--- title: "Legal profession figures (data) | Probative Growth" url: https://probativegrowth.com/data/legal-profession-figures/ lang: en-US alternate: https://probativegrowth.com/es/datos/cifras-de-la-profesion-legal/ source: the same page, converted from its HTML at build time --- 1. [Home](https://probativegrowth.com/) 2. [Data](https://probativegrowth.com/data/) 3. Profession figures Data · Profession figures # Legal profession figures 7 figures a law firm uses to size its market, each re-read at the issuing agency's own source. Checked October 31, 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Not legal advice ## What is in this dataset? {#what-h} 7 public figures a law firm uses to size its market: lawyer and paralegal jobs and pay from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and how much of low-income Americans' civil legal need goes without help from the Legal Services Corporation. Each row carries the series code or verbatim sentence from the issuing agency's own source and the date it was read. Use it to cite a profession-size or legal-need figure with its primary source instead of a secondary article. Every figure was re-read at the issuing source on the date shown; check the source page for newer releases. **Records** 7 **Look up by** 7 group **Primary-source records** 7 The letters are explained in [what P, S, D and U mean](https://probativegrowth.com/data/#status-codes). ## Where does the data come from? {#from-h} Each figure was read at the issuing agency's own source (the Bureau of Labor Statistics through its Public Data API, the Legal Services Corporation on its page); the series code or sentence that carries it is stored verbatim, and a second script reads every source again and requires the figure to match. **Period covered** 2022 to 2025 **Places** The whole US **How often we refresh it** Every quarter **Records read** October 31, 2026 ### The sources the records cite most - [Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022) (read 2026-10-31)](https://justicegap.lsc.gov/): 3 records - [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API (read 2026-10-31)](https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023101101): 2 records - [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), paralegals and legal assistants, Public Data API (read 2026-10-31)](https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023201101): 2 records ## What does a record look like? {#sample-h} Employed lawyers (employees only), May 2025: 754,500 employees. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API, read 2026-10-31. Status P · checked October 31, 2026 · source: [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API (read 2026-10-31)](https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023101101) Median annual wage of lawyers, May 2025: $159,670 per year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API, read 2026-10-31. Status P · checked October 31, 2026 · source: [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API (read 2026-10-31)](https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023101113) Civil legal problems of low-income Americans with no or not enough legal help, 2022: 92% of problems. Source: Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022), read 2026-10-31. Status P · checked October 31, 2026 · source: [Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022) (read 2026-10-31)](https://justicegap.lsc.gov/) The full records add the dates, the quoted source text and every field in the CSV and JSON files below. **What each of the 17 main columns means** **`id`** Stable row id **`group`** FIGURE- **`groupType`** lawyers, paralegals or access **`segment`** The figure id **`displayValue`** The figure as the source prints it **`figure`** What the figure measures **`sourceName`** The issuing source **`sourceUrl`** The source the figure was re-read at **`quote`** The series code or verbatim words that carry the figure at the source **`read`** Date the source was read **`value`** The number alone **`unit`** The figure with its unit **`text`** The row in one sentence **`version`** Dataset version **`lastChecked`** Date checked **`sourceLabels`** Source label **`sourceUrls`** Source URL ## How do I use it in my own tools? {#api-h} Ask an AI assistant: add `https://probativegrowth.com/mcp/legal-profession-figures` as an MCP connector (no sign-in), or the main server `https://probativegrowth.com/mcp` for every dataset. Setup for each app is on [the API and MCP page](https://probativegrowth.com/resources/rules-api/). **`figure_lookup`** For one group key (for example FIGURE-LAWYERS-PAY): the figure, its source page, the verbatim quote and the date read. **`figure_compare`** The same fields for up to 10 figures side by side. **`figure_search`** Figures whose text matches the words given, such as "paralegal", "median" or "justice gap". Or read the static files, with no key and no usage cap: - [Index and endpoints](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/index.json) `/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/index.json` - [One group (FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS shown)](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/groups/FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS.json) `/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/groups/{group}.json` - [Confirmed changes](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/changes.json) `/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/changes.json` - [OpenAPI description](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/openapi.json) `/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/openapi.json` - [API reference, every file](https://probativegrowth.com/resources/rules-api/reference/) `/resources/rules-api/reference/` ## How to cite this dataset {#cite-h} You can reuse, adapt and republish this data, including commercially, under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The only condition is that you credit Probative and link to the source. **Version** 1.0.0, released November 1, 2026 **DOI** [10.5281/zenodo.23851292](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851292) **Every version** [10.5281/zenodo.23851291](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851291) (always points to the newest) **License** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Download the data - [CSV: legal-profession-figures.csv](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/legal-profession-figures.csv) 6 KB · one row per record (columns in README.txt) - [JSON: legal-profession-figures.json](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/legal-profession-figures.json) 9 KB · every record with its sources Free, no email or login. The files are hosted on this site and [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/records/23851292), a public research archive. Suggested citation Probative. (2026). Legal profession figures: lawyer and paralegal jobs and pay, and the civil legal-help gap, each re-read at the issuing source (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851292 Credit line for a chart, table or article Source: Probative, Legal profession figures: lawyer and paralegal jobs and pay, and the civil legal-help gap, each re-read at the issuing source, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851292, licensed CC BY 4.0. Add to a reference manager (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote) - [RIS (EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley)](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/cite.ris) - [BibTeX (LaTeX)](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/cite.bib) - [CITATION.cff (GitHub, Zenodo)](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/CITATION.cff) - [codemeta.json](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/codemeta.json) - [SVG badge with the DOI](https://probativegrowth.com/data/badge/legal-profession-figures.svg) Not legal advice. These are figures as the issuing agencies published them on the date read; agencies revise them, so check the source page. ## What changed recently? {#chg-h} - **2026-10-31** · 7 figures on lawyer and paralegal jobs and pay and on the civil legal-help gap, each re-read at the issuing agency's own source (5 sources) with the series or verbatim sentence that carries it. ([source](https://probativegrowth.com/research/benchmarks/legal-profession-figures/)) The full log is in [changes.json](https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/changes.json). ## What are the limits? {#limits-h} - Each row names the source it was read at (5 sources) and the date; agencies revise their figures, so check the source for newer releases. - The quote column holds the words at the source that carry the figure, so a reader can find it. - The figures are national; they say nothing about one state, practice area or firm. - Records older than 130 days since their last check are marked `stale` in the files until we re-check them. Every confirmed error we fix is listed in the [data corrections log](https://probativegrowth.com/data/corrections/). **Not legal advice.** These are figures as the issuing agencies published them on the date read; agencies revise them, so check the source page. Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm. Found a wrong value? [Report an error](https://probativegrowth.com/data/corrections/#report) with the record id and the source that shows the right value. 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