Legal Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Observed local wage data says the broader legal occupational family paid a $110,530 median and $140,780 mean annually in 2025, with a 25th-to-75th percentile range of $76,460 to $172,730 and a 90th-percentile value of $258,600. Current metro posting ranges center on about $137k to $201k, with a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $100k to $249k, but that live-posting range skews toward higher-level openings. Proxy lawyer-specific data points to a $159,620 median with a wide $85,810 to $352,210 span, which reinforces how uneven pay is across sub-roles and seniority.

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Advertised pay

Across the 114 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $88,125 at the 25th percentile, $130,000 at the median and $187,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 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

Minneapolis-St. Paul is a competitive market for Legal, Compliance & Risk right now. Metro nonfarm employment reached 2,101,407 in August 2026, up from 2,074,175 a year earlier, and local professional and business services employment was up 1.7696% year over year, which supports demand for counsel, contracts, compliance, and risk work. But Minnesota category-specific signals are tighter: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows legal, compliance & risk employment up 3.0% year over year while active postings were down 15.1%, and the local posting mix is weighted toward mid and senior roles rather than entry-level openings.

Best positioned: Licensed attorneys and mid-career compliance or risk candidates who can show regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, data privacy, or investigations experience—and who are open to on-site or hybrid work—have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming the category is broad-access because pay is high; local salary ranges skew upward, but only about 10% of sampled openings are entry-level and about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 140 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Fredrikson & Byron, PA: 6 open roles
2. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP: 4 open roles
3. CACI International: 3 open roles
4. LegalCORPS: 3 open roles
5. Messerli Kramer: 3 open roles
6. Allegiant: 2 open roles
7. APi Group: 2 open roles
8. Arthur Chapman: 2 open roles
9. Contreras Edin Law, Pa: 2 open roles
10. Dorsey & Whitney LLP: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 68
• Saint Paul: 15
• Eagan: 8
• Bloomington: 8
• Minnetonka: 4
• Saint Louis Park: 3
• St. Paul: 3
• St. Michael: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 73 (53%), hybrid 57 (41%), remote 9 (6%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is split between outside counsel and in-house or public-sector work rather than concentrated in one dominant employer. In the metro sample, law practice accounts for about 25% of postings, legal services about 25%, legal about 15%, government administration about 10%, and manufacturing about 10%. The most consistently active employers include Fredrikson & Byron, General Mills, mn.gov, Dorsey & Whitney, 3M, Greenstein Sellers, Messerli Kramer, and Husch Blackwell. Recent local signals sharpen that picture. Hagens Berman opened a Bloomington office focused on consumer protection, class actions, product liability, greenwashing, and data privacy. Minneapolis also approved a two-year, $2.03 million contract to help clear 266 misconduct cases, and a separate city audit flagged more than 100 contracts for oversight concerns—both signals of ongoing investigation, policy-compliance, and contract-control work. Minnesota's Attorney General also opened public review of the proposed HealthPartners-Essentia combination, pointing to healthcare transaction, antitrust, and regulatory-review work in the region.

• Outside counsel and litigation (high): Law practice and legal services make up about half of sampled postings, with active firms including Fredrikson & Byron, Dorsey & Whitney, Messerli Kramer, Greenstein Sellers, and Husch Blackwell.
• In-house compliance, contracts, and risk (moderate): Manufacturing is about 10% of sampled postings, with 3M and General Mills among the active employers, which suits candidates who can combine contract negotiation, corporate governance, and risk management.
• Government, investigations, and regulatory review (moderate): Government administration is about 10% of the local sample, and recent city and state actions point to investigations, enforcement, merger review, and contract oversight work.

Where to focus: If you have the option, prioritize business-side legal and regulatory roles where you can prove domain fit in contracts, compliance, privacy, or investigations rather than competing only for broad attorney openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Privacy analyst or data governance analyst: Local expansion and national hiring guidance both highlight data privacy and AI governance as valuable capabilities.
• Legal operations analyst: National guidance highlights legal operations and contract lifecycle management, while local roles often request project management and contract negotiation.
• Policy analyst or regulatory affairs analyst: Government administration is about 10% of the local sample, and local enforcement and merger-review signals point to policy-facing work.
• Investigations or program integrity analyst: The city's misconduct-case backlog and contract-oversight concerns create neighboring work in investigations, documentation review, and evidence-heavy process control.

What postings ask for

• Minnesota or Wisconsin bar admission, or bar eligibility (table_stakes | immediate): Bar standing is the most commonly named formal credential in local postings, even if it appears explicitly in only about 5% of the sample, and attorney-track employers like Fredrikson & Byron, Dorsey & Whitney, and Husch Blackwell are active locally. Who: Attorneys, judicial clerks, and anyone targeting counsel roles.
• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 25%, making it the clearest baseline screen for counsel, paralegal, and regulatory-analysis work. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, junior attorneys, and policy-adjacent applicants.
• Regulatory compliance and compliance monitoring (differentiator | immediate): Regulatory compliance shows up in about 15% of local postings, and recent local enforcement, merger review, and contract-oversight signals all point to employers valuing people who can interpret rules and document controls. Who: Mid-career candidates, career switchers from regulated industries, and in-house applicants.
• Contract negotiation and contract lifecycle management (differentiator | near-term): Contract negotiation appears in about 10% of local postings, while national legal hiring guidance calls out contract lifecycle management as a valued capability. Who: In-house counsel candidates, legal ops candidates, and business-side compliance professionals.
• Risk management and internal controls (differentiator | near-term): Risk management appears in about 15% of local postings, and Minneapolis's recent oversight issues suggest stronger demand for people who can build controls, review documentation, and reduce process risk. Who: Compliance managers, investigations staff, internal controls professionals, and switchers from regulated operations.
• Data privacy and AI governance (premium | immediate): Local expansion and national salary guidance both highlight data privacy and AI-related capability: Hagens Berman's new office cites data privacy as a practice focus, Robert Half says 67% of employers pay more for relevant AI skills, and Deloitte says 96% of senior legal leaders expect tech and AI literacy to matter more for in-house lawyers. Who: Attorneys, privacy professionals, compliance leaders, and candidates targeting in-house roles.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local wage data says the broader legal occupational family paid a $110,530 median and $140,780 mean annually in 2025, with a 25th-to-75th percentile range of $76,460 to $172,730 and a 90th-percentile value of $258,600. Current metro posting ranges center on about $137k to $201k, with a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $100k to $249k, but that live-posting range skews toward higher-level openings. Proxy lawyer-specific data points to a $159,620 median with a wide $85,810 to $352,210 span, which reinforces how uneven pay is across sub-roles and seniority. This is a strong-paying market if you qualify for attorney, senior compliance, contracts, or risk tracks. It is not a uniformly high-paying market for every title inside the category.

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

Opportunity is split between outside counsel and in-house or public-sector work rather than concentrated in one dominant employer. In the metro sample, law practice accounts for about 25% of postings, legal services about 25%, legal about 15%, government administration about 10%, and manufacturing about 10%. The most consistently active employers include Fredrikson & Byron, General Mills, mn.gov, Dorsey & Whitney, 3M, Greenstein Sellers, Messerli Kramer, and Husch Blackwell. Recent local signals sharpen that picture. Hagens Berman opened a Bloomington office focused on consumer protection, class actions, product liability, greenwashing, and data privacy. Minneapolis also approved a two-year, $2.03 million contract to help clear 266 misconduct cases, and a separate city audit flagged more than 100 contracts for oversight concerns—both signals of ongoing investigation, policy-compliance, and contract-control work. Minnesota's Attorney General also opened public review of the proposed HealthPartners-Essentia combination, pointing to healthcare transaction, antitrust, and regulatory-review work in the region.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Fredrikson & Byron, PA (5 postings), General Mills, Inc. (5 postings), mn.gov (5 postings), Dorsey & Whitney LLP (5 postings), 3M (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.

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