Gender Pay Gap Wide Atop In-House Counsel Ladder, May Be Closing

The glass ceiling in corporate legal departments is still thick, but it could be showing some cracks.

Women in general counsel positions made roughly $100,000 less than men in 2019, according to a recent report tracking median salaries by legal recruiting firm BarkerGilmore LLC., but the disparity all but disappeared in other high-ranking legal positions. The pay gap in mid-level, or management, and senior counsel positions has decreased since 2018, and women in mid-level counsel roles actually made slightly more than men in the same jobs last year, according to BarkerGilmore.

The new data shows a growing ...