800+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Government wage data for the broad legal occupational family in the metro shows a 2025 annual median of $128,110, a mean of $178,720, a 25th percentile of $79,680, and a 75th percentile of $214,260. Recent posted salaries in the local job sample center on about $136k to $199k, with a broader band of about $100k to $250k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $36 to $48 / hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 681 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $104,000 at the 25th percentile, $157,500 at the median and $200,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive but still active market over the next 3-6 months. Los Angeles shows more than 1,100 recent Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 550 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. California employment in the field is up 2.6% year over year, but active postings are down 9.4%, which usually means real demand with tighter screening and slower conversion from application to offer. The metro unemployment rate was 4.8% in August and total nonfarm employment was up 0.6111% year over year, so the broader local economy is steady enough to support hiring, but not loose enough to make this an easy market.

Best positioned: Experienced California-barred candidates who can show litigation, legal research, investigations, employment law, compliance counseling, or healthcare-regulatory depth have the clearest edge right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake high pay for broad access: only about 15% of sampled openings are entry level, about 5% are remote, and most postings sit inside legal-services-heavy employers rather than broad corporate generalist teams.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 818 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Mark Litwak: 23 open roles
2. Lewis Brisbois: 16 open roles
3. : 12 open roles
4. Sweet James LLP: 10 open roles
5. Tyson & Mendes LLP: 10 open roles
6. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP: 10 open roles
7. Abramson Labor Group: 8 open roles
8. Bradford & Barthel, LLP: 8 open roles
9. Hartford: 7 open roles
10. Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 393
• Irvine: 80
• Newport Beach: 27
• Costa Mesa: 25
• El Segundo: 21
• Glendale: 19
• Long Beach: 19
• Santa Monica: 17

Work arrangement

on-site 406 (51%), hybrid 343 (43%), remote 51 (6%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated first in legal-services employers. In the recent Los Angeles sample, about 45% of postings came from legal services, about 30% from law practice, about 15% from "legal," and only about 5% from insurance. The most consistently active employers included Wilshire Law Firm, Ororun, Mark Litwak, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Manning Kass, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, Amazon, and Nlsla. That mix tells you this market is still led by firms and specialized practices, not broad-based corporate compliance hiring. Within that firm-heavy mix, the clearest current specialty themes are litigation execution and employment-side workplace risk. The most-requested local hard skills include legal research, case management, legal writing, depositions, trial preparation, discovery, litigation, and negotiation. Separate recent lateral-hire announcements in Los Angeles emphasized wage-and-hour work, internal investigations, HR audits, workplace counseling, compliance, and labor-and-employment litigation. There are also narrower but real lanes in public sector/legal aid and healthcare compliance. Los Angeles County's public defender workload study pointed to attorney planning, stronger support staffing, and technology/AI-enabled capacity, while the county bar's healthcare law compliance symposium signals continuing local specialization in regulated health matters.

• Litigation and case-driven law firms (high): This is the biggest local demand pool, supported by a legal-services-heavy industry mix and repeated requests for research, case management, discovery, depositions, and trial preparation.
• Employment, investigations, and workplace compliance (high): Recent partner and shareholder moves in Los Angeles point to ongoing employer-side demand in wage-and-hour, internal investigations, HR audits, counseling, and labor-and-employment litigation.
• Public sector, legal aid, and healthcare compliance niches (moderate): The public defender workload study and the local healthcare compliance symposium both point to specialized submarkets for candidates who can show mission fit or regulated-industry fluency.
• Remote-first generalist roles (limited): This is the narrowest lane because only about 5% of sampled openings are remote.

Where to focus: If you want the shortest path to interviews, target litigation-heavy firms and employment/investigations practices first, then branch into healthcare compliance or legal-operations roles only with a tailored pitch.

Roles worth searching next

• Employee Relations / HR Investigations Manager: Local demand is strong around employment law, internal investigations, HR audits, and workplace counseling, so HR people with investigations depth can bridge into compliance-adjacent roles.
• Legal Operations / CLM Analyst: CLM implementation and AI-assisted legal research are rising specialized skills, and the public defender study also pointed to data-driven staffing and technology-enabled capacity.
• Healthcare Compliance Program Analyst: The local healthcare law compliance symposium is a useful sign that payer/provider regulatory work remains a real niche in Los Angeles.
• Contracts / Vendor Risk Program Manager: Contract lifecycle management, regulatory filings, and compliance are marketable specialized skills, and some active hiring appears outside pure law firms, including Amazon.

What postings ask for

• California bar admission (table_stakes | immediate): Among postings that list a certification, california bar admission is the most common named requirement, and Los Angeles demand still tilts toward attorney-coded roles. Who: Attorneys and law-school grads seeking counsel or litigation roles.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): They are the two most-requested local hard skills, with legal research in about 45% and legal writing in about 20% of sampled postings. Who: Entry-level to mid-level litigators, paralegals, clerks, and legal-aid applicants.
• Case management, discovery, depositions, and trial preparation (differentiator | immediate): Local demand is execution-heavy, with case management, discovery, depositions, and trial preparation showing up repeatedly in postings. Who: Paralegals, litigation support candidates, plaintiff-side staff, and defense associates.
• Workplace investigations and employment-law compliance (premium | immediate): Recent Los Angeles hiring centered on wage-and-hour matters, internal investigations, HR audits, workplace counseling, compliance, and labor-and-employment litigation. Who: Mid-career attorneys, HR-to-legal switchers, and in-house compliance candidates.
• Healthcare regulatory and compliance fluency (differentiator | near-term): Los Angeles hosted the 23rd Annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium with recent payor-provider disputes on the agenda, a useful local sign that this niche remains active. Who: Compliance managers, counsel, operations leaders, and candidates coming from provider or payor environments.
• AI-assisted legal research and AI literacy (premium | near-term): National legal employers are rewarding AI-linked skills, Robert Half lists AI-assisted legal research among specialized skills, and Deloitte says 96% of legal leaders expect AI literacy to grow in importance for in-house lawyers. Who: Any mid-career lawyer, contracts lead, compliance analyst, or legal-operations candidate.

Questions about this market

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

Government wage data for the broad legal occupational family in the metro shows a 2025 annual median of $128,110, a mean of $178,720, a 25th percentile of $79,680, and a 75th percentile of $214,260. Recent posted salaries in the local job sample center on about $136k to $199k, with a broader band of about $100k to $250k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $36 to $48 / hour. Los Angeles legal pay is meaningfully above the national broad-group average: BLS lists $85.92 per hour locally versus $67.07 nationally for the broad legal group. That premium helps, but Los Angeles living costs are 52.2 percent above the national average, so headline salary numbers do not stretch as far as they first appear.

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

Real opportunity is concentrated first in legal-services employers. In the recent Los Angeles sample, about 45% of postings came from legal services, about 30% from law practice, about 15% from "legal," and only about 5% from insurance. The most consistently active employers included Wilshire Law Firm, Ororun, Mark Litwak, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Manning Kass, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, Amazon, and Nlsla. That mix tells you this market is still led by firms and specialized practices, not broad-based corporate compliance hiring. Within that firm-heavy mix, the clearest current specialty themes are litigation execution and employment-side workplace risk. The most-requested local hard skills include legal research, case management, legal writing, depositions, trial preparation, discovery, litigation, and negotiation. Separate recent lateral-hire announcements in Los Angeles emphasized wage-and-hour work, internal investigations, HR audits, workplace counseling, compliance, and labor-and-employment litigation. There are also narrower but real lanes in public sector/legal aid and healthcare compliance. Los Angeles County's public defender workload study pointed to attorney planning, stronger support staffing, and technology/AI-enabled capacity, while the county bar's healthcare law compliance symposium signals continuing local specialization in regulated health matters.

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 (20 postings), Ororun (15 postings), Mark Litwak (15 postings), Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (15 postings), Manning Kass (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, 5% are remote and 40% hybrid, with 50% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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