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Legal, Compliance & Advocacy

Managing / Supervising Attorney salary

Attorneys supervising legal staff or practice areas. Based on 16 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits, reconciled with IRS filings.

Based on 16 postings✓ Full range shown (10+ postings)✓ Verified against IRS Form 990
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
25th percentile
$105,400
Median
$111,000
75th percentile
$115,812

By county

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CountyPostings25thMedian75th
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): San Diego (4).   25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).

By organization budget

$10M-$20M$110,2508 postings
$20M-$50M$115,5006 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): $50M-$100M (2).

By subsector

Crime & Legal-Related$110,2508 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Human Services (2).

By career level

Manager / Licensed Clinician$112,25014 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Staff / Specialist (incl. pre-licensed) (2).

Organizations hiring now

NLSLALos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$103,000–$121,000View org →Legal Aid Society of San DiegoSan Diego County · Budget $20M-$50M$75,000–$173,000View org →Inner City Law CenterLos Angeles County · Budget $10M-$20M$91,000–$125,000View org →Community Legal Aid SoCalOrange County · Budget $10M-$20M$95,000–$130,000View org →Catholic Charities Los AngelesLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$70,304–$90,271View org →Asian Americans Advancing JusticeLos Angeles County · Budget $10M-$20M$94,500–$135,000View org →Public CounselLos Angeles County · Budget $10M-$20M$80,000–$90,500View org →

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Actual compensation (IRS Form 990)

$2M-$10M$147,31319 employees
$10M-$20M$164,88022 employees
$20M-$50M$159,6306 employees
$50M-$100M$240,7748 employees
$100M+$318,37410 employees
Reported compensation of incumbents from the most recent Form 990 filings — actual pay, not posted ranges.
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How this page is built
Figures reflect 16 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through September 09, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.