Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
23-0000 Legal Occupations (Major Group)
This major group 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 this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this major group:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 1,150,780 |
0.5 % |
$52.71 |
$109,630 |
0.6 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this major group:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$18.33 |
$25.82 |
$39.34 |
$69.12 |
(5) |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$38,130 |
$53,710 |
$81,820 |
$143,780 |
(5) |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Legal Services |
692,320 |
60.41 |
$52.72 |
$109,660 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
102,760 |
1.85 |
$43.49 |
$90,470 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
92,860 |
4.27 |
$44.83 |
$93,250 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
72,400 |
3.60 |
$55.80 |
$116,060 |
| Insurance Carriers |
29,420 |
2.46 |
$44.35 |
$92,250 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Legal Services |
692,320 |
60.41 |
$52.72 |
$109,660 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
92,860 |
4.27 |
$44.83 |
$93,250 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
72,400 |
3.60 |
$55.80 |
$116,060 |
| Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) |
790 |
3.59 |
$62.90 |
$130,820 |
| Insurance Carriers |
29,420 |
2.46 |
$44.35 |
$92,250 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
137,550 |
7.91 |
1.01 |
$63.56 |
$132,200 |
| New York |
116,130 |
12.19 |
1.56 |
$65.60 |
$136,450 |
| Florida |
89,680 |
10.20 |
1.30 |
$46.02 |
$95,730 |
| Texas |
86,420 |
6.95 |
0.89 |
$49.65 |
$103,280 |
| Illinois |
50,060 |
8.31 |
1.06 |
$59.46 |
$123,690 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
39,610 |
54.75 |
6.99 |
$80.90 |
$168,280 |
| New York |
116,130 |
12.19 |
1.56 |
$65.60 |
$136,450 |
| Delaware |
4,700 |
10.40 |
1.33 |
$62.16 |
$129,290 |
| Florida |
89,680 |
10.20 |
1.30 |
$46.02 |
$95,730 |
| Maryland |
25,440 |
9.42 |
1.20 |
$47.55 |
$98,910 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
39,610 |
54.75 |
6.99 |
$80.90 |
$168,280 |
| New York |
116,130 |
12.19 |
1.56 |
$65.60 |
$136,450 |
| California |
137,550 |
7.91 |
1.01 |
$63.56 |
$132,200 |
| Massachusetts |
29,610 |
8.18 |
1.04 |
$63.22 |
$131,500 |
| Delaware |
4,700 |
10.40 |
1.33 |
$62.16 |
$129,290 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| 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 |
118,650 |
12.29 |
1.57 |
$68.17 |
$141,800 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
68,860 |
21.66 |
2.76 |
$69.87 |
$145,320 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
62,030 |
9.94 |
1.27 |
$63.86 |
$132,820 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
43,560 |
9.32 |
1.19 |
$61.63 |
$128,190 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
35,550 |
13.45 |
1.72 |
$52.87 |
$109,980 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
30,680 |
10.67 |
1.36 |
$56.89 |
$118,320 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
26,900 |
7.36 |
0.94 |
$53.44 |
$111,150 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
26,650 |
9.72 |
1.24 |
$50.47 |
$104,980 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
25,900 |
9.26 |
1.18 |
$65.79 |
$136,840 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
25,540 |
10.33 |
1.32 |
$72.09 |
$149,940 |
United States Department of Labor
