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Title: Legal Operations hourly rate in Austria, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Legal Operations pay in Austria: median wage €22 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €30. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Austria · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Legal Operations hourly rate in Austria

The market median wage for a Legal Operations in Austria is **€22.40 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€30 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€30/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€22.40/hr** median wage

**€17-24** middle half of wages

**€650** a month at 5 hours a week

## Legal Operations 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 | €12.58 | €270 | €26,200 |
| 25th | €16.58 | €360 | €34,500 |
| Median | €22.40 | €490 | €46,600 |
| 75th | €24.21 | €520 | €50,400 |
| 90th | €26.24 | €570 | €54,600 |

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 Legal Operations, 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 Legal Operations 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €30 | €650 |
| Manager | €40 | €870 |
| Director | €45 | €980 |

- Regular role **€30**

- One-off task **€35**

- Task bundle **€35**

## Legal Operations pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Legal Operations, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €31.83 | €45 |
| Ireland | €31.49 | €45 |
| Luxembourg | €29.99 | €45 |
| Denmark | €28.75 | €40 |
| Germany | €28.30 | €40 |
| Netherlands | €23.10 | €35 |
| Finland | €21.39 | €30 |
| France | €18.88 | €25 |
| Sweden | €18.72 | €25 |

## 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.

[Legal Operations rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/legal-operations/) · [Legal Operations jobs in Austria](https://deftridge.com/jobs/legal-operations/austria/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
