Legal counsel jobs in California
284 open roles for lawyers and legal counsel in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP have the most. 11 are remote and the median advertised salary is $245K.
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Skills asked for in legal counsel roles in California
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- Corporate Counsel, Public ReportingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$265K - $335KM&AInvestor relationsLaw degree
- Sr. CounselPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$159K - $327KRemoteSeniorBar admissionIntellectual property
- Senior Privacy Counsel, TinderMatch Group · 🇺🇸West Hollywood, California$205K - $235KSeniorIncident responseGDPRData privacy
- Senior IP CounselCellanome · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$240K - $280KSeniorLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property
- Legal Counsel, FundsAngelList · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—M&AInvestor relationsBar admission
- Government CounselXona Space · 🇺🇸Burlingame, California$190K - $240KAgile
- Counsel, Product LegalAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$170K - $220KHybridRegulatory complianceKYCLaw degree
- Senior Counsel, Product LegalAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$200K - $280KHybridSeniorRegulatory complianceKYCLaw degree
- Senior Legal CounselMonks · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$155K - $170KSenior
- General CounselAntares · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$190K - $300K
- Head of LegalDavid Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $325KLead and above
- Regulatory Compliance CounselHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$200K - $250KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP
- Commercial Counsel, Advertising and PartnershipsDoximity · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$257K - $350K
- Sr. Regulatory Counsel, Data Center Power & UtilitiesSpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$235K - $305KSeniorLaw degreeBar admissionContract drafting
- Associate General Counsel, Structured FinanceFigure Lending · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA$228K - $342KLaw degreeBar admissionSEC regulations
- Corporate CounselATOMS · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$170K - $200K
- Corporate Counsel, Governance and FinancePlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$188K - $250KHybridCompensationRegulatory complianceLaw degree
- Commercial counselWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$170K - $223KHybridAsanaLaw degreeContract management
- Corporate Legal Director (R6494)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, US—Lead and aboveCIPPAI agentsData governance
- Senior Counsel, Litigation (Safety)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorLitigation
- Senior Counsel, Commercial (Health and Life Sciences)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorHIPAALitigationContract drafting
- Associate General Counsel, Product & RegulatoryLiquid Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco—Hybrid
- Senior Commercial CounselFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$245K - $306KSeniorCIPPContract negotiationContract management
- Family Law - Associate AttorneyBremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP · 🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States$135K - $170KLaw degreeLitigationBar admission
- Associate General CounselVast · 🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States; Long Beach, California, Un…$196K - $279KSecurity clearanceBar admissionExport controls
- Senior Counsel, AI Product (Enterprise/API)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorAIOpenAI APIData governance
- Commercial CounselSfcompute · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—AWS
- Employment CounselAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$135K - $275KEnglishEmployment lawLitigation
- Senior Counsel, TradeWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; Washington D.C., USA$298K - $368KSeniorRegulatory complianceLaw degreeBar admission
- Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, National Prison ProjectACLU - National Office · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, Califor…$96K - $120KSeniorSpanishLaw degreeLitigation
- Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, EnergyCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$275K - $330KLead and aboveData centersM&ARegulatory compliance
- Counsel, AI Safety & Cyber Incident ResponseOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $280KHybridAIIncident response
- Senior commercial counselWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$201K - $263KHybridSeniorAsanaLaw degreeContract management
- Head of LegalRicursive Intelligence · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—Lead and above
- Commercial CounselPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$188K - $225KHybridData privacy
- Associate Commercial CounselDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.)$200K - $225KRemoteJuniorBar admissionContract draftingIntellectual property
- Legal CounselApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$145K - $185KSalesforce administrationM&ARegulatory compliance
- Senior Counsel, TrademarkOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorLitigationIntellectual property
- Director, IP CounselIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$224K - $300KHybridLead and aboveIAMLaw degreeBar admission
- Corporate Counsel, CommercialIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$152K - $200KHybridIAMHIPAALaw degree
- Legal Counsel, Real Estate & ConstructionAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KComputer VisionContract negotiationLaw degree
- Legal Counsel, Data Security & CompliancePlaud · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—Hybrid
- Government Contracts and Regulatory LawyerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$220K - $260KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP
- Corporate Counsel – Corporate Securities, M&A and GovernanceCoupang · 🇺🇸Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USA—
- Lead Counsel, Commercial (Energy - Infrastructure)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $423KHybridLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLitigationRisk management
- Sr. Counsel, EmploymentDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Ill…$187K - $302KSeniorM&AHRISLaw degree
- Lead Counsel, Strategic AlliancesDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; San Fran…$247K - $377KLead and aboveAgileLaw degreeBar admission
- Sr. Counsel, ProductDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; New York…$220K - $336KSeniorIncident responseFedRAMPBar admission
- Associate General Counsel, CommercialAntora Energy · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$250K - $300K
- Associate Director/Director, Frontier and AI Product CounselLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$232K - $360KLead and aboveAI
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Who is hiring for legal counsel roles in California
Where legal counsel roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States284
- 🇺🇸California284
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area205
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA39
- 🇺🇸New York, NY38
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA15
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC11
- 🇺🇸Texas8
- 🇺🇸San Diego, CA8
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO6
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What legal counsel roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $235K | 144 |
| Senior | $246K | 64 |
| Lead and above | $302K | 29 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about legal counsel jobs in California
- How many legal counsel jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 284 open legal counsel jobs in California at 147 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 24 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most legal counsel jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Morgan & Morgan, P.A. (13), Anthropic (12), OpenAI (10), SpaceX (9) and Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP (8). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote legal counsel jobs in California?
- 11 of the 284 open legal counsel jobs in California (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do legal counsel jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $245K, based on 246 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $205K and $295K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the legal counsel jobs in California?
- 9 of the 284 open legal counsel jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 227 postings that state experience, the median asks for 6 years. 147 companies are hiring and 24 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing legal counsel jobs in California?
- 34 of the 284 open legal counsel jobs in California (12%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM, AI. Employers still list 284 such roles today at 147 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do legal counsel jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Law degree (39%), Bar admission (36%), Litigation (20%), Contract drafting (15%), Intellectual property (11%) of the 284 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in legal counsel jobs in California?
- Senior Counsel (22), Counsel (21), Commercial Counsel (20), Legal Counsel (17), Associate General Counsel (16): the most common titles among the 284 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are legal counsel jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 284 legal counsel jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 147 companies, 0.2% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 24 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $245K. 11 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for legal counsel jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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