What is the average Legal & Compliance salary in San Francisco?

The median midpoint of 174 live Legal & Compliance postings in San Francisco is $245k a year. Half of them fall between $198k and $295k.

How does Legal & Compliance pay change with seniority?

senior postings $246k. 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 Altos Labs ($427k), Anthropic ($300k), OpenAI ($297k), Calico ($278k).

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 San Francisco

What employers are offering right now, from 174 live Legal & Compliance postings in San Francisco that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.

Median

$245k

a year, base pay

Middle half

$198k–$295k

25th to 75th percentile

Highest posted

$528k

range midpoint

How the offers are spread

$112k

$151k

$189k

$228k

$267k

$306k

$345k

$384k

Legal & Compliance pay by level

Level	Median	Postings
Senior	$246k	45
Director & executive	$278k	20

Top-paying companies for Legal & Compliance roles

Company	Median	Postings
Altos Labs	$427k	2
Anthropic	$300k	34
OpenAI	$297k	22
Calico	$278k	2
Databricks	$276k	2
Vercel	$258k	2
Harvey	$245k	6
Brex	$245k	6
Notion	$244k	2
Carta	$242k	2
Lambda	$240k	4
Faire	$233k	2

Highest-paying open Legal & Compliance jobs

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Altos Labs

Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual Property

San Francisco Bay Area, CA;San Diego, CA $486k – $571k/yr

agilerecruitingDirect from employer 5d ago

Anthropic

Head of Accounting Policy

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA $385k – $570k/yr

visa sponsorshipaccountingrecruitingDirect from employer Sep 9

OpenAI

Researcher, Frontier Risk Mitigations

San Francisco · London, UK Full-time $380k – $500k/yr

pythonmachine learningcybersecurityDirect from employer Aug 10

Anthropic

Litigation Counsel

San Francisco, CA $385k – $460k/yr

visa sponsorshiprecruitingDirect from employer 19d ago

OpenAI

Associate General Counsel, Commercial – Infrastructure

San Francisco Full-time $381k – $423k/yr

Direct from employer Jul 30

Okta

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Commercial Legal

San Francisco, California $322k – $443k/yr

machine learninganalyticssaasDirect from employer Sep 9

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Legal & Compliance salary: common questions

What is the average Legal & Compliance salary in San Francisco?: The median midpoint of 174 live Legal & Compliance postings in San Francisco is $245k a year. Half of them fall between $198k and $295k.
How does Legal & Compliance pay change with seniority?: senior postings $246k. 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 Altos Labs ($427k), Anthropic ($300k), OpenAI ($297k), Calico ($278k).
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.