Wage Estimates - Legal Occupations
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| Occupation Code | Occupation Title (click on the occupation title to view an occupational profile) | Employment (1) | Median Hourly | Mean Hourly | Mean Annual (2) | Mean RSE (3) |
| 23-0000 | Legal Occupations | 986,740 | $30.24 | $38.98 | $81,070 | 0.8 % |
| 23-1011 | Lawyers | 529,190 | $47.56 | $53.13 | $110,520 | 0.9 % |
| 23-1021 | Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | 15,350 | $33.98 | $36.89 | $76,730 | 1.5 % |
| 23-1022 | Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators | 5,780 | $26.14 | $28.78 | $59,870 | 4.5 % |
| 23-1023 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | 25,330 | $46.91 | $43.99 | $91,500 | 1.3 % |
| 23-2011 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 217,700 | $19.79 | $20.92 | $43,510 | 0.5 % |
| 23-2091 | Court Reporters | 17,130 | $20.02 | $21.84 | $45,420 | 2.8 % |
| 23-2092 | Law Clerks | 40,620 | $17.12 | $17.78 | $36,980 | 1.1 % |
| 23-2093 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 64,580 | $16.88 | $19.26 | $40,070 | 1.5 % |
| 23-2099 | Legal Support Workers, All Other | 71,060 | $21.06 | $22.54 | $46,890 | 0.6 % |
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(4) Hourly wage rates for some occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.
(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $70.00 per hour or $145,600 per year.
(6) There is wide variation in the number of hours worked by those employed as actors, dancers, musicians, and singers. Many jobs are for a duration of 1 day or 1 week and it is extremely rare for a performer to have guaranteed employment for a period that exceeds 3 to 6 months.
(8) Estimate not released.
Information Courtesy of U.S. Department of Labor