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Legal and compliance is contracts, regulators and the rules a company must follow. Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Anduril Industries, SpaceX, Palantir and Harvey have the most open roles right now.
3,669 open roles · 377 posted in the last 7 days · 24% remote · 748 companies hiring · $193K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages
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| Period | Count |
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| under $75K | 24 |
| $75K to $100K | 85 |
| $100K to $125K | 113 |
| $125K to $150K | 198 |
| $150K to $175K | 272 |
| $175K to $200K | 297 |
| $200K to $250K | 439 |
| $250K to $300K | 232 |
| $300K and more | 169 |
Can be done from home24%884 of 3,669 jobs
State the pay54%1,963 of 3,669 jobs
Are for beginners4%136 of 3,669 jobs
Kinds of work in legal and compliance
- Legal counsel981 jobsAdvises a company on the law: contracts, products, disputes, regulators.
- Paralegal and legal operations428 jobsSupports lawyers: prepares documents, tracks contracts and deadlines, runs the legal team’s tools.
- Compliance757 jobsMakes sure a company follows the rules that apply to it, such as anti-money-laundering checks, licences and reporting to regulators.
- Privacy103 jobsMakes sure personal data is collected and used within the law.
- Policy and government affairs120 jobsFollows new laws and talks to regulators and governments on a company’s behalf.
- Security compliance (GRC)259 jobsProves to customers and auditors that a company handles data safely, and gets it through checks such as SOC 2.
- Government and defense1,257 jobsSells to, builds for or deals with governments and the armed forces; some roles need a security clearance.
Newest legal and compliance jobs
- Legal Counsel - Privacy and ProductTandem Health · 🇸🇪Stockholm—
- Corporate Counsel, Public ReportingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$265K - $335K
- Legal Engineering Manager, In-House (Litigation/Regulatory)Harvey · 🇺🇸New York · +1 more location$315K - $385K
- Platform Software Security Engineer, Air DefenseAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$167K - $222KRustC++Linux
- Legal Engineering Manager, In-House (Corporate)Harvey · 🇺🇸Chicago$315K - $385K
- Director, Government RelationsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$191K - $235KLeadComputer Vision
- Technical Program Manager, Air Defense (SIP)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$167K - $222KJiraComputer Vision
- Senior Account Executive - Public Sector (SLED West)New Relic · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; Sacr…$285K - $320KSenior
- Legal Engineering Manager, Product SpecialistHarvey · 🇺🇸Chicago · +2 more locations$315K - $385K
- Senior GRC EngineerBrex · 🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · +3 more locationsCA$154K - CA$192KSeniorSQL
- AVP, Federal SalesSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - US$440K - $550KRemote
- VP, Compliance (Global Financial Intelligence Unit)Crypto.com · 🇧🇬Sofia—Lead.NET
- General Liability Litigation AttorneyMorgan & Morgan, P.A. · 🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States · +6 more locations—
- Senior Network Software Engineer I - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Senior Network Software Engineer II - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Senior Litigation ParalegalMercury · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$116K - $145KRemoteSenior
- Staff P&T Incident & Technology Risk Operations ManagerLightspeed Commerce · 🇨🇦Montreal—RemoteLead
- 2027 BT RISE Internship - Legal Operations InternBarnes · Indianapolis—Intern
- Associate General CounselCanals · 🇺🇸New York—Remote
- Lead GRC & Security GovernanceDave · 🇺🇸United States$174K - $224KRemoteLeadCI/CD
- Sr. CounselPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$159K - $327KRemoteSenior
- Counsel, Patents & IPLyft · 🇺🇸Dallas-Fort Worth · +5 more locations$144K - $180K
- Government Engagement & Growth Manager, North AmericaTomorrow.io · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States—AWS
- Commercial Counsel, APACCresta · 🇦🇺Australia (Remote)—Remote
- Senior Counsel, Commercial (pipeline req for EMEA)ClickHouse · 🇬🇧United Kingdom—RemoteSenior
- Counsel, Commercial (pipeline req for AMER)ClickHouse · 🇺🇸United States$162K - $248KRemote
- Legal Counsel & Procurement ManagerSpotMe · Europe (Remote)—Remote
- Government Affairs AssociateVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$133K - $179K
- Insurance Compliance & Regulatory Senior LeadJerry.ai · 🇺🇸Dallas, Texas$70K - $100KRemoteLead
- Senior Supply Chain Compliance LeadCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$157K - $210KLead
- Defense Success Manager, FranceMistral.ai · 🇳🇱Amsterdam—Machine Learning
- Policy Lead, AI InfrastructureStripe · 🇺🇸US-Remote—RemoteLeadAI
- Senior Technical Project Manager (FedRamp)Second Front Systems · Remote$175K - $200KRemoteSenior
- Legislative Assistant, Policy & Government AffairsACLU - National Office · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States—
- Litigation ParalegalMorgan & Morgan, P.A. · 🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States · +41 more locations—
- Legal Associate, Commercial (Insurtech, Remote)Jerry.ai · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario$80K - $110KRemoteLLM
- Legal Operations Associate, Compliance & AutomationJerry.ai · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario$65K - $80KRemote
- Associate Counsel, Commercial & Regulatory (Growth-stage tech startup)Jerry.ai · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario$105K - $150KRemoteJuniorLLM
- Account Executive, ArmyScale AI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$203K - $254KRAGComputer Vision
- Grupo QuintoAndar | Credit Risk AI ICGrupo QuintoAndar · 🇧🇷São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil—PythonSQLAI
- Account Executive, Air ForceScale AI · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Dayton, OH; Washington, DC$203K - $254KRAGComputer Vision
- Legal InternMenlosecurity · 🇺🇸US - Mountain View—InternLLM
- Government Relations Manager, AIStripe · 🇺🇸Washington DC-metro area—AI
- Head of ComplianceClera · remote$120K - $160KRemoteLead
- Senior Analyst (Fraud & Financial Crime)Zopa · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Strategic Delivery Lead, National SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$266K - $370KLead
- Director, Global Public Sector Product ManagementIllumio · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C. - Remote$244K - $293KRemoteLead
- Sr. Consulting Engineer (Federal - TS/SCI and FSP required)Neo4j · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.—SeniorJavaScriptReactJava
- Staff Technical Program Manager (Secret Clearance Required)Onebrief · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO$205K - $255KLeadAzureCI/CDAWS
- Senior Growth Manager, Navy - MUSVSaronic · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$175K - $219KSenior
Showing the newest 50 of 3,034. The search looks through all of them by title, place and pay.
Who is hiring for legal and compliance
Where legal and compliance are
- 🇺🇸United States2,423
- 🇺🇸California709
- 🇪🇺Europe538
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area413
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC375
- 🇺🇸New York338
- 🌏Asia-Pacific230
- 🇬🇧London & the UK215
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles126
- 🇺🇸Texas114
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What legal and compliance pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | $173K | 18 |
| No level in the title | $176K | 970 |
| Senior | $193K | 439 |
| Lead | $222K | 402 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about legal and compliance jobs
- Which jobs count as legal and compliance?
- Contracts, regulators and the rules a company must follow. On Hiring Right Now that is 7 kinds of work: Legal counsel, Paralegal and legal operations, Compliance, Privacy, Policy and government affairs, Security compliance (GRC), Government and defense.
- How many legal and compliance jobs are open right now?
- There are 3,669 open legal and compliance jobs at 748 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 377 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most legal and compliance jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at Morgan & Morgan, P.A. (236), Anduril Industries (185), SpaceX (92), Palantir (91) and Harvey (75). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote legal and compliance jobs?
- 884 of the 3,669 open legal and compliance jobs (24%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do legal and compliance jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $193K, based on 1,829 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $154K and $238K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for legal and compliance jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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