Maryland · SOC 23-0000 · Annual, 2025
Legal occupations in Maryland
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 23-0000 in Maryland, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 29,700 people in Maryland worked in legal occupations (SOC 23-0000), with an average annual wage of $141,710.
Employment in legal occupations in Maryland grew 10.7% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in Maryland as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.29). The average wage in this occupation group is 74.1% above the all-occupations average in Maryland. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Maryland are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 29,700Employment, 2025
- $141,710Mean annual wage
- 1.1%Share of Maryland jobs
- 1.29Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 26,800; 2005 27,100; 2006 27,200; 2007 26,900; 2008 26,700; 2009 26,500; 2010 26,500; 2011 26,800; 2012 27,000; 2013 27,200; 2014 26,800; 2015 26,600; 2016 26,700; 2017 28,200; 2018 29,100; 2019 29,800; 2020 28,300; 2021 28,100; 2022 28,800; 2023 29,800; 2024 30,100; 2025 29,700.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,676 | $141,711 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 30,091 | $136,430 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 29,774 | $135,328 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 28,779 | $128,937 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 28,102 | $127,925 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 28,297 | $120,666 | 5.0% |
| 2019 | 29,787 | $111,982 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 29,123 | $107,274 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 28,199 | $100,302 | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 26,701 | $98,647 | 0.2% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Legal occupations in Maryland, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for legal occupations in Maryland. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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