Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

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2020 Workforce

1.03M

Average Age

46.5

Average Salary

$167,755

Average Male Salary

$186,767

Average Female Salary

$139,289

About

Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are most often employed by the Legal services industry. The average yearly wage for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers was $167,755 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers by wage are Architectural & engineering managers, Nurse anesthetists, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are part of the Legal Occupations, along with Judicial law clerks, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Paralegals & legal assistants, Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, and Legal support workers, all other.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC, Bethesda, Potomac & North Bethesda PUMA, MD, and Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC, District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC, and Bethesda, Potomac & North Bethesda PUMA, MD.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Legal services is the industry that employs the most Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, by average wage, is Not specified food industries, manufacturing. Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are paid most in Aurora Township PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$167,755

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,574

In 2020, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers earned an average of $167,755, $111,801 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Nurse anesthetists make somewhat more than Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers while Architectural & engineering managers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.407

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.407, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, by number of employees, are Legal services, Justice, public order, & safety activities , Insurance carriers, Executive offices & legislative bodies, Administration of human resource programs, Administration of economic programs & space research, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, National security & international affairs, Computer Systems Design, Banking & related activities, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, by average wage, are Not specified food industries, manufacturing, Gasoline stations, and Coal mining.

Industries by Share

1.03M

2020 Workforce

± 24,823

2.6%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.35%

The number of people employed as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers has been growing at a rate of 2.6%, from 1,003,289 people in 2019 to 1,029,387 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers employed by various industries. Legal services employs the largest share of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers at 62.4%, followed by Justice, public order, & safety activities with 12.5% and Insurance carriers with 2.06%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers in the US. The average age of male Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers in the workforce is 48.6 and of female Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers is 43.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

617k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 19,247

412k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 15,741

60% of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)

80.1% of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 5.67% of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Age by Sex

48.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.429

43.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.443

The median age of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers is 46.5, and Male employees are generally 5.32 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers is Social Sciences but a relatively high number of Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers hold a major in Legal.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers need more than the average amount of Negotiation, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking.