New Jersey · SOC 23-0000 · Annual, 2025
Legal occupations in New Jersey
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 23-0000 in New Jersey, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 41,600 people in New Jersey worked in legal occupations (SOC 23-0000), with an average annual wage of $171,660.
Employment in legal occupations in New Jersey grew 13.3% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 97.2% above the all-occupations average in New Jersey. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 41,600. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New Jersey are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 41,600Employment, 2025
- $171,660Mean annual wage
- 1.0%Share of New Jersey jobs
- 1.16Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 37,800; 2005 38,100; 2006 38,400; 2007 38,300; 2008 37,800; 2009 36,600; 2010 36,200; 2011 35,500; 2012 35,100; 2013 35,300; 2014 35,100; 2015 34,900; 2016 35,000; 2017 36,300; 2018 36,800; 2019 37,000; 2020 36,700; 2021 38,100; 2022 39,900; 2023 40,400; 2024 41,200; 2025 41,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41,603 | $171,663 | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 41,216 | $164,455 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 40,388 | $156,955 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 39,943 | $152,070 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 38,114 | $147,400 | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 36,711 | $145,836 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 37,029 | $137,602 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 36,787 | $134,401 | 1.4% |
| 2017 | 36,279 | $128,434 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 35,049 | $132,107 | 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 New Jersey, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for legal occupations in New Jersey. 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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