Legal
Legal removes operational friction while controlling quality and risk.
Salary from
$1,453
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$2,065
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
273
Last 3 months
Applications per job
4
JobNote category match
Published signal
Exact function
$2,430
Legal median
$2,700
Legal median
Hiring Use a real exception or failure case and ask how the candidate improved the process.
Candidate Show faster service, lower risk, clearer information, or lower cost.
Data Net monthly DOU survey median.
Independent salary benchmark
DOU salary survey
June 2026 · 53 respondents
Role family
Lower quartile$1700
Median$2430
Upper quartile$4200
Year over year
+5.7%
Salary range history
Lower quartile
Median
Upper quartile
| Survey | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1450 | $2600 | $4000 | 44 | |
| $1500 | $2300 | $4200 | 33 | |
| $1450 | $2600 | $4600 | 51 | |
| $1700 | $2430 | $4200 | 53 |
Legal counsel and lawyers · monthly net base salary in USD; bonuses excluded; all locations in the published CSV.
Derived from the shortened public salary-survey data published by DOU. Jobnote and DOU vacancy salaries are separate datasets.
Most wanted skills
Counts of active jobs now and salaries.
Corporate Law
55
$1617–$2921
Contract Law
38
$1134–$2052
Legal Research
38
$1475–$2599
Compliance
36
$1966–$3859
Intellectual Property Law
30
$1433–$3345
Negotiation
29
$1640–$3230
Commercial Law
28
$1539–$2606
Contract Drafting
27
$1343–$2696
Legal Compliance
24
$1429–$2544
International Law
21
$1257–$2640
Legal drafting
17
$1172–$4452
KYC
15
$1746–$3158
Corporate Governance
14
$1000–$4755
Risk Assessment
14
$2387–$3648