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National Employment Matrix


23-2099 Legal support workers, all other
Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2020 and projected 2030.

Employment in thousands.
Industries with fewer than 50 jobs, confidential data, or poor-quality data are not displayed.

Industry Title Industry Code Industry Type 2020 Employment 2020 Percent of Occupation 2020 Percent of Industry Projected 2030 Employment Projected 2030 Percent of Occupation Projected 2030 Percent of Industry Employment Change, 2020-2030 Employment Percent Change, 2020-2030 Industry Sort Display Level
                     
Total employment TE1000 Summary 49.6 100.0 0.0 49.8 100.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0

Self-employed workers

TE1100 Line Item 2.1 4.2 0.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 -0.1 -3.1 2 1

Total wage and salary employment

TE1200 Summary 47.5 95.8 0.0 47.8 96.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 3 1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

210000 Summary 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.6 12 2

Oil and gas extraction

211000 Line Item 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 13 3

Manufacturing

31-330 Summary 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 60 2

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

334000 Summary 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 115 3

Wholesale trade

420000 Summary 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 4.2 143 2

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

423000 Summary 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.6 144 3

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

423400 Line Item 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.4 146 4

Retail trade

44-450 Summary 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 7.9 158 2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

441000 Summary 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.6 159 3

Automobile dealers

441100 Line Item 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.5 160 4

Information

510000 Summary 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.1 8.6 233 2

Publishing industries (except Internet)

511000 Summary 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 9.7 234 3

Telecommunications

517000 Line Item 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 -16.6 249 3

Finance and insurance

520000 Summary 1.3 2.6 0.0 1.4 2.8 0.0 0.1 6.7 252 2

Monetary authorities, credit intermediation, and related activities

521-20 Summary 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 253 3

Credit intermediation and related activities

522000 Summary 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 255 4

Nondepository credit intermediation

522200 Summary 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.3 256 5

Credit intermediation and related activities (5221,3)

5220A1 Line Item 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.6 259 5

Insurance carriers and related activities

524000 Summary 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.1 10.6 260 3

Insurance carriers

524100 Summary 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 9.2 261 4

Direct health and medical insurance carriers

524114 Line Item 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 16.7 262 5

Direct insurance (except life, health, and medical) carriers

524120 Line Item 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.8 263 5

Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities

524200 Summary 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 15.2 265 4

Other insurance related activities

524290 Line Item 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 15.3 267 5

Securities, commodity contracts, fund, trusts and other financial investments and vehicles and related activities

523,50 Summary 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 6.6 268 3

Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities

523000 Line Item 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 6.6 269 4

Real estate and rental and leasing

530000 Summary 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.6 273 2

Real estate

531000 Line Item 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 7.2 274 3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

540000 Summary 13.9 28.1 0.1 13.5 27.1 0.1 -0.5 -3.3 279 2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541000 Summary 13.9 28.1 0.1 13.5 27.1 0.1 -0.5 -3.3 280 3

Legal services

541100 Line Item 12.8 25.9 1.1 12.2 24.4 1.1 -0.7 -5.3 281 4

Computer systems design and related services

541500 Line Item 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 20.5 289 4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

541600 Line Item 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.1 22.4 290 4

Scientific research and development services

541700 Summary 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.0 291 4

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences

541710 Line Item 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.1 292 5

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

541900 Summary 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 29.8 295 4

Management of companies and enterprises

550000 Summary 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.3 299 2

Management of companies and enterprises

551000 Line Item 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.3 300 3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

560000 Summary 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.8 1.6 0.0 0.1 16.6 301 2

Administrative and support services

561000 Summary 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.8 1.6 0.0 0.1 16.6 302 3

Employment services

561300 Summary 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 13.6 305 4

Temporary help services

561320 Line Item 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 14.1 306 5

Business support services

561400 Line Item 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 9.7 308 4

Educational services; state, local, and private

610000 Summary 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 10.3 322 2

Educational services; state, local, and private

611000 Summary 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 10.3 323 3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

6112-3 Summary 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 9.0 328 4

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

611300 Summary 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 9.1 333 5

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; private

611305 Line Item 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 13.8 334 6

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state

611302 Line Item 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 4.9 335 6

Healthcare and social assistance

620000 Summary 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.8 1.6 0.0 0.1 21.5 354 2

Ambulatory healthcare services

621000 Summary 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.3 355 3

Social assistance

624000 Summary 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.1 23.2 392 3

Individual and family services

624100 Summary 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.1 29.4 393 4

Community and vocational rehabilitation services

6242-3 Summary 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 14.6 396 4

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

624200 Line Item 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 14.6 397 5

Other services (except public administration)

810000 Summary 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.1 11.4 430 2

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

813000 Summary 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.1 11.3 444 3

Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations

8132-3 Summary 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 26.8 446 4

Social advocacy organizations

813300 Line Item 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 26.6 448 5

Civic, social, professional, and similar organizations

8134-9 Summary 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 3.9 449 4

Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations

813900 Summary 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.4 451 5

Government

900000 Summary 27.4 55.2 0.3 27.5 55.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 455 2

Federal government

910000 Summary 16.7 33.6 0.6 16.4 33.0 0.6 -0.2 -1.4 456 3

Federal government, excluding postal service

999100 Line Item 16.7 33.6 0.7 16.4 33.0 0.7 -0.2 -1.4 458 4

State government, excluding education and hospitals

999200 Line Item 5.8 11.6 0.3 5.8 11.5 0.3 0.0 -0.4 459 3

Local government, excluding education and hospitals

999300 Line Item 4.9 9.9 0.1 5.3 10.7 0.1 0.4 8.3 460 3