Offices of lawyers in New York 12,545 establishments · 120,937 employees · 2024
Firms (NY)
12,545
Employment
120,937
Avg Annual Pay
$182,876
State Rank
#4 of 52
How New York compares to national
Metric
New York
National
New York vs. U.S.
Establishments
12,545
189,717
6.6% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$182,876
$136,372
+$46,504 (+34.1%)
Location quotient
1.13
1.00
13% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
9.6
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.5%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.13 means offices of lawyers are 13% over-represented in New York's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 541110. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json