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Finance, Legal, & Compliance in SF Bay Area Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for finance, legal, & compliance roles in SF Bay Area.

525 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$210k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$160k–$263k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

525

88% of 598 live openings

Companies disclosing

111

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Director, Investor Relations

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Director

$425k–$600k
2
Employment Counsel [6 Month Contract]

Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale, CA · Senior

$312k–$572k
3
Director, Legal – Strategic Sourcing, IP and Infrastructure

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$308k–$472k
4
Director, IP Licensing

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$308k–$472k
5
Senior Counsel, Real Estate

Fluidstack · Seattle, WA · Senior

$325k–$450k
6
Capital Markets - Infrastructure Financing

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$325k–$425k
7
Finance & Strategy, Machines (Manager)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$325k–$425k
8
Deal Lead, Corporate Development

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$325k–$425k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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