150+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Tampa, FL

Government wage data puts the Tampa legal occupational group at about $51.03 an hour and about $106,142 a year on average as of May 2025, while local posted salary ranges for the broader Legal, Compliance & Risk category center on about $88k to $120k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $160k.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 67 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $76,110 at the 25th percentile, $98,450 at the median and $150,900 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Tampa still has real opportunity in Legal, Compliance & Risk: the local market showed more than 250 postings across more than 150 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. But it is not an easy market: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Florida legal, compliance & risk employment up 2.4% year over year while active postings are down 14.3%, and Tampa metro unemployment reached 4.8% in July 2026. In practice, that means openings exist, especially in litigation support and selected privacy/GRC niches, but most candidates should expect slower response times and more selectivity than a year ago.

Best positioned: The best odds belong to candidates with several years of directly relevant experience in litigation support, insurance defense, plaintiff case management, or privacy/GRC who are open to on-site or hybrid work.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming this is mostly a remote attorney market; the local mix skews toward legal services, mid-level hiring, and office-based roles, with only about 5% remote in the current sample.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 167 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Florida: 11 open roles
2. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 8 open roles
3. Hillsbar: 7 open roles
4. Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.: 4 open roles
5. Kubicki Draper: 4 open roles
6. American Dream Law Firm: 3 open roles
7. ForFutures Financial, Planning, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services LLC: 3 open roles
8. Kelley Kronenberg: 3 open roles
9. Lewis Brisbois: 3 open roles
10. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 118
• Clearwater: 12
• St. Petersburg: 11
• Tallahassee: 3
• Saint Petersburg: 3
• Seminole: 2
• Palm Harbor: 2
• New York: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 102 (63%), hybrid 47 (29%), remote 14 (9%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is still concentrated in legal services. About 60% of the local sample comes from legal services, and current openings span plaintiff-side case support at Morgan & Morgan, insurance-defense paralegal work at Kubicki Draper, civil defense litigation support at RumbergerKirk, family-law support at Melone Hatley, and employment litigation counsel work in Tampa. A second, smaller lane sits in privacy, compliance, and GRC. Tampa has a current Privacy and Compliance Analyst opening at Holland & Knight's Operations Center tied to AI-related privacy and risk assessments, and a Senior GRC Analyst role advertising $135,000–$145,000 on a hybrid schedule. That lane is not as broad as litigation support, but it is one of the clearest places where specialization can beat general legal experience. There is also a meaningful in-house and regulated-employer slice outside traditional firms. Healthcare accounts for about 15% of the local sample and financial services about 5%, which matters for candidates coming from operations, policy, internal controls, or regulated-business environments.

• Litigation support and paralegal work (high): This is the clearest local pocket: legal services make up about 60% of the sample, with visible openings in plaintiff, insurance-defense, civil-defense, family-law, and employment-law settings.
• Privacy, compliance, and GRC (moderate): This slice is smaller but often better paid, with recent Tampa signals including a Privacy and Compliance Analyst role at Holland & Knight and a Senior GRC Analyst opening at $135,000–$145,000.
• Healthcare and other regulated in-house teams (moderate): Healthcare represents about 15% of the local sample and financial services about 5%, making these useful targets for candidates who can translate policy, documentation, controls, and stakeholder-management experience.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-level litigation-support or privacy/GRC roles that match a clear specialty, rather than applying broadly across every legal title.

Roles worth searching next

• Legal operations specialist / legal technologist: This is a strong bridge for people who understand legal workflow but want a more process-and-systems-oriented path; demand is growing for legal technologists and data-intelligence specialists who can connect legal reasoning with workflow design and tools.
• HR compliance or employee relations specialist: Employment-law knowledge transfers well into workplace investigations, policy interpretation, and AI-hiring compliance as employers deal with new screening-tool risk and recruiting-process rules.
• Privacy or AI-governance program manager: Local and global signals both point this way: Tampa has privacy/compliance hiring tied to AI-related assessments, and August 2026 brings full enforcement of the EU AI Act.
• Insurance claims or litigation-support manager: Tampa's defense-side legal signals are closely tied to insurance and liability work, making this a practical bridge for candidates who know claims files, investigations, and matter progression.

What postings ask for

• Florida Bar admission (table_stakes | immediate): For attorney-track roles, bar status is still the clearest gatekeeper: about 5% of postings explicitly mention Florida Bar admission, and local counsel openings such as employment litigation roles depend on licensure. Who: Licensed attorneys and recent law graduates targeting counsel or attorney roles.
• Legal research and legal writing (table_stakes | immediate): These remain core signals of readiness, with legal research appearing in about 30% of local postings and legal writing in about 10%. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, and career switchers trying to prove baseline legal execution.
• Case management, trial preparation, and discovery workflow (differentiator | immediate): Case management shows up in about 25% of local postings, and trial preparation and discovery management also appear in the skill mix; local plaintiff and defense firms are hiring people who can move matters forward, not just assist passively. Who: Paralegals, legal assistants, and operations-heavy candidates moving into litigation support.
• Insurance defense and liability-side litigation familiarity (differentiator | near-term): Insurance-defense experience is showing up in local hiring signals at Kubicki Draper and RumbergerKirk, and Ball Janik expanded its Tampa office to meet demand in construction defect and insurance recovery matters. Who: Mid-career paralegals, litigation attorneys, claims professionals, and switchers from insurance operations.
• AI governance, data privacy, and cybersecurity compliance (premium | immediate): Tampa has a live privacy/compliance opening tied to AI-related privacy and risk work, while national evidence shows employers are struggling to find candidates who combine AI, cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance expertise. Who: Compliance professionals, in-house legal candidates, privacy analysts, and attorneys trying to move into higher-value advisory work.
• Legal technology integration and AI fluency (premium | near-term): AI use is already mainstream enough to matter: 41% of law firms and 47% of corporate legal departments reported generative AI adoption in 2026, and employers are paying more for legal talent with legal-tech and AI-governance capability. Who: Mid-career candidates who already have strong legal fundamentals and want a sharper market edge.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Government wage data puts the Tampa legal occupational group at about $51.03 an hour and about $106,142 a year on average as of May 2025, while local posted salary ranges for the broader Legal, Compliance & Risk category center on about $88k to $120k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $160k. This is a reasonably well-paid market, but not a cheap one: Tampa's overall cost of living is about 0.9% above the national average, and maintaining a national-average $100,000 lifestyle locally takes about $100,890.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL concentrated?

Most real opportunity is still concentrated in legal services. About 60% of the local sample comes from legal services, and current openings span plaintiff-side case support at Morgan & Morgan, insurance-defense paralegal work at Kubicki Draper, civil defense litigation support at RumbergerKirk, family-law support at Melone Hatley, and employment litigation counsel work in Tampa. A second, smaller lane sits in privacy, compliance, and GRC. Tampa has a current Privacy and Compliance Analyst opening at Holland & Knight's Operations Center tied to AI-related privacy and risk assessments, and a Senior GRC Analyst role advertising $135,000–$145,000 on a hybrid schedule. That lane is not as broad as litigation support, but it is one of the clearest places where specialization can beat general legal experience. There is also a meaningful in-house and regulated-employer slice outside traditional firms. Healthcare accounts for about 15% of the local sample and financial services about 5%, which matters for candidates coming from operations, policy, internal controls, or regulated-business environments.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Hillsbar (10 postings), Morgan & Morgan, PA (10 postings), Fisher Investments (10 postings), Florida (10 postings), NACBA (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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.

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