How many legal jobs are open right now?

1,708 across 631 companies, every one read from the employer's own applicant tracking system on the last sync. 20% of them are marked remote by the employer.

How is a role assigned to Legal?

From the job title first, then the department label the employer's own careers page uses. Roles the classifier cannot place are left unclassified rather than guessed, so they do not appear in these counts.

What do legal roles pay?

The median posted base pay is $192K, computed over the 246 legal roles whose posting states a yearly range we could parse with high confidence. Roles that list no pay, or hourly pay, are excluded.

DEPARTMENT · JOBS

Legal jobs

Counsel, compliance, privacy and contracts.

Open roles: 1,708
Companies hiring: 631
Remote share: 20%
Median base pay: $192K

POPULAR TITLES

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TOP SKILLS

Technologies these postings ask for

Microsoft Office×100 Salesforce×87 SQL×86 Python×63 HTML×48 Jira×27 Google Workspace×25 Amazon Web Services×24 Spring×20 Rails×20 CMS×19 Windows×19

LIVE ROLES

Newest legal openings

Corporate Counsel
AirwallexUK - London
Sep 24
Senior Legal Counsel
ArriveLondon
Sep 24
Employment Counsel
TaniumAddison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid); Reston, VA (Hybrid)
Sep 24
Product Counsel
TaniumRemote
Sep 24
Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst - Fiat
Layer1Malta / Spain / Poland / Bulgaria
Sep 24

Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst - Crypto
Layer1Malta / Spain / Bulgaria / Poland
Sep 24
Senior Legal Counsel (Employment)
VASTLong Beach, California, United States
Sep 24
Legal Counsel (Commercial)
VASTLong Beach, California, United States
Sep 24
Associate Commercial Counsel, Dublin
HarveyDublin
Sep 24
Assistant General Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs - Litigation
RokuAustin, Texas
Sep 24
Associate General Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs - Litigation
RokuAustin, Texas
Sep 24
Legal & Regulatory Counsel, Payments (Kazakhstan)
Binance LabsKazakhstan, Astana
Sep 24

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WHO'S HIRING

Companies hiring the widest range of legal roles

Airwallex37 open roles

Binance Labs26 open roles

SpaceX27 open roles

Carta24 open roles

Okx22 open roles

Anthropic19 open roles

iCapital34 open roles

Coinbase17 open roles

Fairygodboss16 open roles

Adyen16 open roles

Zipline13 open roles

DE Shaw Renewable Investments12 open roles

LEVEL MIX

Seniority of the open roles

Intern1% · 12
Junior1% · 13
Mid-level50% · 828
Senior20% · 326
Staff0% · 7
Principal1% · 10
Manager13% · 225
Director11% · 191
Executive3% · 57

Of the 1,669 roles with a classified level (1,708 open in total; the rest carry no level in the posting).

OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Elsewhere in the index

Engineering37,218 Sales17,627 Operations12,498 Healthcare6,587 Product5,892 Customer Success5,383 Marketing4,745 Data & ML4,564 Finance3,425 People & Recruiting2,958 Design2,159 IT378

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Frequently asked questions

How many legal jobs are open right now?: 1,708 across 631 companies, every one read from the employer's own applicant tracking system on the last sync. 20% of them are marked remote by the employer.
How is a role assigned to Legal?: From the job title first, then the department label the employer's own careers page uses. Roles the classifier cannot place are left unclassified rather than guessed, so they do not appear in these counts.
What do legal roles pay?: The median posted base pay is $192K, computed over the 246 legal roles whose posting states a yearly range we could parse with high confidence. Roles that list no pay, or hourly pay, are excluded.