100+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Observed government pay is strong but lagged: the Baltimore legal occupational group averaged about $122,800 per year in May 2025, and legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged about $63,360. Current local posting-based pay is lower and more mixed, centering on about $82k to $121k overall, with hourly-paid openings around about $25 to $33. Recent live openings span from $52,354–$82,572 for a Baltimore City Paralegal I/II role to $101,900–$140,140 for a Legal Operations Paralegal in Owings Mills and about $205,000–$206,000 for a Commercial Real Estate Attorney in Baltimore.

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Advertised pay

Across the 102 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $78,850 at the 25th percentile, $109,250 at the median and $153,264 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market for Legal, Compliance & Risk in Baltimore: metro unemployment was 4.2% in July 2026, Maryland legal/compliance/risk employment was up 0.8% year over year in August, and Maryland postings in the category were up 4.8% year over year. At the same time, Baltimore's broader employment base is not especially loose, with total metro nonfarm employment down 0.3697% year over year in June and professional and business services down 1.2476%. Pay is attractive in the aggregate, but current openings are unevenly distributed and increasingly reward specialization over general legal experience.

Best positioned: Candidates with insurance defense or litigation depth, legal operations experience, or clear regulatory/privacy capability—and who are open to on-site or hybrid work—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is anchoring on a few standout attorney salaries when most local postings cluster much lower and only about 10% of roles are remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 141 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Stattorney: 10 open roles
2. Joinleyla: 7 open roles
3. Maryland AG: 6 open roles
4. Maryland Legal Services Corporation: 5 open roles
5. JobAps: 4 open roles
6. CACI International Inc.: 3 open roles
7. Exelon: 3 open roles
8. Growth Solutions Team: 3 open roles
9. Progressive: 3 open roles
10. Warmstealth: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Baltimore: 64
• Annapolis: 17
• Fort Meade: 8
• Towson: 8
• Owings Mills: 5
• Columbia: 3
• Ellicott City: 3
• Linthicum Heights: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 78 (59%), hybrid 49 (37%), remote 5 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across several lanes rather than dominated by one employer. Over the last 90 days, Baltimore showed more than 300 postings for Legal, Compliance & Risk across more than 175 companies, and hiring in the sample was fragmented across employers. The biggest industry pockets were legal services at about 40% of postings, healthcare at about 30%, government and public sector at about 15%, and education at about 5%. The employer mix reinforces that pattern. The most consistently active names in the sample include Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Americanhs, Stattorney, and Maryland Legal Services Corporation, while recent live openings also show activity from GEICO, Wilson Elser, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Element, and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. In practice, that means you should pick a lane: defense/litigation, institution-based legal or compliance work, or public-interest/public-sector support.

• Litigation and insurance defense (high): This is the clearest active cluster right now, with recent openings from GEICO, Wilson Elser, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, and multiple live counsel-related roles in the metro.
• Healthcare, university, and institutional legal teams (moderate): Healthcare accounts for about 30% of category postings locally, and The Johns Hopkins University is among the most active employers in the recent sample.
• Public sector and nonprofit legal services (moderate): Government/public sector represents about 15% of postings, and recent openings from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service show current demand for support and staff-attorney roles.

Where to focus: Choose one lane and rewrite your resume around it; the fastest payoff is usually litigation/risk or institution-based legal/compliance work, not broad one-size-fits-all applying.

Roles worth searching next

• Privacy Program Manager / Data Governance Analyst: Data privacy is a named premium area in legal compensation guidance and sits naturally next to contract, compliance, and policy work.
• AI Governance Program Manager: AI governance is emerging as a specialized legal and compliance premium, and AI literacy is increasingly treated as a business requirement.
• Contract Lifecycle Management Administrator: Contract management and legal technology integration are being rewarded, and in-house teams are actively adopting AI for contract review.
• Administrative Law or Policy Analyst: Maryland classifieds recently included an Administrative Law Attorney opening, showing live demand at the law-and-government boundary.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the top local hard-skill signal, appearing in about 25% of postings, which means employers want candidates who can move matters, documents, and deadlines without much ramp time. Who: Entry-level paralegals, legal assistants, and career switchers from operations-heavy environments.
• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research appears in about 20% of local postings and is one of the clearest baseline filters for support and attorney-track roles. Who: Anyone applying to paralegal, staff attorney, counsel, or regulatory-facing roles.
• Regulatory compliance (differentiator | immediate): Regulatory compliance is already present in local postings, and broader market evidence points to continued hiring in compliance-first and governance-heavy work. Who: Career switchers, in-house candidates, and professionals coming from healthcare, banking, or government settings.
• Legal writing (differentiator | immediate): Legal writing shows up in local skill demand and helps separate candidates who can support motions, memos, and internal analysis from those who only offer administrative support. Who: Entry-level candidates trying to move up and mid-career candidates repositioning into attorney-adjacent work.
• AI governance and data privacy (premium | near-term): Specialized expertise in AI governance and data privacy commands salary premiums, with 79% of legal leaders reporting premiums for areas like these. Who: Mid-career attorneys, compliance managers, privacy professionals, and switchers targeting in-house roles.
• AI literacy (premium | near-term): AI literacy is now described as essential for legal professionals, and 69% of legal professionals reported using generative AI for work-related purposes in 2026. Who: All candidates, especially anyone interviewing with corporate legal departments or larger firms.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Observed government pay is strong but lagged: the Baltimore legal occupational group averaged about $122,800 per year in May 2025, and legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged about $63,360. Current local posting-based pay is lower and more mixed, centering on about $82k to $121k overall, with hourly-paid openings around about $25 to $33. Recent live openings span from $52,354–$82,572 for a Baltimore City Paralegal I/II role to $101,900–$140,140 for a Legal Operations Paralegal in Owings Mills and about $205,000–$206,000 for a Commercial Real Estate Attorney in Baltimore. Baltimore is still a good-paying legal market relative to the broader metro, where the all-occupation median wage was $59,070 in May 2025. But most candidates will encounter mid-band compensation first, not the top attorney numbers.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across several lanes rather than dominated by one employer. Over the last 90 days, Baltimore showed more than 300 postings for Legal, Compliance & Risk across more than 175 companies, and hiring in the sample was fragmented across employers. The biggest industry pockets were legal services at about 40% of postings, healthcare at about 30%, government and public sector at about 15%, and education at about 5%. The employer mix reinforces that pattern. The most consistently active names in the sample include Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Americanhs, Stattorney, and Maryland Legal Services Corporation, while recent live openings also show activity from GEICO, Wilson Elser, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Element, and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. In practice, that means you should pick a lane: defense/litigation, institution-based legal or compliance work, or public-interest/public-sector support.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. (20 postings), The Johns Hopkins University (10 postings), Maryland (10 postings), Americanhs (10 postings), Stattorney (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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