Wisconsin · SOC 23-0000 · Annual, 2025
Legal occupations in Wisconsin
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 23-0000 in Wisconsin, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 15,700 people in Wisconsin worked in legal occupations (SOC 23-0000), with an average annual wage of $128,370.
Employment in legal occupations in Wisconsin grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in Wisconsin than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.64). The average wage in this occupation group is 94.3% above the all-occupations average in Wisconsin. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Wisconsin are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 15,700Employment, 2025
- $128,370Mean annual wage
- 0.5%Share of Wisconsin jobs
- 0.64Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 14,500; 2005 14,400; 2006 14,400; 2007 14,500; 2008 14,500; 2009 14,200; 2010 14,100; 2011 14,000; 2012 14,000; 2013 14,000; 2014 13,900; 2015 13,800; 2016 13,900; 2017 14,100; 2018 14,700; 2019 15,000; 2020 14,700; 2021 15,000; 2022 15,500; 2023 15,600; 2024 15,700; 2025 15,700.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,750 | $128,371 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 15,675 | $122,359 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 15,599 | $116,708 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 15,516 | $110,421 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 14,999 | $106,907 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 14,738 | $101,085 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 14,960 | $97,437 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 14,722 | $96,770 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 14,143 | $91,902 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 13,884 | $87,792 | 0.4% |
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 Wisconsin, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for legal occupations in Wisconsin. 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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