200+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Miami, FL

The cleanest local anchor is BLS: the Miami legal occupations group averaged roughly $123,000 annually in May 2025. Current local postings are lower and broader, centering on about $98k to $125k, which is a better read on today's mixed title pool. Attorney-specific pay sits above that, with a reported median of $160,320 and a middle band of $102,630 to $212,070.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 84 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $69,688 at the 25th percentile, $94,694 at the median and $137,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive but still workable market. Miami metro unemployment was 3.7% in July 2026, up from 3.3% a year earlier, while total nonfarm payrolls were still up 14,100 year over year and Professional and Business Services employment rose 0.5490%. Florida employment in legal, compliance & risk was up 2.4% year over year in August 2026 even as active postings in the field were down 14.3%, which points to real demand but tighter competition for each open role.

Best positioned: A Florida-barred attorney or in-house candidate with proven litigation, real estate finance, infrastructure, healthcare, privacy, or regulatory experience has the best odds, especially if they can show comfort with AI-assisted research, drafting, and review workflows.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is that Miami's high legal pay means easy access; most openings skew mid-career, most are on-site, and junior document-heavy work is under more pressure from AI.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 233 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 7 open roles
2. Kelley Kronenberg: 6 open roles
3. Browardschools: 5 open roles
4. Base-2 Solutions, LLC.: 4 open roles
5. Kennedys Law LLP: 4 open roles
6. Kubicki Draper: 4 open roles
7. Confidential: 3 open roles
8. Cozen O'Connor LLP: 3 open roles
9. Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP: 3 open roles
10. Maimone Legal: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Miami: 117
• Fort Lauderdale: 51
• Coral Gables: 18
• Hollywood: 6
• Plantation: 6
• Miami-Dade County: 5
• Doral: 5
• New York: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 160 (71%), hybrid 48 (21%), remote 16 (7%)

Where the demand is

Local opportunity is concentrated first in law firms. In the local posting sample, legal services account for about 55% of category demand, far ahead of education at about 15%, healthcare at about 10%, and financial services at about 5%. The sample shows more than 450 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Within firms, the strongest visible pockets are not evenly spread across all legal work. Recent South Florida moves point to real estate finance and structured finance, infrastructure/project finance, litigation, and West Palm Beach expansion: Benesch opened in Miami with a 20-lawyer real estate finance and structured finance team in August 2026, Sidley added a four-partner infrastructure team in Miami, Weiss Serota announced four new litigation hires across Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Boca Raton, and Greenberg Traurig signed a 10-year lease tied to its West Palm Beach office move. Outside core firm hiring, healthcare and education matter because those industries represent about 10% and about 15% of local postings respectively, and regional healthcare complexity suggests ongoing need for in-house compliance and risk talent.

• Law firms and litigation-heavy legal services (high): Legal services make up about 55% of local category postings, and active employers in the sample include Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, The Freelance Firm, Miami Family Law Group, and Ororun.
• Transactional real estate, structured finance, and infrastructure (high): Benesch launched a Miami office with a 20-lawyer real estate finance and structured finance team, and Sidley added a four-partner infrastructure team in Miami in August 2026.
• Healthcare and education operating environments (moderate): Healthcare accounts for about 10% and education about 15% of local postings, and South Florida healthcare complexity points to compliance-heavy in-house work around providers and institutions.

Where to focus: If you have choice, focus first on law-firm roles tied to litigation or finance, then on in-house roles where regulation is part of the operating model rather than a back-office function.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal operations manager: New roles such as legal technologist and legal knowledge engineer are becoming more common as legal teams adopt AI and need people who can connect legal work, systems, and process design.
• Contract lifecycle manager: Contract drafting and contract analysis are now common AI-assisted workflows, and Miami's visible expansion in real estate finance points to ongoing demand for document-heavy transaction support outside pure attorney tracks.
• Real estate transaction manager: Miami saw a 20-lawyer real estate finance launch and continued commercial real-estate lateral movement, which creates overlap with transaction management, closings, and asset-side coordination roles.
• AI governance or privacy analyst: Employers are struggling to find candidates with AI, cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance experience, and current governance work is clustering around frameworks such as NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001.

What postings ask for

• Florida Bar admission (table_stakes | immediate): Florida bar membership or bar admission is one of the most commonly cited credentials in local postings, and recent South Florida hiring bursts have been attorney-heavy. Who: Licensed attorneys and recent JD graduates targeting firm or counsel roles.
• Legal research and legal drafting (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 30%, with legal writing and legal drafting each around 10%. Who: Entry-level and mid-career lawyers, paralegals, and legal assistants.
• Case management and litigation workflow (differentiator | immediate): Case management appears in about 20% of local postings and litigation in about 10%, while August local hiring news also highlighted fresh litigation additions in South Florida firms. Who: Paralegals, litigation associates, and operations-minded legal staff.
• Regulatory compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity (premium | near-term): Regulatory compliance already appears in local postings, and employers nationally report shortages in AI, cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance experience; local healthcare complexity reinforces that need. Who: In-house candidates, compliance managers, and lawyers moving toward privacy or governance work.
• AI fluency with legal tools (premium | immediate): Corporate legal departments are adopting generative AI quickly, with 47% using it in 2026, and named tools in market use include CoCounsel, Harvey AI, Lexis+ AI, Spellbook, Luminance, and LuMay AI. Who: Almost everyone except candidates targeting highly manual legacy workflows.
• AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 (premium | near-term): AI governance is lagging adoption, and current risk-management tooling is aligning around NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001. Who: Privacy, risk, policy, and in-house legal candidates who want to stand out from generalists.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

The cleanest local anchor is BLS: the Miami legal occupations group averaged roughly $123,000 annually in May 2025. Current local postings are lower and broader, centering on about $98k to $125k, which is a better read on today's mixed title pool. Attorney-specific pay sits above that, with a reported median of $160,320 and a middle band of $102,630 to $212,070. This is a high-paying market by Florida standards; one BLS-based guide says Miami has the highest attorney median pay in the state at $160,320. But Miami's cost-of-living index was 114.155 in the cited comparison, slightly above New York's 112.563, so nominal pay goes less far than many candidates expect.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL concentrated?

Local opportunity is concentrated first in law firms. In the local posting sample, legal services account for about 55% of category demand, far ahead of education at about 15%, healthcare at about 10%, and financial services at about 5%. The sample shows more than 450 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Within firms, the strongest visible pockets are not evenly spread across all legal work. Recent South Florida moves point to real estate finance and structured finance, infrastructure/project finance, litigation, and West Palm Beach expansion: Benesch opened in Miami with a 20-lawyer real estate finance and structured finance team in August 2026, Sidley added a four-partner infrastructure team in Miami, Weiss Serota announced four new litigation hires across Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Boca Raton, and Greenberg Traurig signed a 10-year lease tied to its West Palm Beach office move. Outside core firm hiring, healthcare and education matter because those industries represent about 10% and about 15% of local postings respectively, and regional healthcare complexity suggests ongoing need for in-house compliance and risk talent.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (20 postings), The Freelance Firm (10 postings), Miami Family Law Group (10 postings), Ororun (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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