Bar admission salary: $228K median
The median advertised Bar admission salary is $228K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $190K to $264K: counted from 241 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $109 an hour or $18,958 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $308K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Bar admission jobs
$228Kmedian advertised salary
$190K – $264Kmiddle half of roles
$231Kaverage advertised salary
241roles counted
Bar admission salary by level
Senior roles advertise a median of $240K, 46% more than junior roles ($164K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | $164K | $162K–$238K | 18 |
| Senior | $240K | $217K–$262K | 72 |
| Lead and above | $284K | $235K–$308K | 34 |
| No level in the title | $216K | $180K–$239K | 117 |
Bar admission salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $248K | 46 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $245K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸California | $240K | 100 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $238K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $228K | 221 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $228K | 22 |
Skills that pay more for Bar admission roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intellectual property | $239K | +$12K | 49 |
| Data privacy | $239K | +$12K | 29 |
| Regulatory compliance | $235K | +$8K | 53 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Normlaw | $340K | 5 |
| Firecrawl | $308K | 3 |
| Brex | $302K | 4 |
| Figure Lending | $285K | 3 |
| Waymo | $280K | 3 |
| Databricks | $250K | 6 |
| Harvey | $246K | 4 |
| Perplexity | $245K | 5 |
| $243K | 3 | |
| ConvertKit | $239K | 5 |
| Runway Ml | $235K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $228K | 19 |
| KBRA | $225K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $218K | 4 |
| Affirm | $215K | 3 |
| Democracy Forward | $202K | 3 |
| Life360 | $200K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $184K | 8 |
| True Anomaly | $172K | 3 |
| Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP | $162K | 11 |
| Lyft | $162K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Bar admission roles
All Bar admission jobs- Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$486K - $571KLead and aboveAgileLaw degreeBar admission
- LawyerOmnilex · 🇺🇸New York$250K - $450KRemoteEnglishBar admission
- Director, Intellectual PropertyReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $418KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLitigationBar admission
- Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product, Regulatory & LitigationAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$370K - $415KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLaw degreeLitigation
- Associate - Emerging Companies and Venture CapitalNormlaw · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $410KJuniorInvestor relationsRegulatory complianceLaw degree
- Associate - Real EstateNormlaw · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $410KJuniorInvestor relationsRegulatory complianceLaw degree
- Senior CounselGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$200K - $400KSeniorContract negotiationBar admissionEmployment contracts
- Sr. Counsel, CommercialAmplitude · Remote-NAMER$237K - $398KRemoteSeniorContract negotiationContract managementBar admission
- General CounselFirecrawl · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$310K - $392KHybridGoLLMSOC 2
- Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTMAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $385KLaw degreeBar admissionContract drafting
- Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Global Commercial and PrivacyHackerOne · 🇺🇸Washington DC$300K - $385KRemoteLead and abovePenetration testingDeelLaw degree
- Lead Counsel, Strategic AlliancesDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; San Fran…$247K - $377KLead and aboveAgileLaw degreeBar admission
- Director, LitigationPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $375KLead and aboveLitigationBar admission
- Associate General Counsel, Ads ProductReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $372KRemoteMachine LearningGDPRData privacy
- Senior Counsel, TradeWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; Washington D.C., USA$298K - $368KSeniorRegulatory complianceLaw degreeBar admission
- Sr. Lead Counsel, Labor & EmploymentPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Remote, US$178K - $367KRemoteLead and aboveEmployee relationsLitigationBar admission
- Senior Patent Counsel / Director, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA$286K - $367KLead and aboveLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property
- Deputy General Counsel, Head of Americas LegalOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States; San Jose, California, United Sta…$250K - $361KLead and aboveBar admissionLicensing
- Head of Corporate InvestigationsOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States$240K - $361KLead and aboveDigital forensicsLitigationBar admission
- Legal Director, PrivacyPeloton · 🇺🇸New York, New York$277K - $353KLead and aboveCIPPData governanceLaw degree
Questions about Bar admission pay
- What is the average Bar admission salary?
- $231K a year on average and $228K at the median, across 241 open Bar admission postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $190K to $264K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Bar admission pay?
- Normlaw ($340K), Firecrawl ($308K), Brex ($302K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a bar admission a high-paying job?
- The median Bar admission posting advertises $228K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 31% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a bar admission?
- A tenth of the postings offer $308K a year or more; the highest open Bar admission role advertises up to $571K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Bar admission salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $228K a year is about $109 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,958 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $91 to $127 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Bar admission roles?
- Postings that ask for Intellectual property (+$12K, 49 postings), Data privacy (+$12K, 29 postings), Regulatory compliance (+$8K, 53 postings) advertise more than the $228K median of all Bar admission postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level bar admission make?
- 18 junior and intern Bar admission postings state pay, with a median of $164K a year ($79 an hour).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Bar admission roles at companies is $228K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $190K to $264K. Counted from 241 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/bar-admission/
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