950+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Observed government pay is high because BLS puts average annual pay for legal occupations in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro at about $195,900. Posted local pay from the job sample centers on about $131k to $190k for salaried roles and about $28 to $33 an hour for hourly roles, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new California legal, compliance & risk openings at about $144,514 with n=2,419.

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Advertised pay

Across the 833 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $110,000 at the 25th percentile, $160,000 at the median and $200,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Los Angeles is still a real market for Legal, Compliance & Risk, with more than 1,600 postings across more than 800 companies over the last 90 days and a fragmented employer base rather than one dominant buyer. It is also a harder market than last year: California occupation-level employment is up 2.7% year over year, but active postings are down 14.4%, and local postings stay open around 34 days. Metro unemployment was 5.0% in June 2026, so you should expect more applicant competition than in a true shortage market. Pay remains attractive—local posted salaries center on about $131k to $190k, while BLS puts average legal-occupation pay in the metro at about $195,900—but those figures span very different roles from counsel to hourly support.

Best positioned: California-barred attorneys and mid-career compliance professionals who can show legal operations, privacy, employment compliance, or AI-governance work samples have the best odds, especially in-house and in regulated sectors.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming LA's headline legal pay is typical for every role; hourly local postings still center on about $28 to $33, and only about 10% of jobs in the sample are remote.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 963 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. : 52 open roles
2. Ororun: 34 open roles
3. Tyson & Mendes LLP: 21 open roles
4. Lewis Brisbois: 20 open roles
5. Mark Litwak: 20 open roles
6. Ascendion: 15 open roles
7. Manning Kass: 14 open roles
8. NLADA Insurance Program Service Corporation: 13 open roles
9. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 11 open roles
10. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP: 11 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 453
• Irvine: 104
• Glendale: 38
• Costa Mesa: 35
• Newport Beach: 28
• Beverly Hills: 23
• Santa Monica: 23
• Orange County: 18

Work arrangement

on-site 469 (50%), hybrid 397 (42%), remote 80 (8%)

Where the demand is

Most visible demand is still attorney- and litigation-leaning. In the local job sample, legal services account for about 60% of postings and another about 20% sit in legal, while the top hard skills are legal research, case management, litigation, legal writing, discovery, and trial preparation. That said, the more useful edge for applicants is the in-house and compliance side. Built In Los Angeles still showed active local legal hiring for contract management, compliance, and legal operations roles in August 2026, plus a dedicated compliance jobs page, and Anaheim showed 87 regulatory compliance program manager jobs. Healthcare and insurance together account for about 15% of local category postings, which matters because those employers often hire for policies, controls, investigations, privacy, and vendor-risk work rather than courtroom-heavy tasks. A newer niche is AI governance. Capital Group posted a Los Angeles AI risk role in late July 2026, and California employers are also dealing with new AI hiring-tool assessment and record-retention obligations plus active pay-transparency compliance work.

• Litigation-heavy firms and public law offices (high): The named employer list is led by Wilshire Law Firm, Tressler LLP, the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, Morgan & Morgan, and Kahana Feld, which matches the litigation-heavy skill mix in the sample.
• In-house legal ops and regulated-industry compliance (high): Active local listings in contract management, compliance, and legal operations are still visible, and healthcare and insurance together represent about 15% of the local posting mix.
• AI, privacy, and employment-rule work (moderate): This is a smaller niche, but it is getting more urgent because of local AI-risk hiring, California privacy process changes, and new AI hiring-tool obligations.

Where to focus: Focus first on in-house legal operations and California-specific compliance roles in regulated employers, then keep litigation firms as a secondary track rather than your only strategy.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal Operations Specialist / Contract Lifecycle Analyst: Local hiring still includes contract management, compliance, and legal operations work, making this one of the cleanest adjacent paths.
• HR Compliance / Employment Practices Specialist: California employers are dealing with pay-transparency rules, AI hiring-tool assessments, and background-screening compliance, which creates overlap with legal and compliance skill sets.
• Privacy Program Analyst / Data Governance Analyst: California's 2026 privacy process changes make privacy operations and legal-compliance coordination more valuable.
• AI Governance Program Analyst: Local AI-risk hiring is visible, and the broader regulatory environment is pushing legal, risk, and policy teams toward AI governance work.

What postings ask for

• California bar admission (premium | immediate): It is the most commonly stated credential in local postings and gives access to the attorney-heavy side of the market. Who: Licensed attorneys and candidates already close to admission.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research shows up in about 35% of local postings and legal writing in about 15%, so these are baseline screens for firm-side work. Who: Entry-level applicants, paralegals, and anyone targeting firm roles.
• Case management, discovery, and litigation workflow (table_stakes | immediate): Case management appears in about 20% of postings, while litigation, depositions, trial preparation, and discovery all recur in the local sample. Who: Paralegals, litigation support candidates, and junior attorneys.
• Contract management and legal operations (differentiator | near-term): Local listings still include contract management, compliance, and legal operations roles, and Robert Half says contract-management roles in legal teams are projected to see 2.7% salary growth. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers from operations, procurement, or PM roles.
• AI literacy and AI governance (premium | immediate): Capital Group posted a local AI risk role, 96% of legal leaders expect AI literacy to grow in importance, and California MCLE-eligible AI courses are already available. Who: In-house counsel, compliance managers, privacy professionals, and ambitious mid-career applicants.
• Privacy, breach response, and California data-governance process work (differentiator | immediate): California businesses now face a 30-day resident notification deadline for breaches, and data brokers must process DROP requests every 45 days starting August 1, 2026. Who: Candidates targeting tech, healthcare, consumer, and regulated-service employers.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Observed government pay is high because BLS puts average annual pay for legal occupations in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro at about $195,900. Posted local pay from the job sample centers on about $131k to $190k for salaried roles and about $28 to $33 an hour for hourly roles, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new California legal, compliance & risk openings at about $144,514 with n=2,419. LA can pay very well once you are in licensed counsel, senior in-house, or specialized compliance seats, but everyday support and analyst roles sit well below the metrowide legal average.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Most visible demand is still attorney- and litigation-leaning. In the local job sample, legal services account for about 60% of postings and another about 20% sit in legal, while the top hard skills are legal research, case management, litigation, legal writing, discovery, and trial preparation. That said, the more useful edge for applicants is the in-house and compliance side. Built In Los Angeles still showed active local legal hiring for contract management, compliance, and legal operations roles in August 2026, plus a dedicated compliance jobs page, and Anaheim showed 87 regulatory compliance program manager jobs. Healthcare and insurance together account for about 15% of local category postings, which matters because those employers often hire for policies, controls, investigations, privacy, and vendor-risk work rather than courtroom-heavy tasks. A newer niche is AI governance. Capital Group posted a Los Angeles AI risk role in late July 2026, and California employers are also dealing with new AI hiring-tool assessment and record-retention obligations plus active pay-transparency compliance work.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Wilshire Law Firm (more than 20 postings), Ascendion (around 15 postings), Tressler LLP (around 15 postings), Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney (around 15 postings), Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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