Legal jobs: what they pay
$139,510avg. a year
$67.07 an hour · 1,305,620 employed in the U.S.
National average and median pay for 8 legal jobs, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Open a job to see pay in every state and large metro area.
Top-paying legal jobs
Average annual U.S. pay, May 2025
8 legal jobs
| Job | Avg. pay | Median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers | $185,840 | $159,670 | 754,500 |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants | $69,700 | $62,890 | 392,880 |
| Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | $62,350 | $58,650 | 48,580 |
| Legal Support Workers, All Other | $89,660 | $72,110 | 46,760 |
| Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $143,830 | $153,990 | 24,030 |
| Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | $125,990 | $117,860 | 16,370 |
| Judicial Law Clerks | $72,950 | $64,920 | 13,290 |
| Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators | $91,010 | $75,530 | 9,210 |
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Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.