1,500+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in New York, NY

Observed local pay is strong at the lawyer end: metro lawyer median pay was $208,880, with a $131,240 25th percentile and a $324,310 75th percentile. But broader category postings in the metro center on about $125k to $180k, and hourly-paid roles center on about $23 to $25 an hour, which shows how much lower non-lawyer and support roles can sit. Directional local postings reinforce that split: Bloomberg advertised a New York legal/compliance/risk specialist role at $75,000–$95,000 and Protiviti posted a New York City legal, risk and compliance consultant role at $75,000–$92,000.

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Advertised pay

Across the 1,233 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $101,502 at the 25th percentile, $153,138 at the median and $214,750 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a large, active market, not an easy one. New York-Newark-Jersey City employed 129,880 workers in legal occupations in the latest metro count, and recent local job-market sampling found more than 3,300 Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 1,400 companies over the last 90 days. But metro unemployment was 4.5% in June 2026, New York legal, compliance & risk postings were down 3.8% year-over-year statewide in July, and only about 20% of sampled roles were entry level, so hiring is real but selective. Pay can be strong—especially for licensed lawyers and senior compliance leaders—but local costs run 12.6% above the national average, so high headline salary figures do not automatically translate into easy upside.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to mid-career candidates who can show sector depth in legal services, healthcare, financial services, or government-related work and pair it with AI-fluent, cross-functional judgment rather than only generalist legal experience.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming NYC's scale makes entry easy; only about 5% of sampled roles were remote, less than 5% of postings that stated a sponsorship policy mentioned visa sponsorship, and routine junior work is under pressure from AI-enabled workflow changes.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,500 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. City of New York: 102 open roles
2. Ororun: 29 open roles
3. Axiom: 25 open roles
4. New Haven County Bar Association: 25 open roles
5. Lewis Brisbois: 20 open roles
6. YO AI Labs: 13 open roles
7. Kpmg Us: 12 open roles
8. Coreweave: 11 open roles
9. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP: 11 open roles
10. Ascendion: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 998
• Stamford: 31
• White Plains: 23
• Brooklyn: 21
• Jersey City: 20
• Garden City: 19
• Roseland: 19
• Newark: 17

Work arrangement

on-site 826 (56%), hybrid 522 (36%), remote 121 (8%)

Where the demand is

The biggest pool is still conventional legal and regulated work. In the metro sample, legal services account for about 35% of postings, followed by healthcare at about 15%, another legal bucket at about 15%, financial services at about 10%, and government & public sector at about 5%. That is a useful clue for job seekers: broad legal talent can find openings here, but the faster path is usually through a sector with recurring regulatory pressure. The employer base is wide rather than winner-take-all. More than 3,300 postings were spread across more than 1,400 companies over the last 90 days, and the sample is explicitly fragmented. Named volume leaders included Justia, Inc. with more than 200 postings and the City of New York with more than 100, while local niche signals point to employers such as Bloomberg, New York University, C2Q Health Solutions, Mercury, the Research Foundation of CUNY, and Protiviti. That means your search should be organized by sub-market and employer type, not by a short list of prestige brands. A second pocket of opportunity sits where legal and compliance meet AI deployment. Local signals include AI-governance-oriented roles on the New York GRC board, Legora's Manhattan expansion, and new funding for Norm AI. This is where legal knowledge plus workflow design, policy writing, data governance, and vendor/tool fluency can create an edge.

• Legal services and litigation support (high): Legal services represent about 35% of sampled postings, and the most requested skills include legal research, case management, legal writing, negotiation, and litigation.
• In-house compliance in regulated industries (high): Financial services, insurance, media, law, asset management, and healthcare appear repeatedly in local signals, and Bloomberg and Protiviti postings show demand for cross-functional legal-risk operators.
• Public sector, education, and mission-driven institutions (moderate): The City of New York is one of the most active named employers, and local GRC listings include New York University and the Research Foundation of CUNY.
• AI governance and legal tech (moderate): Local signals include AI-governance roles, Legora's NYC expansion, and Norm AI's July funding round, which favors candidates who can bridge legal reasoning and workflow design.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-level roles in regulated industries—especially financial services, healthcare, government-related organizations, and in-house legal-risk operations—then add a second lane in AI governance, privacy, or legal tech.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal technologist / legal data intelligence specialist: 2026 forecasts call out legal technologists and legal data intelligence specialists as growth roles that bridge legal reasoning, data behavior, and workflow design.
• AI governance program manager: Local GRC signals already include AI-governance-oriented roles, and the regulatory burden around AI is widening in 2026.
• Insurance regulatory filing analyst: New York insurers with pending motor vehicle rate filings had to update them by August 31, 2026, pointing to near-term filing, documentation, and regulatory coordination work.
• Legal operations / contract operations specialist: Bloomberg's New York posting shows in-house demand for cross-functional legal-risk operations rather than only traditional counsel seats.

What postings ask for

• Admission to the New York State Bar (premium | immediate): It is the most commonly named certification in the local sample and remains the clearest gatekeeper for licensed counsel work, which is also where local pay gets much higher. Who: Law graduates and out-of-state attorneys targeting counsel, litigation, or attorney roles.
• Regulatory compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Regulatory compliance is one of the most-requested hard skills locally, and the metro's opportunity mix is concentrated in legal services, healthcare, financial services, and government-related work. Who: Anyone targeting in-house legal, compliance analyst, healthcare, finance, or public-sector roles.
• Legal research and case management (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings most often ask for legal research and case management, making them foundational for paralegal, litigation support, investigations, and documentation-heavy compliance work. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, and switchers coming from operations or admin roles.
• Contract negotiation and legal writing (differentiator | immediate): Contract negotiation and legal writing both show up among the most-requested local skills, and they transfer well into in-house, vendor, procurement, and contract-operations roles. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers aiming for contracts, commercial, or legal-ops-heavy roles.
• Risk management / GRC (differentiator | near-term): Risk management appears in the local skill mix, and a New York GRC tracker showed 49 open roles across employers including New York University, C2Q Health Solutions, Mercury, and the Research Foundation of CUNY. Who: Mid-career legal professionals, internal-controls staff, and career switchers from operations, audit-adjacent, or policy backgrounds.
• Data privacy and AI governance (premium | near-term): The 2026 AI regulatory stack now includes the EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, NYC Local Law 144, and the Illinois AI Video Interview Act, and local GRC signals already show AI-governance-oriented hiring. Who: Privacy candidates, in-house counsel, compliance managers, and anyone targeting regulated tech or enterprise risk programs.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Observed local pay is strong at the lawyer end: metro lawyer median pay was $208,880, with a $131,240 25th percentile and a $324,310 75th percentile. But broader category postings in the metro center on about $125k to $180k, and hourly-paid roles center on about $23 to $25 an hour, which shows how much lower non-lawyer and support roles can sit. Directional local postings reinforce that split: Bloomberg advertised a New York legal/compliance/risk specialist role at $75,000–$95,000 and Protiviti posted a New York City legal, risk and compliance consultant role at $75,000–$92,000. This is a high-pay market, but not a uniformly high-pay market. Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new New York openings for legal, compliance & risk at about $131,987 in July 2026 from a sample of 1,330 postings, versus about $92,417 across all occupations in the state, so the field still carries a premium even after you move below attorney compensation.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

The biggest pool is still conventional legal and regulated work. In the metro sample, legal services account for about 35% of postings, followed by healthcare at about 15%, another legal bucket at about 15%, financial services at about 10%, and government & public sector at about 5%. That is a useful clue for job seekers: broad legal talent can find openings here, but the faster path is usually through a sector with recurring regulatory pressure. The employer base is wide rather than winner-take-all. More than 3,300 postings were spread across more than 1,400 companies over the last 90 days, and the sample is explicitly fragmented. Named volume leaders included Justia, Inc. with more than 200 postings and the City of New York with more than 100, while local niche signals point to employers such as Bloomberg, New York University, C2Q Health Solutions, Mercury, the Research Foundation of CUNY, and Protiviti. That means your search should be organized by sub-market and employer type, not by a short list of prestige brands. A second pocket of opportunity sits where legal and compliance meet AI deployment. Local signals include AI-governance-oriented roles on the New York GRC board, Legora's Manhattan expansion, and new funding for Norm AI. This is where legal knowledge plus workflow design, policy writing, data governance, and vendor/tool fluency can create an edge.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from Justia, Inc. (200 postings), City of New York (100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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