Legal · SOC 23-1021
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
BLS projects 17,400 jobs in 2025 to become 17,400 by 2035 — 0.0%, against +3.5% across all occupations.
0.0%
projected change to 2035
About 0 more jobs
500
openings a year
2.9% of the occupation a year, counting people who retire or move on
$117,860
median annual pay
Usually entered with: doctoral or professional degree
2025 to 2035
Employment at the start and end of the projection, in jobs.
- 2025 employment17,400
- 2035 projected17,400
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, 2025–2035 projections.
Other legal occupations
The largest occupations in the same group, by projected change to 2035.
- Lawyers863,700+4.7%
- Paralegals and legal assistants404,900-0.3%
- Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers59,800+2.1%
- Legal support workers, all other50,200-0.3%
- Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates25,300+2.8%
- Judicial law clerks14,000+2.8%
- Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators10,500+4.7%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program.