{"meta":{"dataset":"legal-profession-figures","title":"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","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23851292","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23851292","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23851291","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"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.","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","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are figures as the issuing agencies published them on the date read; agencies revise them, so check the source page.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-31","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/legal-profession-figures/groups/FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/legal-profession-figures/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source"}},"key":"FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS","records":[{"id":"legal-profession-figures:FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS","dataset":"legal-profession-figures","group":"FIGURE-LAWYERS-JOBS","groupType":"lawyers","segment":"lawyers-jobs","status":"P","text":"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.","value":754500,"unit":"754,500 employees","displayValue":"754,500","figure":"Employed lawyers (employees only), May 2025","sourceName":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API","sourceUrl":"https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023101101","quote":"series OEUN000000000000023101101, 2025: 754500","read":"2026-10-31","version":"1.0.0","sources":[{"label":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API (read 2026-10-31)","url":"https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023101101","kind":"official"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-31","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"}]}