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Legal & Compliance

Law firms, in-house counsel, regulatory, risk, and policy roles across regulated industries.

10 roles$191,600 avg salary21+ transitions
Roles

All Legal & Compliance roles

Transitions

Popular transitions in Legal & Compliance

easy72% overlap
Lawyer Compliance Officer

Regulatory work with better hours and remote-friendly employers.

6 mo-22% salary
easy82% overlap
Lawyer Legal Counsel

In-house at a single company — better lifestyle, equity upside.

6 mo+15% salary
moderate55% overlap
Lawyer Risk Manager

Move into banking/insurance where legal skills command premium salaries.

12 mo-13% salary
moderate60% overlap
Lawyer Policy Advisor

Shape regulation rather than react to it.

12 mo-30% salary
moderate59% overlap
Credit Analyst Chief Compliance Officer

Fast-track jump from credit-analyst to chief-compliance-officer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

23 mo+166% salary
easy75% overlap
Risk Manager Chief Compliance Officer

Natural progression from risk-manager to chief-compliance-officer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+108% salary
moderate57% overlap
Actuary Chief Compliance Officer

Fast-track jump from actuary to chief-compliance-officer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

14 mo+78% salary
easy75% overlap
Lawyer Senior Legal Associate

Natural progression from lawyer to senior-associate — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+44% salary
moderate58% overlap
Lawyer Law Firm Partner

Fast-track jump from lawyer to partner — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

22 mo+200% salary
easy79% overlap
Senior Legal Associate Law Firm Partner

Natural progression from senior-associate to partner — same track, higher scope and compensation.

10 mo+108% salary
easy79% overlap
Lawyer Corporate Counsel

Natural progression from lawyer to corporate-counsel — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+24% salary
easy80% overlap
Corporate Counsel Legal Counsel

Natural progression from corporate-counsel to legal-counsel — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo-8% salary
moderate58% overlap
Corporate Counsel General Counsel

Fast-track jump from corporate-counsel to general-counsel — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

15 mo+64% salary
easy72% overlap
Legal Counsel General Counsel

Natural progression from legal-counsel to general-counsel — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+77% salary
moderate59% overlap
Lawyer Chief Compliance Officer

Fast-track jump from lawyer to chief-compliance-officer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

23 mo+81% salary
easy76% overlap
Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer

Natural progression from compliance-officer to chief-compliance-officer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

11 mo+133% salary
easy80% overlap
Compliance Officer Risk Manager

Natural progression from compliance-officer to risk-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

11 mo+12% salary
easy73% overlap
Legal Operations Manager General Counsel

Natural progression from legal-operations-manager to general-counsel — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+99% salary
easy72% overlap
Policy Advisor Government Affairs Manager

Natural progression from policy-advisor to government-affairs-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+39% salary
moderate54% overlap
Policy Advisor Public Affairs Director

Fast-track jump from policy-advisor to public-affairs-director — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

16 mo+105% salary
moderate55% overlap
Legal Operations Manager Chief of Staff

Legal ops leaders often step into CoS.

12 mo+25% salary