eDiscovery salary: $170K median
The median advertised eDiscovery salary is $170K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $108K to $228K: counted from 70 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $82 an hour or $14,167 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $275K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll eDiscovery jobs
$170Kmedian advertised salary
$108K – $228Kmiddle half of roles
$174Kaverage advertised salary
70roles counted
eDiscovery salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $207K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸California | $202K | 33 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $170K | 69 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $155K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for eDiscovery roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $257K | +$87K | 10 |
| Bar admission | $232K | +$62K | 9 |
| Python | $205K | +$35K | 13 |
| Contract management | $198K | +$28K | 10 |
| Law degree | $188K | +$18K | 12 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey | $275K | 3 |
| Perplexity | $232K | 3 |
| Everlaw | $210K | 8 |
| Anthropic | $205K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $184K | 3 |
| Charles River Associates | $98K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $98K | 6 |
| Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals | $78K | 7 |
Highest-paying open eDiscovery roles
All eDiscovery jobs- Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal TechAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$320K - $485KRemoteSeniorGCPLLMAWS
- Senior Staff Data EngineerCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$275K - $450KHybridLead and aboveTerraformAirflowdbt
- Senior Litigation CounselDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$304K - $342KSeniorLaw degreeLitigationBar admission
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Product Manager, LegalPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $330KSQLLLMAgile
- Principal Forward Deployed EngineerBetterup · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$230K - $320KHybridLead and aboveLLMSnowflakeSSO
- Director, HR + Legal Technology & TransformationPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$253K - $309KLead and aboveData qualityData governanceHRIS
- Group Product ManagerEverlaw · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$217K - $294KLLMGenerative AILitigation
- Staff AI EngineerEverlaw · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$228K - $288KLead and abovePythonLLMLinux
- Senior Counsel, Employment & ComplianceHackerOne · 🇺🇸Seattle$202K - $275KRemoteSeniorPenetration testingPerformance managementEmployee relations
- Director, Security, Investigations, and IntelligenceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$225K - $265KLead and aboveSAPSecurity clearanceApplication security
- Legal Systems ArchitectBlock · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States of America$145K - $258KPythonJavaScriptLLM
- IP CounselRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$212K - $252KLitigationBar admissionIntellectual property
- Director, FP&ACockroach Labs · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Mateo, CA$205K - $250KLead and aboveGCPAI agentsPalo Alto Networks
- AI Strategist, LegalPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$215K - $250KLLMAIAI agents
- Assistant General Counsel, LitigationWhoop · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$220K - $250KFP&ALaw degreeLitigation
- Director, Product & Segment Marketing ManagerNetDocuments · 🇺🇸Lehi, Utah, United States; Remote - US$220K - $245KRemoteLead and aboveProduct marketingeDiscoveryProject management
- Director of Legal OperationsCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Washington, D.C.$165K - $242KLead and aboveOKRsAsanaContract management
- Senior Legal Discovery Program ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$216K - $240KSeniorLitigationeDiscovery
Questions about eDiscovery pay
- What is the average eDiscovery salary?
- $174K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 70 open eDiscovery 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 $108K to $228K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest eDiscovery pay?
- Harvey ($275K), Perplexity ($232K), Everlaw ($210K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an ediscovery a high-paying job?
- The median eDiscovery posting advertises $170K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an ediscovery?
- A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open eDiscovery role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the eDiscovery salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $170K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $52 to $110 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for eDiscovery roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$87K, 10 postings), Bar admission (+$62K, 9 postings), Python (+$35K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all eDiscovery postings with pay.
- 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 eDiscovery roles at companies is $170K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $108K to $228K. Counted from 70 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ediscovery/
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