Offices of lawyers in Massachusetts 4,269 establishments · 28,234 employees · 2024
Firms (MA)
4,269
Employment
28,234
Avg Annual Pay
$165,530
State Rank
#11 of 52
How Massachusetts compares to national
Metric
Massachusetts
National
Massachusetts vs. U.S.
Establishments
4,269
189,717
2.3% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$165,530
$136,372
+$29,158 (+21.4%)
Location quotient
0.96
1.00
4% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
6.6
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
-3.3%
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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 0.96 means offices of lawyers are 4% under-represented in Massachusetts'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