Lawyers, 2025 · 754,500 workers · Official statistic
Paralegals and legal assistants, 2025 · 392,880 workers · Official statistic
Title examiners, 2025 · 48,580 workers · Official statistic
Judges and magistrates, 2025 · 24,030 workers · Official statistic
Judicial law clerks, 2025 · 13,290 workers · Official statistic
Arbitrators and mediators, 2025 · 9,210 workers · Official statistic
Future History · Industry

Legal

6 jobs

Employment: the latest cited US figure for each job, with its year. BLS 2025-35 outlook: ↑ more than 3% growth, → within 3% either way, ↓ more than 3% decline (BLS Employment Projections, projected change in jobs 2025 to 2035).

Growing fastest (BLS 2025-35)

  1. Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators9K workers (2025)↑ +4.7%
  2. Lawyers755K workers (2025)↑ +4.7%

Declining (BLS 2025-35)

BLS projects no job in this industry to shrink by more than 3% by 2035.

All Legal jobs

  1. Lawyers755K workers (2025)↑ +4.7%
  2. Paralegals and Legal Assistants393K workers (2025)→ -0.3%
  3. Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers49K workers (2025)→ +2.1%
  4. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates24K workers (2025)→ +2.8%
  5. Judicial Law Clerks13K workers (2025)→ +2.8%
  6. Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators9K workers (2025)↑ +4.7%

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