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Title: Fractional GC hourly rate in Austria | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional General Counsel pay in Austria: median wage €34 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €85. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Austria · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional General Counsel hourly rate in Austria

The market median wage for a Fractional General Counsel in Austria is **€33.73 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€85 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€85/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€33.73/hr** median wage

**€24-44** middle half of wages

**€1,840** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional General Counsel wage percentiles in Austria

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €16.08 | €350 | €33,400 |
| 25th | €24.25 | €530 | €50,400 |
| Median | €33.73 | €730 | €70,200 |
| 75th | €43.59 | €940 | €90,700 |
| 90th | €76.82 | €1,660 | €159,800 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Austria in numbers

What sets Austria apart for a Fractional General Counsel, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€26** country floor: no Austria rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Fractional General Counsel in Austria by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Director | €70 | €1,520 |
| Executive | €85 | €1,840 |

- Regular role **€85**

- One-off task **€95**

- Task bundle **€90**

- Expert hour **€110**

## Fractional General Counsel pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional General Counsel, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €47.93 | €120 |
| Ireland | €47.41 | €120 |
| Luxembourg | €45.14 | €115 |
| Denmark | €43.28 | €110 |
| Germany | €41.48 | €105 |
| Netherlands | €34.78 | €90 |
| Finland | €32.21 | €80 |
| France | €28.45 | €70 |
| Sweden | €28.18 | €70 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Fractional General Counsel rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-general-counsel/) · [Fractional General Counsel jobs in Austria](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-general-counsel/austria/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
