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SENIOR COUNSEL salary in California

A real-employer view of SENIOR COUNSEL pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

SENIOR COUNSEL in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 17 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $203,500. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry4$154,400
Level II — qualified6$190,930
Level III — experienced2$271,613
Level IV — fully competent4$332,777

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for SENIOR COUNSEL in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
INNOVATIVE LEGAL SERVICE, P.C.SENIOR COUNSEL5$200,000
Universal City Studios Productions LLLPCounsel, Legal Affairs2$165,630
MBS Asset Management LLCAssociate Counsel1$164,800
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLPCounsel1$455,000
Fastly, Inc.Counsel, Privacy1$243,225
Discord, Inc.Senior Counsel, Product and Payments1$335,000
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Counsel, SR1$227,386
Visa U.S.A. Inc.Sr. Associate Counsel1$178,360
Netflix, Inc.Counsel, Consumer Product Legal1$330,554
LYFT, Inc.Counsel1$144,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • ASSOCIATE COUNSEL at INNOVATIVE LEGAL SERVICE, P.C.
    $180,000
    Los AngelesDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25328-433729
  • Associate Counsel at MBS Asset Management LLC
    $164,800
    Manhattan BeachWage Level IDecided Jun 6, 2025I-200-25150-037714
  • Counsel at WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
    $455,000
    Redwood ShoresWage Level IVDecided May 20, 2025I-203-25133-972048
  • Counsel, Privacy at Fastly, Inc.
    $243,225
    San FranciscoWage Level IIIDecided May 5, 2025I-200-25118-912131
  • Senior Counsel, Product and Payments at Discord, Inc.
    $335,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Apr 29, 2025I-200-25112-889202
  • Counsel, SR at KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    $227,386
    Santa RosaWage Level IVDecided Mar 10, 2025I-203-25062-740007
  • Sr. Associate Counsel at Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    $178,360
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Mar 5, 2025I-200-25057-725467
  • Counsel, Consumer Product Legal at Netflix, Inc.
    $330,554
    Los GatosWage Level IVDecided Mar 3, 2025I-200-25055-720506

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.