United States Payroll Employment for the Legal services Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's not seasonally adjusted legal services payroll employment was 1,172,800; this means that the United States lost 1,600 jobs in the legal services industry in the month of March 2023. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows the United State's not seasonally adjusted historical legal services payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of industries and links for many more industries at this link.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Legal services Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Items per page:
1 – 10 of 255
Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 1099600
February 2002 1099800 200
March 2002 1100800 1000
April 2002 1098800 -2000
May 2002 1106700 7900
June 2002 1125900 19200
July 2002 1127600 1700
August 2002 1122400 -5200
September 2002 1116300 -6100
October 2002 1126900 10600
November 2002 1129100 2200
December 2002 1129600 500
January 2003 1122800 -6800
February 2003 1127700 4900
March 2003 1130900 3200
April 2003 1131900 1000
May 2003 1136300 4400
June 2003 1156900 20600
July 2003 1154300 -2600
August 2003 1145000 -9300
September 2003 1138100 -6900
October 2003 1149700 11600
November 2003 1156900 7200
December 2003 1155200 -1700
January 2004 1145200 -10000
February 2004 1148000 2800
March 2004 1148900 900
April 2004 1152000 3100
May 2004 1154900 2900
June 2004 1181100 26200
July 2004 1182700 1600
August 2004 1169300 -13400
September 2004 1164900 -4400
October 2004 1169300 4400
November 2004 1169100 -200
December 2004 1171600 2500
January 2005 1155100 -16500
February 2005 1155700 600
March 2005 1156900 1200
April 2005 1158400 1500
May 2005 1162900 4500
June 2005 1188700 25800
July 2005 1188600 -100
August 2005 1179100 -9500
September 2005 1161500 -17600
October 2005 1166300 4800
November 2005 1168900 2600
December 2005 1173800 4900
January 2006 1162900 -10900
February 2006 1162700 -200
March 2006 1167600 4900
April 2006 1167600 0
May 2006 1166400 -1200
June 2006 1188400 22000
July 2006 1187500 -900
August 2006 1179700 -7800
September 2006 1167000 -12700
October 2006 1172000 5000
November 2006 1176400 4400
December 2006 1180200 3800
January 2007 1166400 -13800
February 2007 1168700 2300
March 2007 1170700 2000
April 2007 1173200 2500
May 2007 1175600 2400
June 2007 1195800 20200
July 2007 1187000 -8800
August 2007 1176000 -11000
September 2007 1168600 -7400
October 2007 1175900 7300
November 2007 1173200 -2700
December 2007 1173600 400
January 2008 1159600 -14000
February 2008 1163100 3500
March 2008 1162900 -200
April 2008 1160600 -2300
May 2008 1162000 1400
June 2008 1180400 18400
July 2008 1175200 -5200
August 2008 1160800 -14400
September 2008 1148200 -12600
October 2008 1156400 8200
November 2008 1153400 -3000
December 2008 1155200 1800
January 2009 1138100 -17100
February 2009 1133100 -5000
March 2009 1131400 -1700
April 2009 1127100 -4300
May 2009 1125100 -2000
June 2009 1138700 13600
July 2009 1134000 -4700
August 2009 1123800 -10200
September 2009 1110300 -13500
October 2009 1111900 1600
November 2009 1111700 -200
December 2009 1113400 1700
January 2010 1102500 -10900
February 2010 1105900 3400
March 2010 1109100 3200
April 2010 1108600 -500
May 2010 1109800 1200
June 2010 1123500 13700
July 2010 1124200 700
August 2010 1118500 -5700
September 2010 1113500 -5000
October 2010 1117200 3700
November 2010 1117500 300
December 2010 1119500 2000
January 2011 1108500 -11000
February 2011 1107600 -900
March 2011 1109600 2000
April 2011 1108700 -900
May 2011 1111800 3100
June 2011 1124200 12400
July 2011 1128100 3900
August 2011 1121300 -6800
September 2011 1111900 -9400
October 2011 1116900 5000
November 2011 1119100 2200
December 2011 1120200 1100
January 2012 1112100 -8100
February 2012 1113500 1400
March 2012 1112500 -1000
April 2012 1116500 4000
May 2012 1119000 2500
June 2012 1135200 16200
July 2012 1137100 1900
August 2012 1124800 -12300
September 2012 1119700 -5100
October 2012 1129400 9700
November 2012 1131800 2400
December 2012 1136300 4500
January 2013 1122800 -13500
February 2013 1123100 300
March 2013 1129000 5900
April 2013 1130600 1600
May 2013 1128600 -2000
June 2013 1136500 7900
July 2013 1137800 1300
August 2013 1129700 -8100
September 2013 1122100 -7600
October 2013 1128400 6300
November 2013 1126800 -1600
December 2013 1126500 -300
January 2014 1115500 -11000
February 2014 1114600 -900
March 2014 1118000 3400
April 2014 1115800 -2200
May 2014 1115000 -800
June 2014 1128200 13200
July 2014 1128600 400
August 2014 1123500 -5100
September 2014 1110200 -13300
October 2014 1117100 6900
November 2014 1119300 2200
December 2014 1122100 2800
January 2015 1107500 -14600
February 2015 1112000 4500
March 2015 1112900 900
April 2015 1114300 1400
May 2015 1115800 1500
June 2015 1127200 11400
July 2015 1126500 -700
August 2015 1119600 -6900
September 2015 1114800 -4800
October 2015 1122800 8000
November 2015 1123400 600
December 2015 1126600 3200
January 2016 1111000 -15600
February 2016 1112500 1500
March 2016 1115600 3100
April 2016 1115200 -400
May 2016 1118300 3100
June 2016 1131100 12800
July 2016 1134200 3100
August 2016 1127800 -6400
September 2016 1121800 -6000
October 2016 1129800 8000
November 2016 1130100 300
December 2016 1136600 6500
January 2017 1125500 -11100
February 2017 1125400 -100
March 2017 1126800 1400
April 2017 1130300 3500
May 2017 1134600 4300
June 2017 1149800 15200
July 2017 1146700 -3100
August 2017 1139200 -7500
September 2017 1134200 -5000
October 2017 1141300 7100
November 2017 1141000 -300
December 2017 1146600 5600
January 2018 1131200 -15400
February 2018 1132100 900
March 2018 1134400 2300
April 2018 1135500 1100
May 2018 1138200 2700
June 2018 1154800 16600
July 2018 1153500 -1300
August 2018 1143000 -10500
September 2018 1138300 -4700
October 2018 1147900 9600
November 2018 1145700 -2200
December 2018 1149500 3800
January 2019 1137500 -12000
February 2019 1137500 0
March 2019 1141700 4200
April 2019 1140900 -800
May 2019 1144300 3400
June 2019 1159900 15600
July 2019 1160100 200
August 2019 1154100 -6000
September 2019 1148200 -5900
October 2019 1158800 10600
November 2019 1161100 2300
December 2019 1164200 3100
January 2020 1154400 -9800
February 2020 1158300 3900
March 2020 1157300 -1000
April 2020 1087700 -69600
May 2020 1097900 10200
June 2020 1119200 21300
July 2020 1122500 3300
August 2020 1120500 -2000
September 2020 1116800 -3700
October 2020 1131000 14200
November 2020 1136300 5300
December 2020 1140400 4100
January 2021 1129300 -11100
February 2021 1137700 8400
March 2021 1139800 2100
April 2021 1140000 200
May 2021 1143700 3700
June 2021 1157900 14200
July 2021 1158800 900
August 2021 1154700 -4100
September 2021 1153900 -800
October 2021 1170200 16300
November 2021 1173700 3500
December 2021 1178800 5100
January 2022 1164200 -14600
February 2022 1163600 -600
March 2022 1164600 1000
April 2022 1167200 2600
May 2022 1173300 6100
June 2022 1194100 20800
July 2022 1197600 3500
August 2022 1177300 -20300
September 2022 1169000 -8300
October 2022 1184900 15900
November 2022 1186800 1900
December 2022 1190000 3200
January 2023 1175200 -14800
February 2023 1174400 -800
March 2023 1172800 -1600

United States Payroll Employment for Different Industries (Not Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the not seasonally adjusted payroll employment and number of jobs added for the following selected U.S. industries. You can also see the not seasonally adjusted U.S. payroll employment for many more industries at this link.