50+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Observed pay looks solid, but you need to separate broad legal-occupation averages from current posting ranges. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put Pittsburgh legal occupations at a mean $58.78 per hour in May 2025, versus $31.36 per hour across all local occupations. More current posting samples show Legal, Compliance & Risk roles centered on about $80k to $111k annually, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $55k to $180k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $28 to $32 per hour. Robert Half's Pittsburgh proxy range for Compliance Analyst - Legal roles is $69,750-$110,000, which lines up with the local posting-center estimates.

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Advertised pay

Across the 21 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $93,600 at the 25th percentile, $138,225 at the median and $166,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 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

Pittsburgh is a workable market, but it is more selective than expansive right now. The local labor market is fairly tight at 3.8% unemployment, and we observed more than 200 Legal, Compliance & Risk postings across more than 125 local companies over the last 90 days. At the same time, Pennsylvania-wide employment in this occupation family is up 2.5% year over year while active postings are down 7.5%, which points to real demand but fewer open seats and more competition per role.

Best positioned: Candidates with regulated-industry experience, especially in healthcare compliance, bank risk/GRC, or corporate governance, and who are open to hybrid or on-site work have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming this is a remote-friendly generalist market; about 70% of sampled postings are on-site, about 25% are hybrid, and only about 5% are remote.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 72 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. DICK'S Sporting Goods: 4 open roles
2. DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.: 3 open roles
3. FBT Gibbons LLP: 3 open roles
4. United States Attorneys' Offices: 3 open roles
5. Wabtec Corporation: 3 open roles
6. Alcoa Corporation: 2 open roles
7. Burns White LLC: 2 open roles
8. Dentons Cohen & Grigsby: 2 open roles
9. Highmark Inc.: 2 open roles
10. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 55
• Coraopolis: 5
• Canonsburg: 2
• Jeannette: 1
• Irwin: 1
• Delmont: 1
• Allegheny County: 1
• Wexford Township: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 43 (61%), hybrid 19 (27%), remote 8 (11%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is not in one single legal market; it is split across legal services, healthcare, and selected corporate or risk teams. In the local posting sample, legal services account for about 35% of demand, healthcare about 20%, education about 10%, and financial services about 5%. Recent named openings back that up: UPMC posted an Intermediate Corporate Compliance & Audit Analyst role in Pittsburgh, PNC listed a Senior Risk Manager - Operational Risk & Resiliency role, Ampco-Pittsburgh recruited a Corporate Counsel / Corporate Secretary, and Reed Smith advertised an Energy and Natural Resources Associate with regulatory work. That mix matters because hiring standards differ sharply by segment. Healthcare compliance is friendlier to candidates from legal, health information, finance, or audit-adjacent backgrounds, while governance-heavy counsel roles lean toward board support, SEC, proxy, and disclosure experience. The employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one buyer, which helps candidates with niche fit but hurts generalists who rely on mass-applying.

• Healthcare compliance (high): UPMC's July opening and the local industry mix suggest healthcare is a core local lane, especially for cross-functional compliance candidates.
• Corporate governance and in-house counsel (moderate): Ampco-Pittsburgh's search shows demand for SEC, proxy, board-support, and disclosure skills, but these seats are narrower and more credential-sensitive.
• Bank risk and GRC (moderate): PNC and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC appear in the local employer mix, and PNC's July role points to continued demand in risk, controls, and resiliency work.
• Law-firm regulatory and energy work (moderate): Reed Smith's Pittsburgh associate opening suggests ongoing demand where regulatory, environmental, and industry expertise overlap.

Where to focus: Choose one regulated domain and build proof around it, such as healthcare compliance, bank risk/GRC, or corporate governance/contracts, rather than pitching yourself as broadly legal.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal Operations Specialist: Tech-fluent legal support is gaining importance, and adjacent work increasingly expects CLM, e-discovery, or Relativity familiarity.
• Privacy Program Manager or Data Protection Analyst: More states now have privacy laws in force, new enforcement milestones are arriving, and employers report shortages in data privacy expertise.
• AI Governance Program Manager: New AI governance obligations and new legal career paths are creating work between legal, compliance, risk, and operations.
• Board Governance Analyst or Corporate Secretary Support: Ampco-Pittsburgh's local search highlights board support, SEC, proxy, and shareholder-meeting work as a real regional niche.
• Contract Lifecycle Manager: Contract-heavy legal roles are projected to see stronger salary growth, and CLM tools are becoming more important support infrastructure.

What postings ask for

• Regulatory compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It appears among the most requested local hard skills and shows up across healthcare, governance, and risk roles. Who: Almost everyone in this category except purely litigation-track candidates.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): These are still core local workflow skills, especially for support, associate, and documentation-heavy roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, junior attorneys, and career switchers trying to prove baseline legal fluency.
• Cross-functional compliance background (differentiator | immediate): A fresh Pittsburgh compliance posting accepted backgrounds spanning compliance, legal, healthcare, health information, finance, audit, and business, which rewards candidates who can bridge functions. Who: Career switchers and mid-career candidates coming from regulated operations or controls work.
• CIPP and privacy law literacy (premium | near-term): Privacy work is getting more valuable as 20 states have comprehensive consumer privacy laws in effect and new enforcement milestones continue to arrive. Who: Compliance analysts, in-house counsel, privacy-adjacent switchers, and anyone targeting tech-enabled or healthcare employers.
• CAMS, CFCS, CFE, CRCM, or CCEP (differentiator | near-term): These remain the clearest nationally recognized compliance credentials for AML, fraud, regulatory, and ethics tracks. Who: Candidates targeting bank risk, investigations, AML/KYC, or formal compliance programs.
• AI fluency for legal work (premium | near-term): AI experience is becoming interview-relevant, and common legal use cases now include research, drafting, contract review, and communication work. Widely discussed tools include Harvey, CoCounsel, LexisNexis+ with Protégé, Spellbook, and related platforms. Who: Mid-career lawyers, legal ops candidates, and compliance professionals who want to stand out in better-paying tracks.

Questions about this market

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

Observed pay looks solid, but you need to separate broad legal-occupation averages from current posting ranges. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put Pittsburgh legal occupations at a mean $58.78 per hour in May 2025, versus $31.36 per hour across all local occupations. More current posting samples show Legal, Compliance & Risk roles centered on about $80k to $111k annually, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $55k to $180k, while hourly-paid roles center on about $28 to $32 per hour. Robert Half's Pittsburgh proxy range for Compliance Analyst - Legal roles is $69,750-$110,000, which lines up with the local posting-center estimates. Pittsburgh can pay well relative to the local labor market without behaving like a top coastal legal market. Pennsylvania's mean offered salary on new openings in this occupation family was ~$116,939 in July 2026, versus ~$75,569 across all Pennsylvania openings, which supports targeting specialized compliance or counsel work rather than generic admin roles.

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

Most real opportunity is not in one single legal market; it is split across legal services, healthcare, and selected corporate or risk teams. In the local posting sample, legal services account for about 35% of demand, healthcare about 20%, education about 10%, and financial services about 5%. Recent named openings back that up: UPMC posted an Intermediate Corporate Compliance & Audit Analyst role in Pittsburgh, PNC listed a Senior Risk Manager - Operational Risk & Resiliency role, Ampco-Pittsburgh recruited a Corporate Counsel / Corporate Secretary, and Reed Smith advertised an Energy and Natural Resources Associate with regulatory work. That mix matters because hiring standards differ sharply by segment. Healthcare compliance is friendlier to candidates from legal, health information, finance, or audit-adjacent backgrounds, while governance-heavy counsel roles lean toward board support, SEC, proxy, and disclosure experience. The employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one buyer, which helps candidates with niche fit but hurts generalists who rely on mass-applying.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Tuckerlaw (5 postings), SPHS, Inc (5 postings), Pathways (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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