BarkerGilmore’s 2025 In-House Counsel Compensation Report highlights that after a robust year in 2024, salary growth for in-house counsel softened in 2025, rising just 2.8%, down from 4.4% the previous year.
Pay increases were uneven across roles: General Counsel saw a 2.5% bump, Managing Counsel 3%, and Senior Counsel 2.9%. Public company General Counsel
Yet even within