250+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Denver, CO

The official local wage benchmark in this bundle is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Denver metro wage release, which reports an average hourly wage across all occupations of $38.45 in May 2024, but it does not give a fresh July 2026 metrowide pay read for every legal, compliance, and risk sub-role. Current category-specific pay is therefore best read from directional sources: Denver posted salary ranges in this category center on about $120k to $174k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $90k to $215k. First-year lawyer starting salaries in Denver were listed at $96,300 at the 25th percentile, $118,500 at the median, and $153,900 at the 75th percentile, while a separate compliance-officer estimate put Denver median pay at $83,580, with a $71,480 to $116,120 middle range. At the state level, mean offered salary on new openings for legal, compliance & risk was about $121,543 in July 2026, versus about $83,791 across all Colorado occupations.

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Advertised pay

Across the 272 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $98,439 at the 25th percentile, $137,173 at the median and $178,375 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

Denver is still a workable market for Legal, Compliance & Risk, but it is not an easy-volume market right now. The metro unemployment rate was 3.9% in June 2026, and Colorado's occupation-level proxy shows legal, compliance & risk employment up 2.3% year-over-year even while active postings were down 13.4% year-over-year in July 2026. Local hiring is broad rather than concentrated, with more than 500 postings across more than 300 companies in the last 90 days, but the mix skews toward mid-career candidates and mostly on-site or hybrid work. For job seekers, that usually means real demand exists, but you need a sharper niche than "general legal" or "general compliance" to convert interviews.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can pair legal or compliance experience with regulatory workflow depth, Colorado employment-law awareness, and AI-governance or privacy literacy have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake Denver's salary bands for easy hiring; the better-paying roles are concentrated in specialized counsel, GRC, and senior compliance paths, while Denver's cost of living index sits at 128.7.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 299 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Cobar: 31 open roles
2. Ororun: 11 open roles
3. Colorado Circular Communities Enterprise: 7 open roles
4. Ashurst Perkins Coie Group: 6 open roles
5. DaVita Inc.: 5 open roles
6. EchoStar Corporation: 5 open roles
7. Colorado AG: 4 open roles
8. Denver International: 4 open roles
9. Janus Henderson Group: 4 open roles
10. Jones Law Firm: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Denver: 188
• Greenwood Village: 26
• Englewood: 15
• Littleton: 10
• Aurora: 10
• Centennial: 10
• Boulder: 7
• Westminster: 4

Work arrangement

hybrid 142 (49%), on-site 129 (44%), remote 20 (7%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across many employers, not a few giants. The local sample shows more than 500 postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer mix is described as fragmented. That is useful for job seekers because it lowers reliance on one dominant employer, but it also means you need a wider, more segmented search strategy. The biggest concentration is still in classic legal channels: legal services account for about 35% of postings and another legal segment accounts for about 20%. After that, healthcare contributes about 15%, government and public sector about 10%, and education about 5%. A smaller but more premium slice is emerging around AI, privacy, and governance work, with local signals including a Governance, Risk and Compliance Counsel opening at Crusoe and a Cybersecurity AI Risk and Governance Director role at Vantage Data Centers. The practical takeaway is that Denver is not one market; it is several submarkets with different barriers, pay bands, and hiring tempos.

• Law firms and legal services (high): This is the largest concentration of postings, combining about 35% in legal services and about 20% in a second legal segment, so it remains the clearest path for attorneys, paralegals, and litigation-heavy candidates.
• Healthcare, government, and education compliance (moderate): Healthcare accounts for about 15% of postings, government and public sector about 10%, and education about 5%, making these sectors strong targets for candidates with policy, documentation, investigations, or regulated-process experience.
• AI, privacy, and governance roles (moderate): This slice is smaller, but it is where premium demand is forming. Local signals include Crusoe's Governance, Risk and Compliance Counsel opening and Vantage Data Centers' Cybersecurity AI Risk and Governance Director role.

Where to focus: If you have any mix of legal/compliance background plus process ownership, focus first on in-house regulatory, employment, privacy, or AI-governance roles inside healthcare, infrastructure, and larger employers rather than sending generic applications across the whole category.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal Operations Specialist: AI is reshaping contract review, e-discovery, research, intake, and contract management, which makes legal ops a practical bridge for people with process and systems strength.
• HR Compliance / Employee Relations Specialist: Colorado's AI hiring rules and new I-9 document-handling requirements create overlap between legal/compliance work and people-operations controls.
• AI Governance Program Manager: New career paths now include AI Governance Officer and AI Compliance Counsel, and Denver has direct local signals for AI governance and GRC hiring.
• E-Discovery or Litigation Support Manager: Legal workflows are being reshaped by AI-supported document review and e-discovery, making this a realistic path for detail-heavy legal candidates.
• Trust, Privacy, or Policy Operations Analyst: The market is rewarding data privacy, AI governance, and compliance recordkeeping, which creates overlap with trust-and-safety and policy-ops functions.

What postings ask for

• Regulatory compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Regulatory compliance appears among the most-requested hard skills in local postings, making it a baseline screen for a large share of non-litigation roles. Who: Everyone outside pure litigation, especially compliance managers, risk analysts, contracts professionals, and in-house legal candidates.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research shows up in about 25% of local postings and legal writing in about 10%, so these remain core signals for legal-track applicants. Who: Attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and early-career candidates trying to prove fundamentals.
• Case management and litigation workflow (differentiator | immediate): Case management appears in about 20% of local postings and litigation in about 10%, which makes workflow fluency a practical differentiator in law-firm and legal-services hiring. Who: Paralegals, litigation support staff, and junior legal candidates who need a clearer value proposition than "detail-oriented."
• AI hiring compliance processes (premium | immediate): Colorado's AI rules around hiring emphasize notice, bias testing, human review, appeals-style processes, and record retention, turning AI-governance literacy into a near-term advantage for legal, HR-compliance, and risk candidates. Who: Employment counsel, compliance managers, HR-compliance specialists, and career switchers from HR or people analytics.
• I-9 and ID-document handling compliance (differentiator | immediate): Colorado's new document-handling rules require written notice, acknowledgment records, and limits on temporary ID retention, so employers need people who can translate policy into repeatable workflow. Who: Employment-law candidates, HR-compliance professionals, internal investigators, and operations-minded career switchers.
• Data privacy and cybersecurity governance (premium | near-term): National hiring signals increasingly favor legal professionals who combine legal expertise with AI fluency, cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance, and Denver has local GRC and AI-governance role signals that fit that pattern. Who: Mid-career lawyers, privacy/compliance professionals, security-adjacent career switchers, and anyone aiming at in-house tech or infrastructure roles.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

The official local wage benchmark in this bundle is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Denver metro wage release, which reports an average hourly wage across all occupations of $38.45 in May 2024, but it does not give a fresh July 2026 metrowide pay read for every legal, compliance, and risk sub-role. Current category-specific pay is therefore best read from directional sources: Denver posted salary ranges in this category center on about $120k to $174k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $90k to $215k. First-year lawyer starting salaries in Denver were listed at $96,300 at the 25th percentile, $118,500 at the median, and $153,900 at the 75th percentile, while a separate compliance-officer estimate put Denver median pay at $83,580, with a $71,480 to $116,120 middle range. At the state level, mean offered salary on new openings for legal, compliance & risk was about $121,543 in July 2026, versus about $83,791 across all Colorado occupations. This is a good-paying field in Denver, but the pay story is split. Licensed legal paths and senior governance roles can clear six figures, while compliance analyst and support tracks pay less but may offer a more accessible entry path.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across many employers, not a few giants. The local sample shows more than 500 postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer mix is described as fragmented. That is useful for job seekers because it lowers reliance on one dominant employer, but it also means you need a wider, more segmented search strategy. The biggest concentration is still in classic legal channels: legal services account for about 35% of postings and another legal segment accounts for about 20%. After that, healthcare contributes about 15%, government and public sector about 10%, and education about 5%. A smaller but more premium slice is emerging around AI, privacy, and governance work, with local signals including a Governance, Risk and Compliance Counsel opening at Crusoe and a Cybersecurity AI Risk and Governance Director role at Vantage Data Centers. The practical takeaway is that Denver is not one market; it is several submarkets with different barriers, pay bands, and hiring tempos.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Recent postings show the most activity from Cobar (30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 40% hybrid, with 50% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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