Litigation Attorney Statistics 2026: Live Listings, Pay, Demand & Workforce
Live figures from 704 open litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires, next to federal employment and wage data.
Every number names its source and date, and the listing figures refresh every six hours.
Key Litigation Attorney Statistics (2026)
- As of October 13, 2026, LawFirmHires listed 704 open litigation attorney positions from 235 employers in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
- 377 of the 704 litigation attorney listings live on LawFirmHires on October 13, 2026 (53.6%) were first posted in the previous 30 days.
- Employers hiring litigation attorneys on LawFirmHires advertise a median of $145,000 a year (124 employers, 250 listings stating annual pay, October 13, 2026); this is advertised pay, not earnings.
- 36.2% of litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires carried a readable hourly or annual pay figure on October 13, 2026.
- At least 9.5% of litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires offered remote or hybrid work on October 13, 2026 (listings that do not say are counted as on-site).
- The five largest employers posted 31% of litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires on October 13, 2026, led by Gordon Rees with 102.
- California had the most litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires on October 13, 2026: 147, or 20.9% of the national total.
- The median annual wage for all lawyers was $159,670 in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, SOC 23-1011).
Litigation Attorney Listing Statistics
LawFirmHires had 704 open litigation attorney listings from 235 employers on October 13, 2026.
225 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 377 in the previous 30 days.
At least 3.1% of litigation attorney listings were fully remote and 6.4% hybrid on October 13, 2026.
Listings that do not mention a work arrangement are counted as on-site, so the real shares may be higher.
At least 1.7% of litigation attorney listings were part-time on October 13, 2026.
Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share is likely higher.
The benefit litigation attorney listings named most often on October 13, 2026 was dental & Vision, in 33% of listings, followed by health Insurance (31.3%).
A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.
To browse the openings themselves, see all litigation attorney listings.
Litigation Attorney Pay Statistics
BLS does not count or pay-survey lawyers by practice area, so federal figures here are for all lawyers.
The median annual wage for all lawyers was $159,670 in May 2025, and the middle half earned $102,990 to $221,370 (BLS OEWS, SOC 23-1011 (all lawyers), May 2025).
Employers hiring litigation attorneys on LawFirmHires advertise a median of $145,000 a year across 124 employers on October 13, 2026; this is advertised pay, not earnings.
For pay by state and percentile, see the litigation attorney salary guide, and for the full distribution of posted pay see our quarterly litigation attorney pay data release.
Litigation Attorney Demand by State
States with at least 25 open litigation attorney listings from 10 or more employers on October 13, 2026.
California had the most open litigation attorney listings on October 13, 2026, with 147 (20.9% of the national total).
Texas followed with 70 (9.9%).
To browse the openings in one state, start with litigation attorney openings in California.
| State | Open listings | Share of U.S. | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 147 | 20.9% | 68 |
| Texas | 70 | 9.9% | 30 |
| Florida | 59 | 8.4% | 28 |
| New York | 51 | 7.2% | 34 |
| Illinois | 41 | 5.8% | 22 |
LawFirmHires listings, October 13, 2026. Listing counts reflect where employers post, not total employment.
Litigation Attorney Employer Mix
235 employers had open litigation attorney listings on LawFirmHires on October 13, 2026, and the five largest posted 31% of them.
161 employers (68.5%) had exactly one open litigation attorney listing.
Litigation Attorney Workforce
Lawyers held about 863,700 jobs in 2025, according to the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook; BLS does not count lawyers by practice area.
Law firms (the Legal Services industry, NAICS 5411) employed 448,040 lawyers in May 2025 (BLS OEWS).
Legal services firms employed 52% of all lawyers in 2025, followed by self-employment (11%), local government (8%), state government (7%) and the federal government (5%) (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook).
BLS projects lawyer employment to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, faster than the average for all occupations, with about 28,700 openings a year (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).
For the full job outlook, see our lawyer job outlook guide.
For how to enter the field, see the litigation attorney career guide.
Litigation Attorney Statistics FAQ
How many litigation attorney openings are there right now?
LawFirmHires listed 704 open litigation attorney positions from 235 employers in 44 states and the District of Columbia on October 13, 2026.
225 of them were first posted in the previous 14 days.
The count is refreshed every six hours from live listings.
What do litigation attorney job listings pay?
Employers hiring litigation attorneys on LawFirmHires advertise a median of $145,000 a year (124 employers, 250 listings, October 13, 2026), and the middle half of listings offer $135,000 to $187,500.
That is advertised pay, not earnings.
The BLS median annual wage for all lawyers was $159,670 in May 2025.
Methodology and Sources
Listing figures are computed from every active, paid litigation attorney listing on LawFirmHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.
Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all litigation attorney jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.
Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.
The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a firm posting dozens of openings counts once.
A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than half of them.
Federal figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and are quoted as published, with the year in each sentence.
BLS wage figures cover employees only and leave out the self-employed.
- LawFirmHires job listings — active, paid listings for litigation attorneys, queried live and refreshed every six hours.
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Lawyers (2025–35 projections)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Legal Services (NAICS 5411)