Legal Jobs in Kansas City, MO

The best local anchor is BLS: Kansas City's broad legal occupations family had a $98,030 median, a $127,850 mean, and a $64,870-to-$162,130 interquartile pay range in 2025. More recent posting data is directional rather than comprehensive and centers on about $100k to $130k locally, while Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings in Legal, Compliance & Risk was about $111,468 in September 2026 from a sample of 67 salary-bearing postings.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 41 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $65,000 at the 25th percentile, $87,500 at the median and $124,400 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a workable but more selective market for Legal, Compliance & Risk over the next 3-6 months. The metro backdrop is still supportive: total nonfarm employment rose 0.7266% year-over-year and local Professional and Business Services employment rose 0.8170% year-over-year in August 2026, while the broad legal occupations family still accounted for 8,980 local jobs with a $98,030 median annual wage. The catch is that Missouri-wide Legal, Compliance & Risk postings were down 24.0% year-over-year in September 2026 even as employment in the field was up 1.3%, so openings exist, but there are fewer of them and they are more specialized than a year ago.

Best positioned: Licensed attorneys and mid-career in-house candidates who can show labor and employment, governance, contract, or corporate counsel depth—and explain how they use AI for research, drafting, or contract review—have the best odds.

Main caution: Do not mistake a stable local economy for an easy search: hiring is fragmented across employers, only about 15% of sampled roles are entry level, and only about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 75 openings in this market. 9 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. R Christopher White & Associates PC: 4 open roles
2. MFA Oil Company: 3 open roles
3. Missouri: 3 open roles
4. Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC.: 2 open roles
5. Dmlawusa: 2 open roles
6. Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP: 2 open roles
7. Kpmg Us: 2 open roles
8. Lewis Brisbois: 2 open roles
9. US Army Corps of Engineers: 2 open roles
10. : 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 54
• Overland Park: 11
• Leawood: 4
• Lee's Summit: 2
• Olathe: 1
• Jackson County: 1
• Jefferson City: 1
• West Des Moines: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 55 (74%), hybrid 16 (22%), remote 3 (4%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated first in law firms. In the local posting sample, about 35% of roles came from legal services and about 20% from law practice, while recent Kansas City signals pointed to litigation, labor and employment, higher-education, and intellectual-property work. A second lane is in-house and governance-oriented work. H&R Block posted a corporate counsel role tied to its vice president, corporate secretary and chief ethics officer, and Littler advertised a hybrid associate general counsel role focused on governance, strategic initiatives, expansion, and risk-related projects. A third lane sits in contract-heavy and regulated employers: about 10% of sampled postings came from construction and about 5% from financial services, and the named employer mix included Missouri, Husch Blackwell LLP, T-Mobile US Inc., MFA Oil Company, QTS, and Burns & McDonnell. This is not a one-employer market. The sample shows more than 100 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one firm. Most roles skew mid-career and mostly on-site: about 50% of postings are mid level, about 20% senior, and about 65% on-site versus about 5% remote.

• Law firms and litigation-side practices (high): Law firms remain the largest visible lane, with about 35% of sampled postings in legal services and about 20% in law practice, plus recent signals in litigation, labor and employment, higher education, and intellectual property.
• In-house counsel, governance, and ethics (moderate): Corporate legal teams are a real second lane, with recent openings tied to corporate counsel, ethics-linked leadership, governance, and risk-related strategic work.
• Contract-heavy regulated employers (moderate): Construction and financial-services employers make up a smaller but useful lane, with about 10% of sampled postings in construction and about 5% in financial services.

Where to focus: If you have legal credentials, focus first on employer-side labor and employment or in-house governance/contracts; if you do not, use contract-heavy adjacent roles as the bridge instead of chasing general attorney-track openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Employee relations or HR investigations specialist: Local legal demand includes labor and employment, workplace risk, policy drafting, and investigations, which overlaps directly with employee-relations work.
• Contract administrator or procurement contracts analyst: Contract negotiation and project management recur in local postings, and contract-heavy employers appear in construction and corporate settings.
• Regulatory affairs or policy analyst: Recent local demand touched higher education, regulatory compliance, and policy drafting, making this a realistic non-attorney bridge for sector experts.

What postings ask for

• Active Missouri bar license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the only credential that surfaced with any regularity in the local posting sample, which tells you licensed attorney tracks are a distinct slice of demand rather than an implied default. Who: Attorneys and late-stage law students targeting counsel or attorney roles.
• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research appears in about 40% of sampled local postings, making it the clearest common denominator across firm and in-house work. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, and anyone re-entering practice.
• Case management and legal writing (differentiator | immediate): Case management and legal writing each appear in about 15% of local postings, which makes them especially useful for paralegal, litigation-support, and disputes-adjacent roles. Who: Entry-level job seekers and litigation-support candidates.
• Litigation, investigations, and policy drafting (premium | near-term): Recent local counsel hiring specifically called for employment litigation, policy drafting, and investigations, so proof of dispute handling is more valuable than generic legal exposure. Who: Mid-career attorneys, employee-relations specialists, and switchers from internal investigations work.
• Project management (differentiator | near-term): Project management shows up in about 15% of local postings and aligns with governance, expansion, and operational-risk work. Who: In-house candidates, contract professionals, and career switchers from operations or PMO roles.
• Contract negotiation and regulatory compliance (premium | near-term): Contract negotiation and regulatory compliance each show up in about 10% of local postings, and they translate well into in-house, construction, and contract-heavy employers. Who: Mid-career legal professionals and switchers with procurement, vendor, or regulated-industry backgrounds.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

The best local anchor is BLS: Kansas City's broad legal occupations family had a $98,030 median, a $127,850 mean, and a $64,870-to-$162,130 interquartile pay range in 2025. More recent posting data is directional rather than comprehensive and centers on about $100k to $130k locally, while Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings in Legal, Compliance & Risk was about $111,468 in September 2026 from a sample of 67 salary-bearing postings. This is solid pay for the metro, and it sits well above Missouri's all-occupation mean offered salary of about $63,857, but Kansas City's broad Legal-group mean hourly wage of $61.47 was still below the national Legal-group mean of $67.07 in May 2025.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated first in law firms. In the local posting sample, about 35% of roles came from legal services and about 20% from law practice, while recent Kansas City signals pointed to litigation, labor and employment, higher-education, and intellectual-property work. A second lane is in-house and governance-oriented work. H&R Block posted a corporate counsel role tied to its vice president, corporate secretary and chief ethics officer, and Littler advertised a hybrid associate general counsel role focused on governance, strategic initiatives, expansion, and risk-related projects. A third lane sits in contract-heavy and regulated employers: about 10% of sampled postings came from construction and about 5% from financial services, and the named employer mix included Missouri, Husch Blackwell LLP, T-Mobile US Inc., MFA Oil Company, QTS, and Burns & McDonnell. This is not a one-employer market. The sample shows more than 100 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one firm. Most roles skew mid-career and mostly on-site: about 50% of postings are mid level, about 20% senior, and about 65% on-site versus about 5% remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Missouri (5 postings), Husch Blackwell LLP (5 postings), T-Mobile US Inc. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Kansas City, MO-KS be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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