{
    "statement": "people worked in US legal services firms in September 2026 (preliminary estimate)",
    "value_display": "1,249,000",
    "value_numeric": 1249000,
    "unit": "count",
    "data_label": "Sep 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-09-30",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Occupational Outlook Handbook",
        "publisher": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.bls.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES6054110001",
    "source_quote": "Series Title: All employees, thousands, legal services, seasonally adjusted. Sep 2026: 1249.0 (P)",
    "verification_note": "Read on data.bls.gov series CES6054110001 table; Sep 2026 value is preliminary and will be revised. Also pulled via the BLS public API (same values).",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "Month",
            "Employees (thousands)"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "Sep 2024",
                "1,199.7"
            ],
            [
                "Sep 2025",
                "1,226.2"
            ],
            [
                "Sep 2026 (P)",
                "1,249.0"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/us-legal-services-employment",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/us-legal-services-employment.csv"
}