In 2023, lawyers were the highest paid profession in legal occupations in the United States. Judicial law clerks followed, with an annual wage of approximately 175,000 U.S. dollars in the United States in 2023.
Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category
(in U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 15, 2024). Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Annual Wage of Employees in Legal Occupations in The United States as of May 2023, by Category (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Apr 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Annual wage of employees in legal occupations in the United States as of May 2023, by category (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318763/employee-wages-of-legal-occupations-by-category-us/
