Legal
Legal removes operational friction while controlling quality and risk.
Salary from
$1,445
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$2,068
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
282
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
56
$1617–$2894
Compliance
44
$1908–$3858
Contract Law
33
$1134–$2152
Legal Research
33
$1475–$2670
Intellectual Property Law
31
$1433–$3176
Contract Drafting
29
$1343–$2735
Negotiation
26
$1717–$3229
Commercial Law
22
$1539–$2675
Legal Compliance
20
$1944–$2744
International Law
18
$1257–$2536
KYC
16
$1697–$3023
Legal drafting
16
$1172–$4452
Commercial Contracts
14
$1733–$3300
Corporate Governance
14
$1000–$4755