This guide is built from 10 live Attorney roles in California that Software Placement Group is recruiting for right now, each with a published base salary. Figures update as roles open and close. Last updated September 13, 2026.
What Attorney roles pay across California
| Location | Median base salary | Roles in sample |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | $218,000 | 5 |
Only locations with at least three live roles are shown.
Job titles in this sample
Business Litigation Associate Attorney – Los Angeles · LOS ANGELES – Labor & Employment Attorney (off-track) · Associate Attorney (Workers’ Compensation Defense) – NorCA · Associate Attorney (Workers’ Compensation Defense) – CA · Mid-Level Labor & Employment Associate Attorney (Palo Alto) · Senior Associate Attorney – Specialty (Insurance Coverage) · Litigation Associate · Regulatory Litigation Associate – Alcohol Beverage
What moves pay in these roles
- Company stage and size. Growth-stage companies often pay below the top of the range on base but weight the package toward equity and bonus.
- Location. The table above shows the difference between markets in this sample. Remote roles are usually benchmarked to a national range rather than the highest-paying city.
- Scope. Team size, quota, budget, or territory moves base pay more than years of experience alone.
- Total compensation. These figures are base salary only. Bonus, commission, and equity are on top, and in sales roles on-target earnings are often close to double the base.
Where do you sit in this range?
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How we calculate this: every figure comes from base salaries published on live Software Placement Group job postings. We take the midpoint of each posted range, then report the median and the 25th to 75th percentile. Roles without a published salary are excluded. This is a sample of 10 roles, not a national survey.