Which pays more, Corporate Counsel or Paralegal?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Corporate Counsel vs Paralegal

Corporate Counsel pays more: a median of $155,000 against $120,000. There is 3.4× more demand for Paralegal. Corporate Counsel is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 8.5%. Listings for Corporate Counsel move faster — median age 46 days against 82.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Corporate Counsel	Paralegal	Gap
Open postings	9,865	33,741	-23,876
Posted this week	487	1,028
Median salary	$155,000	$120,000	+$35k
25th percentile	$123k	$95k
75th percentile	$192k	$149k
Salary disclosed	7.1%	6.0%
Remote share	12.2%	3.7%	+8.5pp
Median age of posting	46d	82d
Open over 60 days	43.8%	36.4%
Visa sponsorship	12.7%	21.4%

Pay

Pay distribution

Corporate Counsel

$70k$268k

Paralegal

$54k$208k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Corporate Counsel

just posted46d median90d+

Paralegal

just posted82d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Corporate Counsel — technologies

Python

72.0%

JavaScript

65.8%

Salesforce

59.6%

Java

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

GCP

41.0%

dbt

34.8%

Paralegal — technologies

Tableau

72.0%

Figma

65.8%

React

59.6%

Node.js

53.4%

HubSpot

47.2%

Swift

41.0%

Java

34.8%

Corporate Counsel — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Kestrel Health

8.7%

Pinewood Education

8.0%

Beacon Robotics

7.2%

Halcyon Energy

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Umbra Security

5.1%

Paralegal — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Meridian Software

8.7%

Ironbark Manufacturing

8.0%

Pinewood Education

7.2%

Lakeshore Hospitality

6.5%

Fairmount Legal

5.8%

Quarry Analytics

5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.