{"meta":{"dataset":"lawyer-wages","title":"Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23734840","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23734840","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23734839","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23734840, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23734840","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are wage and employment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, kept for marketing planning. They cover employees only, not owners or partners.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/lawyer-wages/changes.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/lawyer-wages/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"changes":[{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"Now 1,264 records across 439 areas for May 2025.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"},{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"Now 1,264 records across 439 areas for May 2025.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"},{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"Now 97 records across 26 areas for May 2025.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"},{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"Now 237 records across 119 areas for May 2025.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"},{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"Now 237 records across 119 areas for May 2025.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"},{"date":"2026-10-28","summary":"First release: 238 records for May 2025 across 119 areas.","source":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/"},"dataset":"lawyer-wages"}]}