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  "groups": [
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   "lawyers",
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 },
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   "group": "lawyers",
   "figure_en": "Employed lawyers (employees only), May 2025",
   "figure_es": "Abogados empleados (solo asalariados), mayo de 2025",
   "value": "754,500",
   "unit_en": "employees",
   "unit_es": "empleados",
   "source_en": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API",
   "source_es": "Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE. UU., Estadísticas de Empleo y Salarios Ocupacionales (OEWS), abogados, API de datos públicos",
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   "id": "lawyers-pay",
   "group": "lawyers",
   "figure_en": "Median annual wage of lawyers, May 2025",
   "figure_es": "Salario anual mediano de los abogados, mayo de 2025",
   "value": "$159,670",
   "unit_en": "per year",
   "unit_es": "al año",
   "source_en": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), lawyers, Public Data API",
   "source_es": "Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE. UU., Estadísticas de Empleo y Salarios Ocupacionales (OEWS), abogados, API de datos públicos",
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   "group": "paralegals",
   "figure_en": "Employed paralegals and legal assistants (employees only), May 2025",
   "figure_es": "Asistentes legales y paralegales empleados (solo asalariados), mayo de 2025",
   "value": "392,880",
   "unit_en": "employees",
   "unit_es": "empleados",
   "source_en": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), paralegals and legal assistants, Public Data API",
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   "group": "paralegals",
   "figure_en": "Median annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants, May 2025",
   "figure_es": "Salario anual mediano de asistentes legales y paralegales, mayo de 2025",
   "value": "$62,890",
   "unit_en": "per year",
   "unit_es": "al año",
   "source_en": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), paralegals and legal assistants, Public Data API",
   "source_es": "Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE. UU., Estadísticas de Empleo y Salarios Ocupacionales (OEWS), asistentes legales y paralegales, API de datos públicos",
   "source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000023201113",
   "read": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "series OEUN000000000000023201113, 2025: 62890"
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   "group": "access",
   "figure_en": "Civil legal problems of low-income Americans with no or not enough legal help, 2022",
   "figure_es": "Problemas legales civiles de estadounidenses de bajos ingresos sin ayuda legal o con ayuda insuficiente, 2022",
   "value": "92%",
   "unit_en": "of problems",
   "unit_es": "de los problemas",
   "source_en": "Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022)",
   "source_es": "Legal Services Corporation, La brecha de justicia (2022)",
   "source_url": "https://justicegap.lsc.gov/",
   "read": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "any or enough legal help for 92% of their civil legal problems"
  },
  {
   "id": "lsc-cost",
   "group": "access",
   "figure_en": "Low-income Americans who did not seek help and cite cost, 2022",
   "figure_es": "Estadounidenses de bajos ingresos que no buscaron ayuda y citan el costo, 2022",
   "value": "46%",
   "unit_en": "of those who did not seek help",
   "unit_es": "de quienes no buscaron ayuda",
   "source_en": "Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022)",
   "source_es": "Legal Services Corporation, La brecha de justicia (2022)",
   "source_url": "https://justicegap.lsc.gov/",
   "read": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "Nearly one-half (46%) of those who did not seek legal help"
  },
  {
   "id": "lsc-doubt",
   "group": "access",
   "figure_en": "Low-income Americans who doubt they could find an affordable lawyer, 2022",
   "figure_es": "Estadounidenses de bajos ingresos que dudan poder encontrar un abogado asequible, 2022",
   "value": "53%",
   "unit_en": "of low-income Americans",
   "unit_es": "de los estadounidenses de bajos ingresos",
   "source_en": "Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap (2022)",
   "source_es": "Legal Services Corporation, La brecha de justicia (2022)",
   "source_url": "https://justicegap.lsc.gov/",
   "read": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "more than one-half (53%) of low-income Americans doubt their ability to find a lawyer"
  }
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}