100+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Observed government data shows Pittsburgh legal occupations averaging about $58.78 an hour in May 2025, while legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged $50,530 annually. Directional posting data is broader and more current: Pittsburgh Legal, Compliance & Risk salary ranges cluster around $82,000 to $110,000, with posted ranges centered on about $86k to $129k and hourly roles around about $23 to $30 / hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 51 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $55,000 at the 25th percentile, $98,010 at the median and $167,000 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

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Pittsburgh is a competitive, not collapsing, market for Legal, Compliance & Risk over the next 3-6 months. The local labor market is tight, with unemployment at 3.7% in July 2026, and Pennsylvania's Legal, Compliance & Risk employment was up 2.7% year over year in August 2026. But the category is still small—BLS counted 9,470 workers in Pittsburgh legal occupations, about 0.8% of metro employment—and Pennsylvania active postings for Legal, Compliance & Risk were down 3.4% year over year. That means strong candidates can still land roles, especially in regulated niches, but broad volume applying is unlikely to work.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to mid-career candidates who can pair legal research or litigation experience with regulatory compliance, contract work, or sector depth in healthcare, financial services, energy, or infrastructure.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming large-firm salary headlines represent the whole market; only about 5% of local postings are remote, and broader Pittsburgh postings center around about $86k to $129k rather than the $117,000–$225,000 starting salaries reported for new lawyers at big firms.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 108 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. DICK'S Sporting Goods: 6 open roles
2. Ellen Freeman Immigration Law Group: 4 open roles
3. PA Courts: 4 open roles
4. United States Attorneys' Offices: 4 open roles
5. Beacon Hill Solutions Group: 3 open roles
6. ACA Group: 2 open roles
7. Confidential: 2 open roles
8. Dcbar: 2 open roles
9. Dentons Cohen & Grigsby: 2 open roles
10. DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 70
• Coraopolis: 8
• Canonsburg: 4
• Cranberry Township: 4
• Washington: 3
• West Mifflin: 3
• Moon Township: 2
• Wexford: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 57 (54%), hybrid 42 (40%), remote 6 (6%)

Where the demand is

This is not a one-employer market. In the local posting sample, hiring is fragmented across employers, with the most-active industries being legal services (about 40%), healthcare (about 20%), financial services (about 10%), and education (about 10%). Among the most consistently active employers in the sample were SPHS, Inc, UPMC International, Kraft Heinz, Inc., Clarvida, Everstory Partners, Ctcprograms, Westinghouse Electric Company, and Pitt, each around 5 postings. That mix broadens your options beyond law firms, but it also means every sub-niche has a smaller pool of openings. The clearest recent live demand signal is in specialty law and regulated-industry work. Jones Day expanded its Pittsburgh Financial Markets Practice in August 2026, and local announcements in late August included at least four named attorney or staff-attorney hires across Jones Day, Blank Rome, and Babst Calland. If you have sector depth in litigation, energy, infrastructure, healthcare compliance, or financial/regulatory work, you are competing in the strongest pockets of demand.

• Specialty law firms and counsel tracks (high): Legal services account for about 40% of the local posting mix, and recent local moves point to live demand in financial-services litigation, energy, and infrastructure-related practice.
• Healthcare compliance and regulated operations (high): Healthcare represents about 20% of the local posting mix, UPMC International appears among the most active employers, and regulatory compliance remains a core skill signal.
• Corporate contracts, risk, and governance work (moderate): Financial services and education each account for about 10% of the sample, with employers such as Kraft Heinz, Westinghouse Electric Company, and Pitt appearing in the active-employer set; contract negotiation and risk management show up in local skill demand.

Where to focus: Focus on regulated employers where legal work ties directly to operations—specialty firms, healthcare systems, and enterprise contract/risk teams—rather than applying broadly across generic legal titles.

Roles worth searching next

• Contract Administrator / Procurement Specialist: Local demand emphasizes contract management, contract negotiation, and contract review, which transfers cleanly into procurement-side work.
• Privacy or GRC Analyst: Risk management, regulatory compliance, and data privacy are all active skill themes around this market.
• Employee Relations Specialist: Employment-law awareness, case management, and written communication can transfer into investigations and workplace-policy roles.
• Regulatory Affairs or Policy Analyst: Pittsburgh demand is concentrated in regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, and education, where policy interpretation and documentation skills transfer well.

What postings ask for

• Regulatory compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in local hard-skill lists and statewide posting analysis, and it cuts across the biggest local employer groups in healthcare, finance, education, and corporate roles. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially compliance-first and in-house candidates.
• Contract management / contract review (premium | immediate): Contract management and compliance administration are cited as premium skills by Robert Half, and local postings also surface contract negotiation and contract review signals. Who: Mid-career legal, contracts, and corporate candidates, plus switchers from procurement or operations.
• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings repeatedly ask for legal research, and recent live attorney hiring signals show research-heavy profiles still matter in Pittsburgh firms. Who: Entry-level attorneys, paralegals, and litigation-track applicants.
• Case management (differentiator | immediate): Case management is one of the most common local hard skills, making it especially useful for paralegal, plaintiff-side, investigations, and legal-support candidates. Who: Entry-level and support-track applicants.
• Risk assessment / risk management (differentiator | near-term): Risk assessment shows up in Pennsylvania posting analysis, and risk management appears in local skill lists, which helps candidates bridge between legal and compliance-first openings. Who: Career switchers from operations, controls, policy, or regulated program roles.
• Data privacy / data protection (premium | near-term): National legal-department demand remains strong for data privacy and data protection, and Pittsburgh's local mix includes a meaningful healthcare share where privacy rules matter. Who: Healthcare, in-house, and GRC-oriented candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Pittsburgh, PA?

Observed government data shows Pittsburgh legal occupations averaging about $58.78 an hour in May 2025, while legal secretaries and administrative assistants averaged $50,530 annually. Directional posting data is broader and more current: Pittsburgh Legal, Compliance & Risk salary ranges cluster around $82,000 to $110,000, with posted ranges centered on about $86k to $129k and hourly roles around about $23 to $30 / hour. That is solid pay for Pittsburgh. Statewide, the mean offered salary on new Legal, Compliance & Risk openings was about $119,286 versus about $73,288 for all new openings across occupations, which suggests the field still commands a clear pay premium even outside large law firms.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Pittsburgh, PA concentrated?

This is not a one-employer market. In the local posting sample, hiring is fragmented across employers, with the most-active industries being legal services (about 40%), healthcare (about 20%), financial services (about 10%), and education (about 10%). Among the most consistently active employers in the sample were SPHS, Inc, UPMC International, Kraft Heinz, Inc., Clarvida, Everstory Partners, Ctcprograms, Westinghouse Electric Company, and Pitt, each around 5 postings. That mix broadens your options beyond law firms, but it also means every sub-niche has a smaller pool of openings. The clearest recent live demand signal is in specialty law and regulated-industry work. Jones Day expanded its Pittsburgh Financial Markets Practice in August 2026, and local announcements in late August included at least four named attorney or staff-attorney hires across Jones Day, Blank Rome, and Babst Calland. If you have sector depth in litigation, energy, infrastructure, healthcare compliance, or financial/regulatory work, you are competing in the strongest pockets of demand.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Pittsburgh, PA?

Recent postings show the most activity from SPHS, Inc (5 postings), UPMC International (5 postings), Kraft Heinz, Inc. (5 postings), Clarvida (5 postings), Everstory Partners (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Pittsburgh, PA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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