Every year, Corporate Counsel affiliate ALM Legal Intelligence assembles our GC Compensation Survey , a look at which in-house legal leaders are taking home the most dough. And this year, a new face is at the pinnacle of the pay charts. This finance industry-based champion was trailed by some comp-list veterans, in-house leaders from a number of industries who have made the top ten list for years. Our rankings are based on Fortune 1000 companies' 2017 public filings, some of which disclosed general counsel pay. We rank based on total cash compensation, which combines base salary, cash bonus, and other nonequity incentives. Here's a list of the lucky ten who made the cut this year.