District of Columbia · SOC 23-0000 · Annual, 2025
Legal occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 23-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 38,400 people in the District of Columbia worked in legal occupations (SOC 23-0000), with an average annual wage of $243,180.
Employment in legal occupations in the District of Columbia declined 8.0% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 6.2× as concentrated in the District of Columbia as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 6.19). The average wage in this occupation group is 94.8% above the all-occupations average in the District of Columbia. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 38,400Employment, 2025
- $243,180Mean annual wage
- 5.2%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 6.19Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 41,800; 2005 42,000; 2006 42,300; 2007 42,800; 2008 43,200; 2009 42,400; 2010 42,300; 2011 42,200; 2012 41,700; 2013 41,100; 2014 40,300; 2015 40,100; 2016 40,400; 2017 39,800; 2018 39,300; 2019 39,100; 2020 38,400; 2021 38,200; 2022 38,400; 2023 38,800; 2024 38,600; 2025 38,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38,397 | $243,184 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 38,607 | $229,904 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 38,751 | $219,777 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 38,401 | $210,700 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 38,176 | $197,838 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 38,420 | $179,852 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 39,062 | $172,607 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 39,302 | $170,143 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 39,776 | $161,998 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 40,365 | $160,327 | 0.6% |
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 District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for legal occupations in District of Columbia. 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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