75+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Nashville, TN

Observed government pay is strong: BLS put Nashville's broad legal occupational family at a $94,480 median, $122,160 mean, and a $60,800 to $155,170 25th-to-75th percentile range in 2025; BLS also reported a $58.73 mean hourly wage for the local legal group. Current posting data is directionally a bit higher, with sampled salary ranges centered on about $103k to $134k and a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $85k to $160k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 43 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $78,919 at the 25th percentile, $115,000 at the median and $155,680 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 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

Nashville is a viable but selective market for Legal, Compliance & Risk right now. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, and Nashville Professional and Business Services employment was up 0.9160% year over year, so the white-collar backdrop is still supportive. But Tennessee-wide Legal, Compliance & Risk postings were down 17.6% year over year in September 2026 even as employment in the field rose 2.8%, which points to fewer fresh openings per qualified candidate rather than a collapse in demand. Recent Nashville expansions at Bass, Berry & Sims, Litson, Gordon Rees, Buchalter, and Maynard Nexsen show live opportunity in litigation, investigations, healthcare and regulatory disputes, white-collar defense, tax and estate planning, and transactional real-estate work.

Best positioned: Candidates with 3-10 years of experience who can show regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, legal writing, legal research, or case-management strength—and who are open to on-site or hybrid work—have the best odds.

Main caution: Do not mistake high salary ceilings for broad accessibility: only about 15% of sampled postings were entry level, remote roles were about 5%, and the typical active posting had been open around 41 days.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 88 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Tennessee: 7 open roles
2. Inicio: 4 open roles
3. DaVita Inc.: 3 open roles
4. AllianceBernstein Limited: 2 open roles
5. Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.: 2 open roles
6. Cole Law Group: 2 open roles
7. Community Health Systems, Inc.: 2 open roles
8. FBT Gibbons LLP: 2 open roles
9. Injury Lawyers: 2 open roles
10. Lewis Brisbois: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 70
• Brentwood: 9
• Franklin: 3
• Chicago: 2
• Hendersonville: 1
• Goodlettsville: 1
• Denver: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 54 (64%), hybrid 26 (31%), remote 4 (5%)

Where the demand is

Opportunities are spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the sample showed more than 125 Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 75 companies in Nashville, and hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in a single buyer of talent. The most active industry buckets were legal services at about 25%, insurance at about 15%, healthcare at about 15%, law practice at about 15%, and government administration at about 10%. That mix matters because it creates several distinct sub-markets. Law-firm demand is visible in litigation, government enforcement, healthcare disputes, commercial litigation, tax and estate planning, and real-estate/private-markets additions at Bass, Berry & Sims, Litson, Gordon Rees, Buchalter, and Maynard Nexsen. At the same time, recurring employer names in the posting sample—such as Hanover Insurance Company, HealthTrust, AllianceBernstein, the State of Tennessee, Morgan & Morgan, and Husch Blackwell LLP—suggest that business-side legal, claims, regulatory, and contract work is not confined to private practice. The practical implication is that Nashville is not one market. There is a licensed-attorney track centered on firms and specialized disputes, and there is a second track centered on contracts, regulatory process, and documentation work inside insurers, healthcare organizations, government, and large employers.

• Law firms and dispute-focused practices (high): The clearest local expansion signals are in litigation, investigations, government enforcement, healthcare disputes, commercial litigation, tax and estate planning, and transactional real-estate work.
• Healthcare and healthcare-adjacent compliance (high): Healthcare is about 15% of the recent local posting mix, HealthTrust is among the active employers, and recent firm hiring explicitly mentioned healthcare and regulatory disputes.
• Insurance and risk-heavy corporate roles (moderate): Insurance accounts for about 15% of the local mix, and Hanover Insurance Company appears among the most consistently active employers, making business-side claims, governance, and contract work a real lane.
• Government and public-facing institutions (moderate): Government administration makes up about 10% of the local mix, and the State of Tennessee appears among the active employers in the sample.

Where to focus: Focus first on regulated employers—healthcare, insurance, government-adjacent organizations, and sophisticated law firms—where legal research, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and case or process management overlap.

Roles worth searching next

• Operations project manager in a regulated environment: Local legal and compliance postings often ask for project management and documentation discipline, so candidates with legal workflow exposure can pivot into broader operations roles in healthcare, insurance, or government-adjacent teams.
• Healthcare operations or policy analyst: Healthcare is about 15% of the local hiring mix, and recent local expansion mentions healthcare disputes and regulatory work, which creates nearby roles in policy, documentation, and regulated operations.
• Insurance claims or underwriting operations: Insurance is about 15% of the local mix, and Hanover Insurance Company is among the consistently active employers, making claims, governance, and underwriting-support roles a realistic nearby lane.
• Real estate transaction coordinator or closing specialist: Nashville firm growth in real estate and private markets points to adjacent demand for closing, diligence, and transaction-support work outside the attorney track.

What postings ask for

• Active Tennessee law license (table_stakes | immediate): Attorney-track roles still screen hard for licensure, and an active license to practice law in Tennessee was the most commonly named certification in the recent sample. Who: JD holders targeting associate, counsel, litigation, tax, or in-house attorney roles in Nashville.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research appeared in about 35% of sampled postings and legal writing in about 15%, making them core screening criteria across both firm and support roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, paralegals, junior attorneys, and career switchers coming from policy or documentation-heavy work.
• Contract negotiation and CLM (differentiator | near-term): Contract negotiation showed up in about 15% of local postings, and national legal hiring guidance identified contract lifecycle management as a valuable skill. Who: Mid-career professionals moving toward in-house, procurement-adjacent, or vendor and regulatory roles.
• Regulatory compliance and compliance monitoring (differentiator | immediate): Regulatory compliance appeared in about 10% of local postings, and Bass, Berry & Sims specifically expanded around government enforcement, healthcare disputes, and regulatory compliance. Who: Candidates targeting healthcare, insurance, government, and regulated corporate employers.
• Case management and project management (differentiator | immediate): Case management appeared in about 20% of local postings and project management in about 10%, which matters because many Nashville roles combine legal judgment with workflow control. Who: Paralegals, litigation support staff, legal operations talent, and switchers from investigations or program management.
• eDiscovery (premium | near-term): National legal hiring guidance singled out eDiscovery as a valuable and compensation-relevant specialty. Who: Litigation support professionals, paralegals, and litigators who want a clearer edge in firm-side or investigations work.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Observed government pay is strong: BLS put Nashville's broad legal occupational family at a $94,480 median, $122,160 mean, and a $60,800 to $155,170 25th-to-75th percentile range in 2025; BLS also reported a $58.73 mean hourly wage for the local legal group. Current posting data is directionally a bit higher, with sampled salary ranges centered on about $103k to $134k and a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $85k to $160k. That is attractive pay for a metro with a 96.6 cost-of-living index, but Nashville's local legal-group mean of $58.73 per hour still trails the national legal-group mean of $67.07 per hour, so this is a good-pay market rather than a top-pay market.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN concentrated?

Opportunities are spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the sample showed more than 125 Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 75 companies in Nashville, and hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in a single buyer of talent. The most active industry buckets were legal services at about 25%, insurance at about 15%, healthcare at about 15%, law practice at about 15%, and government administration at about 10%. That mix matters because it creates several distinct sub-markets. Law-firm demand is visible in litigation, government enforcement, healthcare disputes, commercial litigation, tax and estate planning, and real-estate/private-markets additions at Bass, Berry & Sims, Litson, Gordon Rees, Buchalter, and Maynard Nexsen. At the same time, recurring employer names in the posting sample—such as Hanover Insurance Company, HealthTrust, AllianceBernstein, the State of Tennessee, Morgan & Morgan, and Husch Blackwell LLP—suggest that business-side legal, claims, regulatory, and contract work is not confined to private practice. The practical implication is that Nashville is not one market. There is a licensed-attorney track centered on firms and specialized disputes, and there is a second track centered on contracts, regulatory process, and documentation work inside insurers, healthcare organizations, government, and large employers.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Morgan & Morgan, PA (5 postings), Hanover Insurance Company (5 postings), Tennessee (5 postings), HealthTrust (5 postings), Inicio (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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