MercuryRemote
Senior Product & Regulatory Counsel - Investment Products
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $219k – $274k/yr
analyticsagilesaasDirect from employer Aug 5
Legal & Compliance salary in Canada
What employers are offering right now, from 27 live Legal & Compliance postings in Canada that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$175k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$130k–$201k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$246k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$77k
$99k
$120k
$141k
$162k
$183k
$204k
$225k
Legal & Compliance pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $225k | 7 |
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All 39 open jobs →MercuryRemote
Lead Compliance Risk Manager, Product Compliance - AI
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $208k – $260k/yr
machine learningllmsaasDirect from employer 5d ago
AffirmRemote
Underwriting/Credit Model Risk Senior Manager - Machine Learning
Remote Canada $201k – $261k/yr
pythonsqlmachine learningdata scienceDirect from employer Aug 14
MercuryRemote
Senior Risk Strategist - Fraud
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $251k/yr
railssqlanalyticssaasDirect from employer Jun 4
MercuryRemote
Senior Operational Risk Manager
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $200k – $250k/yr
saasDirect from employer 3d ago
CohereRemote
Contract Manager
Toronto · San Francisco Full-time $140k – $280k/yr
Direct from employer Jul 28
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Legal & Compliance salary: common questions
- What is the average Legal & Compliance salary in Canada?
- The median midpoint of 27 live Legal & Compliance postings in Canada is $175k a year. Half of them fall between $130k and $201k.
- How does Legal & Compliance pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $225k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
- Which companies pay Legal & Compliance roles the most?
- Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Mercury ($204k), Cohere ($203k), Carta ($177k), Affirm ($175k).
- 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.
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