100+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Observed local wage data is strongest for the broad legal family and for legal support roles: BLS put metro legal occupations at a $52.26/hour median in May 2023, and legal secretaries and administrative assistants at about $70,650 a year and about $33.97/hour in May 2025. Proxy market data is higher because it tilts toward attorney, compliance, and senior in-house roles: sampled local postings center on about $120k to $175k, while mean offered salary on new Minnesota openings in this category was ~$111,258 in August 2026 based on a posting sample of n=99.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 117 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $91,000 at the 25th percentile, $126,000 at the median and $199,400 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

Live from the Callings.ai index of over 13 million postings, refreshed hourly and re-checked here nightly. Roles that close are dropped at the next refresh.

Showing 30 of 134 openings.

Open all in AI Job Search

What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is still a viable market for Legal, Compliance & Risk, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.2% in July 2026, and the Callings.ai job database still observed more than 250 postings across more than 150 companies over the last 90 days, yet Minnesota statewide signals for this occupation family show employment up 3.4% year-over-year while active postings are down 8.4%, which usually means real roles but fewer clean openings per seeker. Pay remains attractive relative to local living costs: Minneapolis had a 92.0 cost-of-living index in 2025, while sampled local salary ranges for this category center on about $120k to $175k. The market is best for candidates who already fit a regulated, in-house, or specialist lane rather than broad generalists.

Best positioned: A mid-career attorney, senior paralegal, or compliance professional with healthcare compliance, contract management, investigations, or employment-law experience—and who is open to hybrid or on-site work—has the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming visible openings mean easy hiring; only about 5% of sampled postings were remote, most roles skewed mid-career or senior, and statewide postings for this category are down 8.4% year-over-year.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 134 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. mn.gov: 7 open roles
2. Xcel Energy, Inc.: 6 open roles
3. Ballard Spahr LLP: 4 open roles
4. Dorsey & Whitney LLP: 3 open roles
5. Entrust Corporation: 3 open roles
6. General Mills, Inc.: 3 open roles
7. Littler Learning Group: 3 open roles
8. Medtronic plc: 3 open roles
9. Stinson Leonard Street LLP: 3 open roles
10. 3M Company: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 76
• Saint Paul: 20
• Eden Prairie: 5
• Edina: 5
• Apple Valley: 4
• Bloomington: 2
• New Brighton: 2
• Maplewood: 2

Work arrangement

hybrid 70 (53%), on-site 51 (39%), remote 10 (8%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated in two overlapping pools. First is traditional legal-services hiring: legal services account for about 40% of sampled postings, and active employers in the sample include Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Fredrikson & Byron, PA. Second is regulated in-house work across healthcare, banking, and large corporates: healthcare contributes about 20% of sampled postings, hospitals and health care another about 5%, and active employers or named regional legal employers include 3m, General Mills, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Associated Bank, and Old National Bank. Public-sector and contract-heavy roles are smaller but real. Government & public sector accounts for about 5% of sampled postings, and St. Paul had a live Lead Contracts Attorney opening focused on complex government contracts and agency-wide compliance. There is also a lateral market for labor and employment specialists: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani sought employment attorneys with at least three years of experience in August 2026. If you are a generalist without regulated-industry experience, focus your story on one lane—employment, contracts, investigations, healthcare compliance, or corporate/IP—rather than applying as a generic legal professional.

• Law firms and legal services (high): Legal services represent about 40% of sampled demand, with firms such as Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Fredrikson & Byron, PA showing repeated activity in the local sample.
• Regulated in-house teams (high): Healthcare accounts for about 20% of sampled postings, with additional activity in hospitals, banking, and corporate legal departments tied to employers such as Medtronic, Associated Bank, 3m, General Mills, and Boston Scientific.
• Public-sector contracts and compliance (moderate): Government & public sector is a smaller slice at about 5%, but the live State of Minnesota contracts attorney opening shows demand for government contracts and agency compliance work.
• Employment and labor specialty (moderate): The local market still shows lateral demand for employment-law talent, including openings for attorneys with at least three years of experience.

Where to focus: Focus first on regulated in-house or public-sector roles where compliance, contracts, investigations, and employment issues overlap.

Roles worth searching next

• Employee relations manager: Employment-law activity and lateral hiring for employment attorneys suggest ongoing demand for workplace investigations, policy interpretation, and dispute handling skills that can transfer into HR-side employee relations work.
• Procurement or contracts manager: Local demand includes contract negotiation, contract management, and government-contract expertise, making procurement-side contract roles a credible bridge.
• Regulatory affairs or healthcare quality specialist: Healthcare is a major local demand pocket, and healthcare compliance is explicitly called out as a premium skill in the Twin Cities.
• Privacy or governance program manager: Data privacy, AI governance, and compliance-oriented technical skills are gaining value in legal-adjacent hiring.

What postings ask for

• Regulatory compliance (premium | immediate): Regulatory compliance shows up among the most-requested local hard skills, and current Minneapolis roles at Associated Bank and Medtronic both tie legal support directly to compliance-heavy work. Who: Mid-career legal staff, compliance analysts, and switchers from regulated industries.
• Contract management and contract negotiation (premium | immediate): Contract negotiation appears in local skill demand, the State of Minnesota posted a Lead Contracts Attorney role, and Robert Half projects a 2.7% starting salary increase for contract management roles. Who: Attorneys, contracts managers, procurement-adjacent candidates, and public-sector applicants.
• Healthcare compliance (premium | immediate): Healthcare compliance is called out as a premium local specialty, and healthcare-related employers make up a large share of the local opportunity set. Who: Candidates with provider, payer, medtech, investigations, or privacy exposure.
• Corporate law and intellectual property (premium | near-term): Corporate law and IP are identified as high-demand specialties in the Twin Cities, especially around larger corporate legal departments. Who: Attorneys and senior legal professionals targeting in-house counsel tracks.
• Legal research, legal writing, and case management (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most-requested local hard skills, which makes them the baseline language your resume needs to match before specialty skills matter. Who: Entry-level applicants, paralegals, legal assistants, and career switchers.
• AI governance, legal tech, and contract-review tools (differentiator | near-term): BLS says AI tools are reshaping paralegal and legal-assistant skill demand, and Robert Half reports pay premiums for advanced technical and specialized legal skills, including legal technology integration, AI governance, and data privacy. Who: Paralegals, compliance professionals, legal ops candidates, and switchers trying to stand out.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Observed local wage data is strongest for the broad legal family and for legal support roles: BLS put metro legal occupations at a $52.26/hour median in May 2023, and legal secretaries and administrative assistants at about $70,650 a year and about $33.97/hour in May 2025. Proxy market data is higher because it tilts toward attorney, compliance, and senior in-house roles: sampled local postings center on about $120k to $175k, while mean offered salary on new Minnesota openings in this category was ~$111,258 in August 2026 based on a posting sample of n=99. This is a good-pay market relative to living costs, since Minneapolis had a 92.0 cost-of-living index in 2025.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated in two overlapping pools. First is traditional legal-services hiring: legal services account for about 40% of sampled postings, and active employers in the sample include Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Fredrikson & Byron, PA. Second is regulated in-house work across healthcare, banking, and large corporates: healthcare contributes about 20% of sampled postings, hospitals and health care another about 5%, and active employers or named regional legal employers include 3m, General Mills, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Associated Bank, and Old National Bank. Public-sector and contract-heavy roles are smaller but real. Government & public sector accounts for about 5% of sampled postings, and St. Paul had a live Lead Contracts Attorney opening focused on complex government contracts and agency-wide compliance. There is also a lateral market for labor and employment specialists: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani sought employment attorneys with at least three years of experience in August 2026. If you are a generalist without regulated-industry experience, focus your story on one lane—employment, contracts, investigations, healthcare compliance, or corporate/IP—rather than applying as a generic legal professional.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Ororun (10 postings), Dorsey & Whitney LLP (5 postings), People Incorporated (5 postings), Fredrikson & Byron, PA (5 postings), Gotham Enterprises Ltd (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 45% hybrid, with 50% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

Explore related openings

Legal, Compliance & Risk jobs in other metros

• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
• Kansas City, MO-KS
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Other roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

• Design, Creative & UX
• Engineering & Scientific
• Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations
• Software, IT & Cybersecurity
• Protective Services & Public Safety
• Transportation & Delivery
• Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services
• Management, Product & Project

Browse all job openings | Browse jobs by title and state | Browse all job market reports