Offices of lawyers in Mississippi 1,605 establishments · 5,788 employees · 2024
Firms (MS)
1,605
Employment
5,788
Avg Annual Pay
$78,778
State Rank
#32 of 52
How Mississippi compares to national
Metric
Mississippi
National
Mississippi vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,605
189,717
0.8% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$78,778
$136,372
-$57,594 (-42.2%)
Location quotient
1.15
1.00
15% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
3.6
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.9%
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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 1.15 means offices of lawyers are 15% over-represented in Mississippi'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