450+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Dallas, TX

The cleanest official local pay anchor is the BLS mean of $63.75/hour for legal occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth, but that benchmark is from May 2024 and covers legal occupations more narrowly than this broader category. Newer posting-based samples suggest current local pay centers on about $110k to $150k annually, with a broader band of about $75k to $200k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $30 to $34/hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 222 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $93,550 at the 25th percentile, $133,679 at the median and $175,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is still a real market for Legal, Compliance & Risk, but it is not an easy one right now. The metro unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in June 2026 from 4.0% in May, while Texas-wide employment in this field was up 2.7% year over year even as active postings were down 7.9%, which points to steady underlying need but slower external hiring. We observed more than 900 local postings across more than 500 companies over the last 90 days, yet hiring is fragmented and the typical posting has been open around 31 days, so competition is more about fit and conversion than raw lack of openings.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can show a clear lane—either litigation/case-support or compliance/contracts/risk, ideally with some AI-governance fluency—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not treat this as one uniform market: attorneys, paralegals, contracts, AML/KYC, and risk roles sit on the same page here but are screened very differently by employers.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 496 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Dallas County: 27 open roles
2. Ororun: 15 open roles
3. Mark Litwak: 7 open roles
4. Bryan Fagan: 6 open roles
5. Modern Family Law: 6 open roles
6. Samsung Electronics Co.: 6 open roles
7. Tyson & Mendes LLP: 6 open roles
8. 1800lionlaw: 5 open roles
9. Axiom: 5 open roles
10. Bush Law Group: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 283
• Plano: 40
• Fort Worth: 38
• Irving: 29
• Grapevine: 15
• Frisco: 13
• Arlington: 11
• Addison: 9

Work arrangement

on-site 293 (60%), hybrid 149 (31%), remote 46 (9%)

Where the demand is

The real opportunity is concentrated by employer type more than by one dominant company. In the local posting mix, legal services account for about 40% of visible demand, followed by legal at about 15%, healthcare at about 15%, government & public sector at about 10%, and education at about 10%. Named active employers include Dallas County with more than 50 postings and Bush Law Group with more than 30, but the broader employer base is fragmented rather than controlled by one buyer. That fragmentation helps if you can match a clear sub-specialty, but it hurts generic applicants. The market skews mid-career, with about 20% entry, about 55% mid, about 15% senior, and about 10% lead+ roles. It also leans in-person, with about 65% on-site and only about 10% remote, so local availability matters more here than in some office categories.

• Legal services and law firms (high): This is the largest visible pool, combining legal services at about 40% and legal at about 15% of postings, so litigation support, legal writing, research, and case-flow work remain core targets.
• Healthcare compliance and regulated operations (high): Healthcare makes up about 15% of the visible posting mix, which supports targeting regulatory, privacy, contracting, and policy-heavy roles beyond traditional firms.
• Government and public sector (moderate): Government & public sector represent about 10% of visible postings, and Dallas County is one of the named active employers with more than 50 postings in the recent sample.
• Education and institutional compliance (moderate): Education accounts for about 10% of postings, offering a smaller but steadier lane for policy, records, contracts, and compliance-oriented candidates.

Where to focus: Pick one of two lanes now: law-firm litigation/case support or in-house/public-sector compliance/contracts. Dallas rewards clear alignment more than broad legal branding.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal operations specialist: AI is shifting junior legal work away from manual document sifting and toward workflow supervision, output validation, and process coordination, which makes legal ops a realistic adjacent path.
• AI governance program manager: The market is placing more value on AI governance literacy, and Texas employers are paying more attention to AI-use notices and discriminatory-impact review after the 2026 law change.
• Employee relations or workplace investigations specialist: Layoffs and AI hiring tools are becoming litigation and class-action triggers, which creates overlap between legal risk thinking and HR-side investigations work.
• Internal controls or SOX-focused audit analyst: Risk, privacy, and compliance are rising themes, so candidates with compliance-first backgrounds can sometimes cross into controls-heavy finance roles without leaving governance work entirely.

What postings ask for

• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research appears in about 30% of local postings, making it the clearest baseline screen across litigation and support roles. Who: Paralegals, junior attorneys, legal assistants, and career switchers entering case-support work.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management shows up in about 20% of local postings, which makes it a strong operational signal for firms and public-sector legal teams. Who: Anyone targeting litigation support, docket-heavy teams, or court-facing legal admin roles.
• Regulatory compliance (differentiator | immediate): Regulatory compliance is one of the most-requested local hard skills, and broader 2026 hiring themes continue to emphasize compliance, privacy, and risk management. Who: Mid-career applicants, in-house candidates, healthcare/legal operations professionals, and switchers from regulated industries.
• Data privacy and risk management (differentiator | near-term): Risk management, data privacy, and compliance are highlighted as top 2026 hiring themes, making them strong ways to stand out from general legal applicants. Who: Candidates pursuing in-house counsel, privacy, investigations, vendor-risk, or compliance program roles.
• AI governance literacy (premium | near-term): AI governance literacy is becoming a core legal skill, especially as AI Governance Counsel and AI Compliance Specialist roles emerge, and Texas' Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act took effect on January 1, 2026. Who: In-house counsel, compliance managers, privacy professionals, and career switchers from policy or controls backgrounds.
• Prompt engineering for lawyers (differentiator | near-term): Prompt engineering is described as a critical emerging skill for lawyers in 2026 because routine drafting, research, and summarization are increasingly AI-assisted. Who: Attorneys, paralegals, legal ops staff, and compliance writers who want faster output without sacrificing review quality.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

The cleanest official local pay anchor is the BLS mean of $63.75/hour for legal occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth, but that benchmark is from May 2024 and covers legal occupations more narrowly than this broader category. Newer posting-based samples suggest current local pay centers on about $110k to $150k annually, with a broader band of about $75k to $200k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $30 to $34/hour. This is a good-paying market by Texas standards, but the category average hides a wide spread between attorney/in-house counsel work and support or specialist roles. Texas new-opening offered salaries for legal, compliance & risk averaged about $121,794 in July 2026 versus about $78,561 across all Texas occupations.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

The real opportunity is concentrated by employer type more than by one dominant company. In the local posting mix, legal services account for about 40% of visible demand, followed by legal at about 15%, healthcare at about 15%, government & public sector at about 10%, and education at about 10%. Named active employers include Dallas County with more than 50 postings and Bush Law Group with more than 30, but the broader employer base is fragmented rather than controlled by one buyer. That fragmentation helps if you can match a clear sub-specialty, but it hurts generic applicants. The market skews mid-career, with about 20% entry, about 55% mid, about 15% senior, and about 10% lead+ roles. It also leans in-person, with about 65% on-site and only about 10% remote, so local availability matters more here than in some office categories.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dallas County (50 postings), Bush Law Group (30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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