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Legal services industry in the U.S.

Statistics report on the legal services industry in the U.S.

This report presents a range of statistics and facts on legal services in the United States. The initial chapter provides a market overview, while the following chapters give insight into employment data, diversity, and industry trends.

Table of contents

Industry overview

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  • Premium Forecast Industry revenue of legal services in the U.S. 2012-2024
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of law firms 2012-2025
  • Premium Statistic Best law firms U.S. 2025, by prestige rating
  • Premium Statistic Leading U.S. law firms by revenue 2024
  • Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with highest revenue per lawyer 2024
  • Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with highest profit per equity partner 2024
  • Premium Statistic Attitudes of lawyers towards AI usage in their legal work in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic Attitudes of lawyers towards benefits of AI usage in their legal work U.S. 2023

Employment

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  • Premium Statistic Number of law graduates in the U.S. 2013-2024
  • Premium Statistic Employment status of 2023 law graduates in the U.S. by category 2024
  • Premium Statistic Share of unemployed law graduates in the U.S. in the class years 2013-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. by category 2023
  • Premium Statistic States with the highest employment in legal occupations in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. legal service wages by occupation 2024
  • Premium Statistic States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the U.S. 2024

Diversity

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. law firm gender distribution by position 2024
  • Premium Statistic Share of lawyers in the U.S. 2020-2023, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Skadden Arps LLP U.S. equity partner diversity by race and gender 2024
  • Premium Statistic Skadden Arps LLP U.S. attorney diversity by race and gender 2024
  • Premium Statistic Sidley Austin LLP U.S. attorney diversity by race and gender 2024
  • Premium Statistic Sidley Austin U.S. equity partner diversity by race and gender 2024

Rates, utilization, and collection

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  • Premium Statistic Law firms' average collection rates in the U.S. by practice area 2020-2023
  • Premium Statistic Law firms' and non-lawyers' average utilization rates in the U.S. by state 2025
  • Premium Statistic Realization and collection rates in the U.S. by state 2025
  • Premium Statistic Adjusted hourly rates in the U.S. by state 2024
  • Premium Statistic U.S. lawyers hourly rates by state 2022-2025
  • Premium Statistic Law firm hourly rates in the U.S. by practice area 2021-2025
  • Premium Statistic Resolution time of legal issues when tech competence of lawyer was high/low U.S. 2023

Consumer perspectives

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  • Premium Statistic Main factors when hiring a lawyer in North America 2023
  • Premium Statistic Key deterrents to hiring a lawyer in North America 2023
  • Premium Statistic Largest legal services advertisers in the U.S. 2023
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