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Lawyers — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 23-1011 · Legal · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

$351,600

No published change

Atlanta
$328,900 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−6.5%

Annual 90Th-percentile Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2025

Lawyers — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage, National. 1 observations from May 2025 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Lawyers

Employment for Lawyers in the U.S. is 754,500 (May 2025), up 0.90% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $159,670.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$351,600 per yearMay 2025
Legal$287,070May 2025
All Occupations$128,560May 2025
Atlanta Reading$328,900May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−6.5%May 2025
Observations12025 – 2025
SOC Code23-1011
Occupation FamilyLegal23-0000

Other Measures for Lawyers National

Employment 754,500 +0.90%up YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $159,670 +5.63%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $185,840 +1.69%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $78,360 +7.67%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $102,990 +3.24%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $221,370 +2.76%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — P90 Pay

$128,560
+2.26%up YoY

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_pct90_wage.soc_23_1011
Observations 1
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 23-1011
Role Page Lawyers
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 23-1011.00)

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National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area only.

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