AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

AI Lawyer (Counsel) salary

In-house counsel handle contracts, regulation, privacy and policy for AI companies. Across 57 open postings that publish pay, the median is $275K a year, and the middle half pay $245K to $323K.

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Median yearly pay

$275K

10th
$235K
25th
$245K
75th
$323K
90th
$360K

From 57 open postings at 15 companies that publish pay.

  • $275KMedian posted pay
  • $125K–$423KLowest to highest posted
  • 57Postings with pay
  • 95Open roles now

Pay breakdown

By experience level

Median of each posting's pay range, grouped by the level in the job title.

  • Mid level 24$275K
  • Senior 29$261K

Remote or in the office

Remote roles often pay by the location you live in; on-site roles here are mostly in high-cost cities.

  • Remote 25$266K
  • On-site or hybrid 32$290K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open AI Lawyer (Counsel) postings that show pay, by median.

  • OpenAI 10$348K
  • Anthropic 12$326K
  • Decagon 2$275K
  • Databricks 8$261K
  • Waymo 2$259K
  • Lambda 3$258K
  • Applied Intuition 2$255K
  • Harvey 6$246K

How we calculate this

We read the pay ranges employers publish on their own job postings (US pay-transparency laws require most of them), count each posting once at the middle of its range, and use only yearly US-dollar pay. Equity and bonuses are not included; for sales roles some employers publish on-target earnings (base plus commission) instead of base pay. The data refreshes twice a day from 3,633 AI job postings with pay.

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