What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $162K to $275K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist pay?

Anthropic ($360K), PlayStation Global ($308K), Formlabs ($188K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an intellectual property and patent specialist a high-paying job?

The median Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist posting advertises $194K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.

What is the Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist salary per hour and per month?

The median of $194K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,208 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $78 to $132 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.

Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist Salary: $228K Average

Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$308K	15
🇺🇸California	$288K	20
🇺🇸United States	$194K	41

Skills that pay more for Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Machine Learning	$300K	+$105K	6
Intellectual property	$253K	+$58K	22
Law degree	$248K	+$54K	17
Bar admission	$215K	+$20K	15

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$360K	3
PlayStation Global	$308K	3
Formlabs	$188K	3
Lyft	$162K	6
Charles River Associates	$148K	4

Highest-paying open Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist roles

All intellectual property and patent specialist jobs

Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$486K - $571KLead and aboveAgileLaw degreeBar admission5w
Senior Director, PatentsPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$302K - $454KLead and above2mo
Director, Intellectual PropertyReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $418KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLitigationBar admission2mo
Director / Senior Director, Intellectual Property, Life SciencesLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$262K - $400KLead and above10d
IP Counsel, Life Sciences PatentsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$335K - $385KMachine LearningLaw degreeIntellectual property2w
IP Counsel, Trademarks & DomainsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$335K - $385KLaw degreeLitigationIntellectual property2mo
Senior Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property LitigationPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$247K - $370KSenior7w
Senior Patent Counsel / Director, Intellectual PropertyAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA$286K - $367KLead and aboveLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property5w
Senior Counsel, TrademarkOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$330K - $366KHybridSeniorLitigationIntellectual property13d
Head of Intellectual Property1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$270K - $330KLead and aboveIntellectual propertyMechatronics4mo
Senior Patent CounselGenerate Biomedicines · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$200K - $315KSeniorMachine LearningM&ALaw degree6w
Director, IP CounselIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$224K - $300KHybridLead and aboveIAMLaw degreeBar admission13d
Senior Counsel - Intellectual PropertyCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, Los Angeles, California$250K - $300KSenior4w
Director, Intellectual PropertyTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$198K - $298KLead and aboveLaw degreeLitigationIntellectual property6w
Senior IP CounselCellanome · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$240K - $280KSeniorLaw degreeBar admissionIntellectual property3d
Patent AttorneyBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸Palo Alto - 3160 Porter$230K - $270K2mo
IP CounselRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$212K - $252KLitigationBar admissionIntellectual property5w
Legal and Product Engineer (Patent Litigator)Solveintelligence · 🇬🇧London$150K - $250KMachine LearningLLM7mo
Principal (Intellectual Property practice)Charles River Associates · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States…$175K - $250KLead and aboveCPACFAFinancial modeling31mo
Corporate Counsel (Commercial and Intellectual Property)Amca · El Segundo$180K - $250KGoM&ACompensation6w

Questions about Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist pay

What is the average Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist salary?: $228K a year on average and $194K at the median, across 45 open Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist 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 $162K to $275K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist pay?: Anthropic ($360K), PlayStation Global ($308K), Formlabs ($188K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an intellectual property and patent specialist a high-paying job?: The median Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist posting advertises $194K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an intellectual property and patent specialist?: A tenth of the postings offer $360K a year or more; the highest open Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist role advertises up to $571K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist salary per hour and per month?: The median of $194K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,208 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $78 to $132 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist roles?: Postings that ask for Machine Learning (+$105K, 6 postings), Intellectual property (+$58K, 22 postings), Law degree (+$54K, 17 postings) advertise more than the $194K median of all Intellectual Property and Patent Specialist 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.