K
Commercial Counsel, HardwareSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$335K–$385K
IP Counsel, PatentsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$335K–$385K
IP Counsel, Trademarks & DomainsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$335K–$385K
IP Counsel, TransactionsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$335K–$385K
Life Sciences CounselNew York City, NYAnthropic$335K–$385K
Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTMSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$385K
Legal Engineering Manager (Law Firm, Litigation/Regulatory)San FranciscoHarvey$315K–$385K
Legal Engineer, Product Specialist ManagerNew YorkHarvey$315K–$385K
Legal Engineer, Product Specialist ManagerChicagoHarvey$315K–$385K
Deputy / Associate General Counsel, CorporateSan Mateo, CA United StatesVerkada$270K–$370K
Senior Counsel, Litigation & RegulatorySan FranciscoOpenAI$330K–$366K
Senior Counsel, AI Product (Enterprise/API)San FranciscoOpenAI$330K–$366K
Senior Counsel, Commercial (Infrastructure)San FranciscoOpenAI$330K–$366K
Senior Product CounselSan FranciscoOpenAI$330K–$366K
Senior Counsel, Commercial & ProductSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$360K
Legal Director, PrivacyNew York, New YorkPeloton$277K–$353K
Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)San FranciscoOpenAI$280K–$350K
Principal Counsel, CorporateSan FranciscoPerplexity$250K–$350K
Senior Product CounselSan Francisco, CA Doximity$257K–$350K
Senior Director - AI Commercial CounselSan Francisco, CAHandshake$276K–$345K
Senior Counsel, IPUnited StatesSandboxAQ$182K–$342K
Legal Program Manager, Compute & InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$285K–$340K
Product CounselSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$200K–$340K
Commercial CounselSan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$280K–$340K
Sr. Counsel, ProductBellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.Databricks$244K–$336K
Associate General Counsel, Data LicensingChicago; Irvine; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; San JoseThe Trade Desk$183K–$335K
Commercial Counsel, GTMSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$265K–$335K
Commercial Counsel, SPARCSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$265K–$335K
Corporate Counsel, M&ASan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$265K–$335K
Privacy Counsel San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$265K–$335K
Research CounselSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$265K–$335K
Senior Counsel, RiskNew York, New York, United StatesBrex$270K–$335K
Senior Counsel, RiskSan Francisco, California, United StatesBrex$270K–$335K
VP, Commercial Contracting & Legal OperationsLos Angeles, CaliforniaMatch Group$285K–$335K
Product CounselRemote - USAToast$205K–$328K
Associate Director/Director, Commercial Counsel Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$232K–$327K
Sr. CounselRemote, USPinterest$159K–$327K
Legal Innovation & Operations LeadBay Area, CA, United States of AmericaBlock$218K–$327K
Legal EngineerNew York CityLegora$225K–$325K
Legal Engineer - In-House New York CityLegora$225K–$325K
Lead Legal EngineerNew York CityLegora$276K–$321K
Legal Innovation PartnerNew YorkHarvey$270K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Corporate)DallasHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Corporate)San FranciscoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Corporate)ChicagoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Corporate)New YorkHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Litigation/Regulatory)New YorkHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Litigation/Regulatory)ChicagoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Litigation/Regulatory)San FranciscoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Litigation/Regulatory)DallasHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (In-House)New YorkHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (In-House)San FranciscoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (In-House)ChicagoHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (In-House)DallasHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (In-House)BostonHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Engineer (Law Firm, Corporate)BostonHarvey$220K–$320K
Legal Counsel, Real Estate Leasing & TransactionsSan Francisco, CA - USCrusoe$280K–$320K
VP, Government & Legal Affairs Reston, VARubrik$275K–$320K
International Legal CounselMountain View, California, United StatesAnduril$240K–$318K
Senior Product CounselSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$204K–$317K
Associate General Counsel, Privacy & ComplianceAustin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United StatesNeuralink$190K–$316K
Senior Counsel, Competition & LitigationNew York, NY; Washington, D.C.DoorDash$214K–$315K
Director, Assistant General Counsel - LitigationUS-GA-AtlantaSnowflake$234K–$308K
Infrastructure & Energy Transaction CounselSan Francisco Office (Second St)Lambda$229K–$305K
Senior Counsel - CommercialSan Francisco Office (Second St)Lambda$210K–$305K
Sr. Counsel, Labor & Employment LitigationHawthorne, CASpaceX$245K–$305K
Associate General Counsel, Product & PrivacyChicago; Irvine; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; San JoseThe Trade Desk$165K–$302K
Senior Counsel 2, Strategic Product PartnershipsUS-CA-Menlo ParkSnowflake$230K–$302K
Sr. Counsel, Channel & PartnersBellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, WashingtonDatabricks$220K–$302K
Sr. Counsel, CommercialBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Mountain View, California; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.Databricks$220K–$302K
Sr. Counsel, Privacy ComplianceBellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.Databricks$220K–$302K
Senior Legal Counsel, ProductHybrid - San FranciscoVercel$270K–$300K
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYCNew York CityOpenAI$185K–$300K
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SFNew York CityOpenAI$185K–$300K
Associate General Counsel CorporateUSA - RemoteDeepgram$250K–$300K
Senior Commercial CounselSan FranciscoDecagon$250K–$300K
Senior Counsel, Music Business AffairsNYCSuno Studio$200K–$300K
Head of Commercial LegalSan FranciscoFal$250K–$300K
Associate General Counsel - PrivacySF OfficeAbridge$220K–$300K
Full Stack Product CounselSan Mateo, California, United StatesSkydio$225K–$300K
Legal Counsel - CommercialSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$180K–$300K
Product CounselSunnyvaleApplied Intuition$200K–$300K
Legal Operations and Innovation ManagerStamford, CTPoint72$250K–$300K
Senior Litigation CounselSan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$252K–$298K
Senior Legal Counsel - CommercialNew York CityLegora$252K–$297K
Assistant General Counsel, CommercialNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CAFastly$247K–$296K
Director, Global M&A LegalSan Francisco, CALyft$236K–$295K
Employment CounselRemote, USTanium$191K–$293K
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