What is the average Legal & Compliance salary in Boston?

The median midpoint of 12 live Legal & Compliance postings in Boston is $219k a year. Half of them fall between $191k and $241k.

Which companies pay Legal & Compliance roles the most?

Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Databricks ($235k), Rapport Therapeutics ($208k).

Where do these numbers come from?

From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

Legal & Compliance salary in Boston

What employers are offering right now, from 12 live Legal & Compliance postings in Boston that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.

Median

$219k

a year, base pay

Middle half

$191k–$241k

25th to 75th percentile

Highest posted

$375k

range midpoint

How the offers are spread

$130k

$161k

$191k

$222k

$252k

$283k

$314k

$344k

Legal & Compliance pay by level

Level	Median	Postings
Director & executive	$213k	5

Top-paying companies for Legal & Compliance roles

Company	Median	Postings
Databricks	$235k	3
Rapport Therapeutics	$208k	2

Highest-paying open Legal & Compliance jobs

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Keystone

General Counsel

Boston, New York City, Washington D.C. $300k – $450k/yr

Direct from employer Jan 21

Databricks

Sr. Counsel, Privacy Compliance

Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C. $220k – $302k/yr

databricksexcelanalyticsunityDirect from employer Aug 3

Generate Biomedicines

Senior Patent Counsel

Somerville, MA $200k – $315k/yr

machine learningDirect from employer 10d ago

Databricks

Sr. Counsel, Corporate

Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington $198k – $272k/yr

databricksexcelanalyticsunityDirect from employer Aug 17

Oruka Therapeutics

Director / Senior Director, Regulatory CMC (Biologics)

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States $213k – $240k/yr

Direct from employer Apr 10

Prosek Partners

Senior Vice President / Managing Director, Legal Communications

New York City, Boston, Connecticut $175k – $275k/yr

Direct from employer Aug 4

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Legal & Compliance salary: common questions

What is the average Legal & Compliance salary in Boston?: The median midpoint of 12 live Legal & Compliance postings in Boston is $219k a year. Half of them fall between $191k and $241k.
Which companies pay Legal & Compliance roles the most?: Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Databricks ($235k), Rapport Therapeutics ($208k).
Where do these numbers come from?: From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

JobApplyPilot reads employers' own job postings. Pay shown is base salary from published ranges, not total compensation.