$225K–$275K/yrOnsiteSenior · Full-time
Counsel salary in California
From 54 US job postings that list pay, out of 58 open Counsel jobs in California. These are the amounts employers advertised, not pay reported by employees.
- Median pay
- $199ka year
- Middle half
- $175k–$257k25th to 75th percentile
- Postings with pay
- 54of 58 open jobs
Pay range
$175k$344k
Top-paying companies
| Company | Median a year | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $348k | 8 |
| SpaceX | $235k | 3 |
| Visa | $235k | 3 |
| Tyson & Mendes | $175k | 13 |
Companies with at least 3 postings that list pay.
Open Counsel jobs with pay listed
EC
Staff Counsel I, Legal Collections
Encore Capital Group
San Diego, CA, United States2d ago
$100K–$109K/yrOnsiteSenior · Full-time
Counsel, AI Safety & Cyber Incident Response
OpenAI
San Francisco, CA, United States1w ago
$252K–$280K/yrHybridSenior · Full-time
Counsel, California (Remote)
GEICO
Los Angeles, CA, United States2d ago
$134K–$210K/yrRemoteSenior · Full-time
Sr. Associate Counsel, Global Privacy, AI and Data
Visa
San Francisco, CA, United States2d ago
$181K–$289K/yrOnsiteSenior · Full-time
Counsel, Product Legal
Airwallex
San Francisco, CA, United States2d ago
$170K–$220K/yrHybridSenior · Full-time
How these numbers are made
- Lumirole reads job postings straight from employers' own career sites (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS and 30 more), not job boards, and keeps the pay each posting states.
- Only open US postings for this job title count, with pay in US dollars of at least $10k a year. A range counts at its middle. Hourly pay is turned into a year at 2,080 hours (40 a week), daily pay at 260 days.
- These are advertised amounts, not what people are paid: bonuses, equity and tips aren't included. A company or place is listed once it has enough postings with pay.
- Updated November 12, 2026; the numbers move as jobs open and close.