Offices of lawyers in Illinois 7,412 establishments · 50,320 employees · 2024
Firms (IL)
7,412
Employment
50,320
Avg Annual Pay
$159,260
State Rank
#5 of 52
How Illinois compares to national
Metric
Illinois
National
Illinois vs. U.S.
Establishments
7,412
189,717
3.9% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$159,260
$136,372
+$22,888 (+16.8%)
Location quotient
1.19
1.00
19% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
6.8
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
-0.7%
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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 1.19 means offices of lawyers are 19% over-represented in Illinois'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