Legal Counsel III - AMZ10521625
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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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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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.
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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
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $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 |
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
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal, Washington | $153,900 | 70 |
| Legal, all states | $165K | 1,975 |
| 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
Table
| Floor band | Share | 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 |
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.
- Senior Counsel, Global Supply Chain CoreWeave · base floor $157,000
- VP/Senior Director, Neurology Regulatory Affairs IQVIA · base floor $159,600
- Senior Contract Specialist, Capital Projects Twelve · base floor $160,000
- Contracts Manager Anduril Industries · base floor $147,000
- Counsel, Patents & IP Lyft · base floor $161,920
This listingLegal Counsel III - AMZ10521625$153,900 to $208,200
Senior Windows Client Engineer, Region Services Corporate Infrastructure (RSCI) - VECTOR Team$155K to $210K
Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, US ADC Security$155K to $210K
Sr. Creative Manager, Brand Creative$155,100 to $209,800
Principal Business Intelligence Engineer, Amazon Customer Service$155,100 to $209,800
Technical Program Manager III - AMZ26509.1$154,785 to $201,200
Principal HRBP, AWS HR$154,700 to $209,300
Chart as a table
| Role | Published 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 |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 3, 2026 (4 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board
- 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.
