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Paralegals and Legal Assistants — Employment

Occupation metric · SOC 23-2011 · Legal · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)

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Latest reading May 2025

10,290 −4.81%down YoY
U.S.
392,880 May 2025

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta (Beta) · May 2021 – May 2025

Paralegals and Legal Assistants — Employment, Atlanta (Beta). 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Employment for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Atlanta is 10,290 (May 2025), down 4.81% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $64,080.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest10,290 personsMay 2025
Prior Year10,8102024
Year Change−4.81%downYoY
3-Yr Change+15.6%upsince 2022
Legal32,330May 2025
All Occupations2,889,670May 2025
U.S. Reading392,880May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code23-2011
Occupation FamilyLegal23-0000

Other Measures for Paralegals and Legal Assistants Atlanta (Beta)

Median Annual Pay $64,080 +7.14%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $76,560 +15.3%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $45,500 +23.5%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $50,700 +7.51%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $83,250 +9.18%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $105,310 +4.58%up YoYMay 2025
Jobs per 1,000 3.56 −5.44%down YoYMay 2025
Location Quotient 1.41 −10.8%down YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Employment

2.89M
+0.62%up YoY

benchmark · Atlanta (Beta)

Related Occupations same family · Atlanta (Beta)

OccupationEmploymentYoY
Lawyers 23-1011 18,760 +5.33%up

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

−4.81%down

May 2025

  • Legal +0.81%up
  • All occupations +0.62%up

Employment · 3 Year

+15.6%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography Atlanta (Beta) (msa:12060)
Unit persons
Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_23_2011
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 23-2011
Role Page Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 23-2011.00)

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