Participate in Brightflag’s 2026 Legal Operations Compensation Survey

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Brightflag is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2026 Legal Operations Compensation Survey. The purpose of the survey is to help legal operations professionals, General Counsel, and HR leaders to better understand fair market compensation and trends.

What Information We Collect

The survey questions are largely unchanged from 2025, which had an average completion time of 2 minutes and 43 seconds.

If you choose to participate in the survey, you’ll be asked for the following information:

• Compensation: Base salary, cash bonus, and equity
• Company: Industry and legal department size
• Role: Job level, reporting line, and management responsibility
• Location: Country and state (if in the United States)
• Experience: Years of experience, bar admittance, and professional background
• Demographics: Gender identity and ethnicity (both optional)

How We Protect Your Anonymity

We’re advocates for #paytransparency ❤️, but we know many people don’t want the world to know how much they’re being paid. That’s why we take great care in protecting the anonymity of every person who participates in the survey. Here’s how we do it:

• The survey doesn’t ask for your name, email, or company name. Because we don’t ask for this information, you may receive emails from us asking you to participate in the survey even after you’ve done so. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
• Research.net, which we use to conduct the survey, is configured to capture responses anonymously. We don’t even save your IP address with your response.
• Survey responses are kept separate from all other Brightflag systems, and are only accessible to the authors (and are anonymous to them for the above reasons).
• The report will only include aggregate information. Although the survey asks for your job title, this is used for analytical purposes only and will not appear in the report.

When the Results Will Be Published

The survey results will be published on March 19, 2026.

We’re hosting a webinar that same day to share and discuss the report’s findings. You’ll have the option to register for the webinar after completing the survey. If you do register for the webinar, we’ll email you the report automatically.

Take the survey now to help legal operations professionals like yourself benchmark earnings and grow their careers.

You can also register for the webinar without completing the survey by clicking here, or by returning to our website on or after the release date to download the report.