As of May 2021, approximately 1.18 million workers were employed in legal occupations in the United States. The large majority of them were lawyers (681,010), followed by legal support workers (433,380) and paralegals and legal assistants (336,250).
Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Employees in Legal Occupations in The United States as of May 2021, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/ (last visited May 19, 2022)