Washington · SOC 23-0000 · Annual, 2025
Legal occupations in Washington
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 23-0000 in Washington, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 27,100 people in Washington worked in legal occupations (SOC 23-0000), with an average annual wage of $176,960.
Employment in legal occupations in Washington grew 17.0% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 78.0% above the all-occupations average in Washington. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 27,100. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Washington are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 27,100Employment, 2025
- $176,960Mean annual wage
- 0.8%Share of Washington jobs
- 0.90Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 21,000; 2005 21,100; 2006 21,100; 2007 21,400; 2008 21,900; 2009 21,800; 2010 21,800; 2011 21,800; 2012 21,700; 2013 21,800; 2014 21,700; 2015 21,800; 2016 22,000; 2017 22,600; 2018 23,300; 2019 23,600; 2020 23,200; 2021 23,500; 2022 25,100; 2023 25,900; 2024 26,600; 2025 27,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27,104 | $176,959 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 26,648 | $165,895 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 25,868 | $158,268 | 3.0% |
| 2022 | 25,122 | $151,799 | 7.0% |
| 2021 | 23,483 | $133,246 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 23,175 | $125,453 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 23,569 | $121,388 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 23,319 | $116,919 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 22,595 | $109,991 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 22,003 | $104,071 | 1.2% |
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 Washington, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for legal occupations in Washington. 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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