Average Legal Counsel Salary in Canada

The line graph shows Legal Counsel salary in Canada on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Legal Counsel having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around $91,288.58.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Legal Counsel salary would increase again to a total of $118,455.90, adding $27,167.32 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of $132,200.81.

And finally, once the Legal Counsel gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach $151,618.24.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Legal Counsel's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Legal Counsel when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Legal Counsel is Corporate Governance which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 3% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Corporate Governance.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Legal Compliance with 2%. It can be said that Legal Compliance skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Legal Counsel. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is $94,123.00 whereas the highest earning is $155,412.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of $155,412.00 at 42%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 14% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 13% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 25% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 42% more than the average salary.