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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020
23-0000 Legal Occupations (Major Group)
Legal Occupations comprises the following occupations:
Lawyers;
Judicial Law Clerks;
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers;
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators;
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates;
Paralegals and Legal Assistants;
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers;
Legal Support Workers, All Other
National estimates for Legal Occupations
Industry profile for Legal Occupations
Geographic profile for Legal Occupations
National estimates for Legal Occupations: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Legal Occupations:
Employment (1) |
Employment RSE (3) |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
1,154,740 |
0.5 % |
$ 54.00 |
$ 112,320 |
0.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Legal Occupations:
Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50% (Median) |
75% |
90% |
Hourly Wage |
$ 18.78 |
$ 26.39 |
$ 40.82 |
$ 71.32 |
(5) |
Annual Wage (2) |
$ 39,070 |
$ 54,880 |
$ 84,910 |
$ 148,340 |
(5) |
Industry profile for Legal Occupations: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Legal Occupations are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Legal Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Legal Occupations:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Legal Services |
696,200 |
61.20 |
$ 53.61 |
$ 111,510 |
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
100,950 |
1.87 |
$ 45.11 |
$ 93,820 |
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
92,330 |
4.20 |
$ 46.65 |
$ 97,030 |
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) |
73,630 |
3.54 |
$ 58.61 |
$ 121,900 |
Insurance Carriers |
31,090 |
2.58 |
$ 45.15 |
$ 93,920 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Legal Occupations:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Legal Services |
696,200 |
61.20 |
$ 53.61 |
$ 111,510 |
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
92,330 |
4.20 |
$ 46.65 |
$ 97,030 |
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) |
73,630 |
3.54 |
$ 58.61 |
$ 121,900 |
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) |
710 |
3.35 |
$ 62.31 |
$ 129,610 |
Insurance Carriers |
31,090 |
2.58 |
$ 45.15 |
$ 93,920 |
Top paying industries for Legal Occupations:
Geographic profile for Legal Occupations: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Legal Occupations are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Legal Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Legal Occupations:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
California |
137,150 |
8.35 |
1.01 |
$ 66.23 |
$ 137,770 |
New York |
113,570 |
13.07 |
1.57 |
$ 68.37 |
$ 142,200 |
Florida |
92,020 |
10.90 |
1.31 |
$ 47.68 |
$ 99,170 |
Texas |
88,420 |
7.31 |
0.88 |
$ 50.08 |
$ 104,160 |
Illinois |
49,240 |
8.75 |
1.05 |
$ 58.05 |
$ 120,740 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Legal Occupations:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
District of Columbia |
39,700 |
57.77 |
6.96 |
$ 83.03 |
$ 172,690 |
New York |
113,570 |
13.07 |
1.57 |
$ 68.37 |
$ 142,200 |
Delaware |
5,030 |
11.79 |
1.42 |
$ 56.08 |
$ 116,640 |
Florida |
92,020 |
10.90 |
1.31 |
$ 47.68 |
$ 99,170 |
Virginia |
36,600 |
9.89 |
1.19 |
$ 53.35 |
$ 110,960 |
Top paying states for Legal Occupations:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
District of Columbia |
39,700 |
57.77 |
6.96 |
$ 83.03 |
$ 172,690 |
New York |
113,570 |
13.07 |
1.57 |
$ 68.37 |
$ 142,200 |
California |
137,150 |
8.35 |
1.01 |
$ 66.23 |
$ 137,770 |
Massachusetts |
29,960 |
8.95 |
1.08 |
$ 64.76 |
$ 134,710 |
New Jersey |
32,920 |
8.70 |
1.05 |
$ 58.74 |
$ 122,170 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Legal Occupations:
Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
116,430 |
13.18 |
1.59 |
$ 71.02 |
$ 147,730 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
68,430 |
22.64 |
2.73 |
$ 72.48 |
$ 150,760 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
61,240 |
10.52 |
1.27 |
$ 66.29 |
$ 137,890 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
43,070 |
9.87 |
1.19 |
$ 60.20 |
$ 125,220 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
36,450 |
14.53 |
1.75 |
$ 55.77 |
$ 116,000 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
30,560 |
11.33 |
1.37 |
$ 56.73 |
$ 118,000 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
27,860 |
10.58 |
1.27 |
$ 52.75 |
$ 109,720 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
27,050 |
7.54 |
0.91 |
$ 55.35 |
$ 115,140 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
26,320 |
8.87 |
1.07 |
$ 49.69 |
$ 103,360 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
26,120 |
10.04 |
1.21 |
$ 67.72 |
$ 140,850 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Legal Occupations:
Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
68,430 |
22.64 |
2.73 |
$ 72.48 |
$ 150,760 |
Tallahassee, FL |
3,530 |
20.80 |
2.51 |
$ 40.98 |
$ 85,250 |
Charleston, WV |
1,800 |
17.50 |
2.11 |
$ 43.07 |
$ 89,580 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
36,450 |
14.53 |
1.75 |
$ 55.77 |
$ 116,000 |
Santa Fe, NM |
820 |
14.23 |
1.71 |
$ 40.62 |
$ 84,500 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
7,210 |
13.99 |
1.69 |
$ 45.38 |
$ 94,390 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
116,430 |
13.18 |
1.59 |
$ 71.02 |
$ 147,730 |
Trenton, NJ |
2,900 |
12.56 |
1.51 |
$ 54.16 |
$ 112,650 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
5,260 |
12.51 |
1.51 |
$ 46.97 |
$ 97,690 |
Montgomery, AL |
1,910 |
12.33 |
1.49 |
$ 42.43 |
$ 88,250 |
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