Legal jobs and AI: what BLS data says
BLS does not publish AI exposure or projections by industry. Across the 1 BLS occupation behind our legal role guides, the AI-exposure categories are 1 High. Together they have about 40,800 openings a year over 2025–35 (our sum of BLS figures), and their combined employment is projected to change −0.3%.
BLS AI-exposure category, 2025–35 projection, annual openings and OEWS pay for paralegals and legal assistants, the occupation behind our legal role guides. Sources: BLS AI exposure categories, Employment Projections 2025–35, BLS OEWS May 2025.
The occupations, one row each
Sorted by annual openings. Each figure covers the occupation in every industry, nationally.
Paralegals and legal assistants (23-2011)
- AI exposure
- High
- Openings / yr
- 40,800
- Change 2025–35
- −0.3%
- Median pay
- $62,890
- 10th–90th pct
- $44,740 – $101,500
- Entry education
- Associate's degree
| Occupation (SOC), AI exposure, entry education | Openings / yr | Change 2025–35 | Median pay | 10th–90th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralegals and legal assistants (23-2011)AI exposure: High · Entry: Associate's degreeParalegal · Legal Assistant | 40,800 | −0.3% | $62,890 | $44,740 – $101,500 |
“An exposure category is not a forecast of employment growth or decline.” (BLS). Exposure categories are relative to other occupations.
What this page cannot tell you
- Figures for legal employers only. BLS publishes these occupation figures across all industries; this page groups occupations by our role guides, not by a BLS industry.
- How many openings are entry-level, or remote.
- Pay for the group as a whole. Each occupation’s pay is in its own row.
Questions people ask
How exposed to AI are legal jobs?
BLS does not publish AI exposure by industry. It classifies occupations. Of the 1 BLS occupations behind our Legal role guides, 1 “High” (BLS AI-exposure categories, 2025–35 projections). BLS: “An exposure category is not a forecast of employment growth or decline.”
How many openings a year are there in these legal occupations?
Adding BLS’s annual openings for the 1 occupations gives about 40,800 a year over 2025–35. That is our sum of BLS figures, and it covers these occupations in every industry, not only legal employers.
What do legal jobs pay?
BLS OEWS (May 2025) publishes pay per occupation, not for a group of occupations, and percentiles cannot be averaged. Each occupation’s median and 10th–90th percentile range is in the table on this page.
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Sources
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) exposure categories; Occupational projections, 2025–35, and worker characteristics; Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (each pay figure links to its occupation profile). BLS data is in the public domain.
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