Lawyers
Lawyers: demand is holding steady in the US and edging down in Canada. The evidence, updated weekly.
United States: Holding
Basis: weekly + outlook agree. Legal job postings +2.8% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). BLS projected employment growth 2025–35: +4.7%. Median pay: US$159,670. Live roles in our job-board sample: 260 at 138 companies.
Canada: Edging down
Basis: weekly thinning, other holding. Legal job postings -8.7% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). Job Bank outlook score: +0.33 on a scale of −2 to +2.
US SOC 23-1011. Canada NOC 41101. Issue 1 (data to Oct 30, 2026). Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab job postings tracker (CC BY 4.0), BLS Employment Projections and OEWS, ESDC Job Bank, public company job boards. How ratings are built: method. Data files: /data.