As of May 2021, people employed in legal occupations in the state of District of Columbia earned a mean annual wage of 177,510 U.S. dollars, the highest in the United States. Following in the ranking of the U.S. states with highest salaries for legal services workers were New York, and Delaware.
States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318781/states-with-the-highest-wages-for-legal-occupations-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318781/states-with-the-highest-wages-for-legal-occupations-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318781/states-with-the-highest-wages-for-legal-occupations-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with The Highest Wages for Legal Occupations in The United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318781/states-with-the-highest-wages-for-legal-occupations-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318781/states-with-the-highest-wages-for-legal-occupations-us/ (last visited July 03, 2022)