{"meta":{"dataset":"law-offices","title":"Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721415","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721415","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721414","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721415, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721415","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts of business establishments from government statistics, kept for marketing planning. An office of lawyers includes support staff, and the figures are revised by the agencies; check the agency's current release.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/law-offices/areas/US.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/law-firm-competition-by-county/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"US","records":[{"id":"law-offices-us","dataset":"law-offices","area":"US","areaName":"United States","areaType":"us","state":"US","status":"P","text":"United States had 192,259 private law-office establishments in 2026 Q1 (BLS QCEW), 5.63 per 10,000 residents. Employment in March was 1,120,803 and average weekly pay was $2,571. Census County Business Patterns 2023 counted 164,612 employer offices.","value":192259,"unit":"private law-office establishments, 2026 Q1","period":"2026-Q1","qcew_estabs":192259,"qcew_employment":1120803,"qcew_avg_weekly_wage":2571,"qcew_disclosure":"","qcew_estabs_yoy_pct":2.4,"cbp_offices":164612,"cbp_employees":1090571,"cbp_employees_noise":null,"cbp_payroll_thousands":null,"nes_firms":275103,"nes_receipts_thousands":24308559,"population":341784857,"estabs_per_10k":5.63,"solos_per_10k":8.05,"employees_per_10k":32.79,"solos_per_office":1.43,"quarters":[["2024-Q2",188298,1109834,2290,""],["2024-Q3",188822,1095699,2331,""],["2024-Q4",189625,1115306,3545,""],["2025-Q1",187831,1104885,2437,""],["2025-Q2",188628,1132924,2414,""],["2025-Q3",190097,1115481,2443,""],["2025-Q4",191754,1140063,3755,""],["2026-Q1",192259,1120803,2571,""]],"sources":[{"label":"BLS QCEW, private offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110), 2026 Q1","url":"https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/industry/541110.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"Census County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 541110","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/cbp23co.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024, NAICS 5411 (legal services)","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/nonemp24co.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"Census Population Estimates, vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025)","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/totals/co-est2025-alldata.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW) with U.S. Census Bureau (CBP, NES, population)","file":"2026/1/industry/541110.csv","table":"QCEW open data, private ownership, NAICS 541110","release":"2026 Q1","vintage":"QCEW 2026 Q1; CBP 2023; NES 2024; population estimates vintage 2025","url":"https://www.bls.gov/cew/additional-resources/open-data/","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":true,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure; small count or noise-infused (source flag)"}]}