Offices of lawyers in Washington 3,286 establishments · 18,750 employees · 2024
Firms (WA)
3,286
Employment
18,750
Avg Annual Pay
$130,480
State Rank
#17 of 52
How Washington compares to national
Metric
Washington
National
Washington vs. U.S.
Establishments
3,286
189,717
1.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$130,480
$136,372
-$5,892 (-4.3%)
Location quotient
0.88
1.00
12% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
5.7
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
+4.4%
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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 0.88 means offices of lawyers are 12% under-represented in Washington'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