{
    "statement": "of US lawyers are self-employed; 52% work in legal services firms",
    "value_display": "11%",
    "value_numeric": 11,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-12-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Occupational Outlook Handbook",
        "publisher": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.bls.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/lawyers.htm",
    "source_quote": "Largest employers of lawyers: Legal services 52%; Self-employed workers 11; Local government, excluding education and hospitals 8",
    "verification_note": "Read on bls.gov OOH Lawyers page, Work Environment tab, largest-employers table.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/lawyers-self-employed",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/lawyers-self-employed.csv"
}