In 2022, there were approximately 345,000 paralegals and legal assistants working in the United States. In the same year, employees in that occupation earned a mean annual wage of almost 63,000 U.S. dollars.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2023). Number of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Number of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Paralegals and Legal Assistants in The United States from 2013 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086942/number-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/