Legal
Legal removes operational friction while controlling quality and risk.
Salary from
$1,207
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$1,729
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
332
Last 3 months
Applications per job
3
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
43
$1555–$2853
Negotiation
28
$1707–$3250
Compliance
27
$1752–$3798
Contract Law
21
$1121–$2238
Intellectual Property Law
20
$1488–$3047
Commercial Law
19
$1455–$2789
Contract Drafting
17
$1131–$2842
Law
17
$1677–$2928
Legal Research
17
$1564–$2619
English
14
$1701–$2463