200+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Observed local postings center on about $100k to $130k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $75k to $185k; hourly-paid roles center on about $25 to $34 / hour. Direct Phoenix wage data also shows a lower-paid support anchor: legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged $54,390 a year and $26.15 an hour in May 2024. Statewide offered pay on new openings was ~$104,271 in July 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=233), versus ~$81,875 across all Arizona occupations.

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Advertised pay

Across the 128 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $80,256 at the 25th percentile, $127,000 at the median and $160,538 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 competitive but still workable market: Phoenix had more than 450 Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, yet metro unemployment reached 4.9% in June 2026 and was up 22.5000% year over year. Statewide occupation signals are mixed rather than collapsing: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Arizona legal, compliance & risk employment up 2.9% year over year in July 2026, but active postings for the field were down 25.3%. That usually means real openings exist, but employers can be pickier, especially outside specialized compliance, risk, privacy, and AI-enabled legal operations tracks.

Best positioned: Candidates with a few years of experience who can pair legal or regulatory fundamentals with compliance workflow, privacy or risk exposure, and credible AI-adoption experience have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is reading the salary band as typical for every role; Phoenix postings center on about $100k to $130k, but the market also includes support jobs near $54,390 and much higher-end director or counsel roles.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 240 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ororun: 16 open roles
2. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 11 open roles
3. American Express: 6 open roles
4. Ashurst Perkins Coie Group: 6 open roles
5. Lewis Brisbois: 6 open roles
6. Maricopa: 5 open roles
7. Tyson & Mendes LLP: 5 open roles
8. DCBA Friend and Sponsor OVC, INC: 4 open roles
9. Dcbar: 4 open roles
10. Mobile Bar Association: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Phoenix: 158
• Scottsdale: 34
• Tempe: 20
• Mesa: 6
• Chandler: 5
• Glendale: 4
• Gilbert: 3
• Prescott: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 112 (47%), hybrid 91 (38%), remote 34 (14%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a few giant employers. Over the last 90 days, more than 450 postings were spread across more than 250 companies in Phoenix, and the employer mix reads as fragmented rather than concentrated. The clearest local demand clusters are legal services at about 40% of postings, healthcare at about 20%, education at about 10%, and government & public sector at about 5%. The most consistently active employers in the sample include EOS Fitness, Arizona Department of Administration, Ashurst Perkins Coie, Maricopa, and Verra Mobility. That mix matters because it favors candidates who can solve workflow and regulatory problems inside operating businesses, not just candidates pursuing traditional law-firm paths. The August Phoenix opening at KPMG for a Manager, AI Initiatives & Adoption inside Legal, Regulatory & Compliance is a good example of this cross-functional tilt.

• Law-firm and legal-services delivery (high): Legal services account for about 40% of local postings, and the most-requested skills lean toward legal research, case management, legal writing, negotiation, and litigation support.
• Healthcare compliance and regulated operations (high): Healthcare represents about 20% of local postings, making it one of the better in-house targets for candidates with documentation, regulatory, investigations, or policy-control experience.
• Education and public-sector roles (moderate): Education is about 10% of postings and government & public sector about 5%, which creates a modest but real lane for candidates who value institutional stability over top-end pay.
• AI-enabled legal and compliance operations (moderate): This is still a narrower slice, but there is local evidence through KPMG's Phoenix AI Initiatives & Adoption opening, and nationally large firms are increasingly screening for AI experience.

Where to focus: Aim first at mid-level in-house, healthcare, and compliance-heavy roles where you can show regulatory judgment plus process improvement, not just legal knowledge.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal operations specialist: The market is rewarding candidates who can combine legal knowledge with AI fluency, business strategy, and cross-functional leadership rather than only traditional legal production.
• Data governance analyst: Privacy/data protection is a major hiring theme, so candidates with compliance instincts can often pivot into governance-heavy roles outside a pure legal ladder.
• AI governance or change-adoption program manager: The local KPMG opening tied Legal, Regulatory & Compliance to AI initiatives and adoption, which points to a neighboring program-management lane for candidates who can lead rollout and policy execution.
• Employee relations or workplace investigations specialist: Negotiation, legal writing, analytical skills, and investigation-style work all transfer well from this category into HR-side investigations.
• Vendor risk analyst: Risk management is a strong 2026 demand theme, and the control mindset behind compliance work transfers well into third-party and vendor-risk programs.

What postings ask for

• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Legal research is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 25%, so it remains the basic screening skill across many Phoenix legal tracks. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, legal assistants, and switchers from policy or investigations work.
• Case management (differentiator | immediate): Case management appears in about 20% of local postings and is one of the clearest proof points that you can handle live matter flow, deadlines, and documentation. Who: Paralegals, litigation support candidates, and operations-minded legal applicants.
• Regulatory compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Regulatory compliance shows up in local skill demand and lines up with broader 2026 hiring emphasis on risk, privacy/data protection, and compliance. Who: Mid-career candidates targeting in-house, healthcare, or public-sector roles.
• AI fluency and AI adoption (premium | immediate): KPMG was hiring in Phoenix for AI Initiatives & Adoption inside Legal, Regulatory & Compliance, and 62% of large firms reported asking about AI experience in hiring interviews. Who: Mid-career legal, compliance, risk, and legal-ops candidates who want faster interview traction.
• Prompt engineering for legal AI workflows (differentiator | near-term): Legal teams are being pushed toward prompt engineering expertise, and leading 2026 legal AI tools include Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI/CoCounsel, Spellbook, Harvey, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. Who: Candidates who already know research, drafting, or contract review and want to show execution speed.
• Privacy and data protection (premium | near-term): Risk management, privacy/data protection, and compliance were highlighted as top hiring themes in 2026, making this one of the best specializations if your applications are too generic today. Who: In-house candidates, compliance professionals, and career switchers coming from policy, security, or governance work.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Observed local postings center on about $100k to $130k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $75k to $185k; hourly-paid roles center on about $25 to $34 / hour. Direct Phoenix wage data also shows a lower-paid support anchor: legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged $54,390 a year and $26.15 an hour in May 2024. Statewide offered pay on new openings was ~$104,271 in July 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=233), versus ~$81,875 across all Arizona occupations. Phoenix can pay well, but not uniformly. The field's posted ranges sit above Arizona's all-occupation offered pay, and the metro's overall private-sector average hourly earnings were $37.40 in June 2026, so legal and compliance employers are still competing in a relatively expensive labor market.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a few giant employers. Over the last 90 days, more than 450 postings were spread across more than 250 companies in Phoenix, and the employer mix reads as fragmented rather than concentrated. The clearest local demand clusters are legal services at about 40% of postings, healthcare at about 20%, education at about 10%, and government & public sector at about 5%. The most consistently active employers in the sample include EOS Fitness, Arizona Department of Administration, Ashurst Perkins Coie, Maricopa, and Verra Mobility. That mix matters because it favors candidates who can solve workflow and regulatory problems inside operating businesses, not just candidates pursuing traditional law-firm paths. The August Phoenix opening at KPMG for a Manager, AI Initiatives & Adoption inside Legal, Regulatory & Compliance is a good example of this cross-functional tilt.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Recent postings show the most activity from EOS Fitness (20 postings), Arizona Department of Administration (10 postings), Ashurst Perkins Coie (10 postings), Maricopa (10 postings), Verra Mobility (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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