Compared with the local labor market
Senior General Counsel pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 19,040 people — is $170,660. Office of General Counsel pays a median base salary of $139,653 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Office of General Counsel sits in the local pay range
$84,840
$119,970
$170,660
$220,630
$344,160
Office of General Counsel median · $139,653
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Office of General Counsel’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Office of General Counsel’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
Office of General Counsel median · $139,653
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Office of General Counsel is $139,653, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.