Commercial and Product Counsel salary: $227K median
The median advertised Commercial and Product Counsel salary is $227K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $195K to $262K: counted from 291 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $109 an hour or $18,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $300K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll commercial and product counsel jobs
$227Kmedian advertised salary
$195K – $262Kmiddle half of roles
$232Kaverage advertised salary
291roles counted
Commercial and Product Counsel salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $280K, 19% more than senior roles ($235K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $235K | $216K–$250K | 77 |
| Lead and above | $280K | $232K–$302K | 30 |
| No level in the title | $215K | $188K–$251K | 177 |
Commercial and Product Counsel salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $251K | 109 |
| 🇺🇸California | $245K | 116 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $236K | 56 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $227K | 270 |
Skills that pay more for Commercial and Product Counsel roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regulatory compliance | $242K | +$15K | 32 |
| M&A | $232K | +$5K | 30 |
| Bar admission | $228K | +$0K | 102 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Fireworks | $378K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $348K | 6 |
| PlayStation Global | $308K | 5 |
| Anthropic | $300K | 9 |
| Airwallex | $262K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $256K | 3 |
| Harvey | $246K | 4 |
| Fivetran | $246K | 5 |
| Brex | $245K | 4 |
| Perplexity | $245K | 3 |
| Databricks | $244K | 3 |
| xAI | $240K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $228K | 6 |
| Invenergy | $222K | 3 |
| Peregrine Technologies | $200K | 3 |
| Snowflake | $199K | 3 |
| Axon | $193K | 7 |
| Adyen | $190K | 6 |
| CoreWeave | $184K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $172K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Commercial and Product Counsel roles
All commercial and product counsel jobs- Head of Product LegalPolymarket · 🇺🇸New York$300K - $500KLead and above
- Corporate Counsel LeadOpenai Deployment Company · 🇺🇸New York$260K - $470KHybridLead and above
- Senior Director, Legal - Product CounselPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$302K - $454KLead and aboveLLM
- Associate General Counsel, Commercial – InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$381K - $423KHybridRisk management
- Lead Counsel, Commercial (Energy - Infrastructure)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $423KHybridLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLitigationRisk management
- Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product, Regulatory & LitigationAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$370K - $415KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLaw degreeLitigation
- Strategic Transactions & Partnerships CounselFireworks · San Mateo$355K - $400KHybridPyTorch
- Product CounselFireworks · San Mateo$355K - $400KHybridPyTorch
- Sr. Counsel, CommercialAmplitude · Remote-NAMER$237K - $398KRemoteSeniorContract negotiationContract managementBar admission
- Commercial Counsel, HardwareAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$335K - $385KRegulatory complianceLaw degreeFirmware
- IP Counsel, TransactionsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$335K - $385KMachine LearningM&ALaw degree
- Senior Counsel, Product & DataChainalysis · 🇺🇸New York$230K - $380KRemoteSeniorGoMachine LearningLaw degree
- Director / Senior Director, AI Product CounselHandshake · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$266K - $380KLead and aboveAI
- Deputy / Associate General Counsel, CorporateVerkada · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA United States$270K - $370K
- Senior Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property LitigationPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$247K - $370KSenior
- Assistant General Counsel, TransactionsRed Cell Partners · 🇺🇸Remote; Washington, D.C. or Boston, MA preferred$280K - $360KRemote
- Associate Director/Director, Commercial CounselLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$232K - $360KLead and above
- Associate Director/Director, Frontier and AI Product CounselLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$232K - $360KLead and aboveAI
- Senior AI Product CounselSuperhuman Platform Inc · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$230K - $352KRemoteSeniorGoAI
- Principal Counsel, CorporatePerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and aboveReconciliationsAuditM&A
Questions about Commercial and Product Counsel pay
- What is the average Commercial and Product Counsel salary?
- $232K a year on average and $227K at the median, across 291 open Commercial and Product Counsel 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 $195K to $262K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Commercial and Product Counsel pay?
- Fireworks ($378K), OpenAI ($348K), PlayStation Global ($308K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a commercial and product counsel a high-paying job?
- The median Commercial and Product Counsel posting advertises $227K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 30% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a commercial and product counsel?
- A tenth of the postings offer $300K a year or more; the highest open Commercial and Product Counsel role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Commercial and Product Counsel salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $227K a year is about $109 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $94 to $126 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Commercial and Product Counsel roles?
- Postings that ask for Regulatory compliance (+$15K, 32 postings), M&A (+$5K, 30 postings), Bar admission (+$0K, 102 postings) advertise more than the $227K median of all Commercial and Product Counsel postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level commercial and product counsel make?
- 7 junior and intern Commercial and Product Counsel postings state pay, with a median of $180K a year ($87 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 Commercial and Product Counsel roles at companies is $227K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $195K to $262K. Counted from 291 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/commercial-counsel/
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