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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Statistics on Legal services in the U.S.
Industry overview
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- Premium Statistic Size of the global legal services market 2021 with forecast until 2026
- Premium Statistic Industry revenue of legal services in the U.S. 2012-2024
- Premium Statistic Size of the legal services market in the U.S. by category 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Law firms in the United States with the highest revenue per lawyer 2021
- Premium Statistic Law firms in the United States with the highest number of lawyers in 2021
- Basic Statistic Total number of equity partners working at the leading U.S. law firms 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Average profit per equity partner of the leading U.S. law firms 2015-2021
Employment
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- Premium Statistic Number of law graduates in the U.S. 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Employment status of 2021 law graduates in the U.S. by category 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unemployed law graduates in the U.S. in the class years 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. by category 2021
- Premium Statistic States with the highest employment in legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Employee wages of legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
Diversity
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- Premium Statistic Employee gender distribution in the best 100 law firms for women in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of minority attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of Asian-American attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of African-American attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of Hispanic attorneys 2021
Trends
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- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. law firms by legal services which are a threat to their business 2020
- Premium Statistic Methods used by U.S. law firms to increase efficiency of legal services 2017-2020
- Premium Statistic Top challenges for law firms worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Online legal services market size in the U.S. 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on legal activity in the U.S. 2020
Consumers´ perspective
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Further related statistics
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- Average hours spent on pro bono work at U.S. law firms by type of lawyer 2019
- Law firms with the highest average hours spent on pro bono work outside the U.S. 2019
- Global law firms by revenue per lawyer 2021
- States with the highest wages for paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2019
- Unemployment rate of legal professionals in the U.S. Q2 2017
- Mean hourly wage of judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean annual wage of judges, magistrates, and other judicial worker in U.S. 2013-2021
- Number of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- How consumers find a lawyer in the U.S. 2019
- Leading incentives for Canadian legal professionals to remain at a firm 2016
- Corporate outside legal counsel spending in the U.S. 2001-2020
- Distribution of the headcount of the leading global law firms by region 2018
- Spend by law departments on technology in the U.S. 2015-2019, by software type
- Legal tech market revenue share in North America 2021-2027, by segment
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- Average hours spent on pro bono work at U.S. law firms by type of lawyer 2019
- Law firms with the highest average hours spent on pro bono work outside the U.S. 2019
- Global law firms by revenue per lawyer 2021
- States with the highest wages for paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2019
- Unemployment rate of legal professionals in the U.S. Q2 2017
- Mean hourly wage of judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean annual wage of judges, magistrates, and other judicial worker in U.S. 2013-2021
- Number of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- How consumers find a lawyer in the U.S. 2019
- Leading incentives for Canadian legal professionals to remain at a firm 2016
- Corporate outside legal counsel spending in the U.S. 2001-2020
- Distribution of the headcount of the leading global law firms by region 2018
- Spend by law departments on technology in the U.S. 2015-2019, by software type
- Legal tech market revenue share in North America 2021-2027, by segment
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 March 20, 2023, 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 March 20, 2023. 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: March 20, 2023. 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 March 20, 2023)
Number of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021, by category [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/318757/number-of-employees-in-legal-occupations-by-category-us/