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Legal Counsel III - AMZ10521625

Amazon

Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)

Base salary $153,900  to $208,200

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA

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About this job

MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Offered Position: Legal Counsel III

Job Location: Seattle, Washington

Job Number: AMZ10521625

Position Responsibilities:

Lead negotiations of highly complex commercial agreements, including structuring, drafting, and negotiating technology, distribution, licensing and marketing contracts. Provide ongoing legal counseling to senior business executives in a wide range of legal areas, such as product development, intellectual property, digital media and regulatory compliance. Lead product or service counseling support and serve as an escalation point for more junior team members. Serve as lead counsel and directly advise senior business executives on highly strategic deals. Resolve issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Position Requirements:

Juris doctorate degree or foreign equivalent degree and five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skill(s): (1) drafting and reviewing complex commercial matters, with transactional or product counseling experience; (2) reviewing laws and regulations and translating requirements to business teams; and (3) managing projects to completion, including working with legal professionals, business clients, and subject matter expertise. License to practice law in the U.S. or a foreign jurisdiction required.

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $153,900/year to $208,200/year.

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit:

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.#0000

Basic Qualifications

Position Requirements:

Juris doctorate degree or foreign equivalent degree and five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skill(s): (1) drafting and reviewing complex commercial matters, with transactional or product counseling experience; (2) reviewing laws and regulations and translating requirements to business teams; and (3) managing projects to completion, including working with legal professionals, business clients, and subject matter expertise. License to practice law in the U.S. or a foreign jurisdiction required.#0000

Preferred Qualifications

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)

How this pay compares

Base floor $153,900, above 48% of the 70 Legal roles in Washington on this site; the other 52% list the same floor or a higher one. The employer's range is $54,300 wide, 35% of the floor. Observed open for 4 days so far (since Nov 3, 2026).

Pay in context

Among 70 Legal roles in Washington listed on this site, the median base floor is $153,900 and the middle half runs from $123,200 to $163,969. This role's floor ($153,900) is above 48% of them; 12 others list the same floor.

Base floors of 70 Legal roles in Washington

Base floors of 70 Legal roles in Washington$100K to $125K: 28.6% (20); $125K to $150K: 20.0% (14); $150K to $175K: 28.6% (20); $175K to $200K: 8.6% (6); $200K to $225K: 4.3% (3); $225K to $250K: 2.9% (2); $250K to $275K: 4.3% (3); $275K and up: 2.9% (2)0%8%16%24%29%10020%12529%1509%1754%2003%2254%2503%275This job $154K
Each bar counts postings on this site by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of 70 Legal roles in Washington
Floor bandSharePostings
$100K to $125K28.6%20
$125K to $150K20.0%14
$150K to $175K28.6%20
$175K to $200K8.6%6
$200K to $225K4.3%3
$225K to $250K2.9%2
$250K to $275K4.3%3
$275K and up2.9%2
How this is calculated
Statistic
Base floor distribution of the cohort
Formula
count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
Denominator
70 open postings with this job family in Washington
Sample size
70
Hidden when
needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
2026-11-08
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.

State against nationwide

Median base floor in Washington vs nationwide

Median published base floor of the same job family, in this state and across all states, next to this job's floor.
Table
Median base floor in Washington vs nationwide
Valuepostings
Legal, Washington$153,90070
Legal, all states$165K1,975
This job's base floor (marked)$153,900
How this is calculated
Statistic
Median floor, state vs nationwide
Formula
median published base floor of each cohort
Denominator
open postings of this job family
Sample size
70 in Washington; 1975 nationwide
Hidden when
needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
2026-11-08
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

How Amazon pays

1,230 of Amazon's 4,074 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 2,817 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $131,500 to $159,300.

Base floors of Amazon's 4,074 live roles

Base floors of Amazon's 4,074 live roles$100K to $125K: 17.5% (712); $125K to $150K: 46.3% (1,888); $150K to $175K: 22.5% (917); $175K to $200K: 11.4% (466); $200K to $225K: 1.8% (74); $225K to $250K: 0.2% (7); $250K to $275K: 0.2% (9); $275K and up: <0.1% (1)0%15%30%45%17%10046%12523%15011%1752%200<1%225<1%250<1%275This job $154K
Each bar counts this employer's live roles by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of Amazon's 4,074 live roles
Floor bandShareRoles
$100K to $125K17.5%712
$125K to $150K46.3%1,888
$150K to $175K22.5%917
$175K to $200K11.4%466
$200K to $225K1.8%74
$225K to $250K0.2%7
$250K to $275K0.2%9
$275K and up<0.1%1
How this is calculated
Statistic
Employer base floor distribution
Formula
count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
Denominator
4,074 open public roles at this employer
Sample size
4074
Hidden when
needs at least 5 roles
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
current
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

Similar pay elsewhere

Other employers' Legal roles in Washington with the nearest published base floor to $153,900, one per employer.

This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
Chart as a table
This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Legal Counsel III - AMZ10521625 (this listing)$153,900 - $208,200
Senior Windows Client Engineer, Region Services Corporate Infrastructure (RSCI) - VECTOR Team$155K - $210K
Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, US ADC Security$155K - $210K
Sr. Creative Manager, Brand Creative$155,100 - $209,800
Principal Business Intelligence Engineer, Amazon Customer Service$155,100 - $209,800
Technical Program Manager III - AMZ26509.1$154,785 - $201,200
Principal HRBP, AWS HR$154,700 - $209,300

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Amazon roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 3, 2026 (4 days ago).

  1. First observed on the employer's board
  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-26
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: US, WA, Seattle

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $153,900/year to $208,200/year.

Method
Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
Checked
Rule set
us-base-v2

The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.

What we verified

  • The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
  • The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
  • The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.

We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.

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