state with the highest employment in that occupation was California, followed by New York and Florida.
In 2023, approximately 40 percent of lawyers in the United States were women. In 2022, the Share of lawyers in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of lawyers in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender." Chart. January 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086790/share-lawyers-united-states-gender/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Lawyers in The United States from 2020 to 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086790/share-lawyers-united-states-gender/
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Share of lawyers in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086790/share-lawyers-united-states-gender/