Live data
A live look at remote legal hiring, based on an analysis of the 18,058 remote legal roles listed on findremotelawjobs — where the work can be done from, what it pays, and what kinds of law go remote.
Live — recomputed from our current listings, as of October 13, 2026. Composition reflects the last 30 days of listings; salary the last 90 days (employer-stated only).
"Remote" rarely means "work from anywhere" in law — licensing keeps most roles tied to a country, often a single state. But a meaningful share of listings never restrict to the US at all, so the global door is open more often than it looks.
Carry an explicit "ask about working globally" signal — the employer didn't restrict to the US.
Every figure is a salary an employer actually published in the listing — no estimates. The bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile, with a tick at the median.
How remote legal hiring splits across attorneys, paralegals, and legal support.
The most common practice areas and functions among remote attorney roles. Roles often carry several tags, so these overlap rather than sum.
Share of remote attorney roles tagged with each area (overlapping).
Where remote attorney roles sit — at a law firm or inside a company's legal department.
How much remote attorney work is full-time versus contract, project, or other non-permanent arrangements.
Every figure comes from the remote legal roles listed on findremotelawjobs — the largest collection of remote legal jobs. It's a sample of the remote legal market as we see it, not a survey of the whole profession.
Salary uses only pay an employer published in the listing (no estimates), with annual and hourly reported separately; thin cohorts are omitted rather than shown as a shaky figure. Geographic reach is reported at the country/openness level, not per state. These are a snapshot of what's being advertised now — not a trend over time.
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