April was a good month. Not for legal employment, mind you, but for toilets and their administrators falling like dominoes.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | April | 2016 | 1,114,500 | |
| February | 2017 | 1,118,000 | ||
| March | 2017 | 1,118,400 | ||
| April | 2017 | 1,120,200 | 5,700 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | April | 2016 | 1,119,300 | |
| February | 2017 | 1,123,700 | ||
| March | 2017 | 1,123,000 | ||
| April | 2017 | 1,124,100 | 4,800 | |
| Change from Mar-17 to Apr-17 | 1,100 |
Another banner month. In other news, if anyone is looking for a three-day Manhattan gig that pays $28/hr and requires bar admission, click … never mind, I'm not giving them a link.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | April | 2015 | 1,114,700 | |
| February | 2016 | 1,116,600 | ||
| March | 2016 | 1,120,500 | ||
| April | 2016 | 1,117,800 | 3,100 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | April | 2015 | 1,119,200 | |
| February | 2016 | 1,123,100 | ||
| March | 2016 | 1,124,000 | ||
| April | 2016 | 1,122,500 | 3,300 | |
| Change from Mar-16 to Apr-16 | -1,500 |
I'm too lazy to do more than state the obvious: growth is negligible. Head over to Third Tier Reality to read about the ensuing carnage.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | April | 2013 | 1,132,000 | |
| February | 2014 | 1,129,600 | ||
| March | 2014 | 1,134,300 | ||
| April | 2014 | 1,132,600 | 600 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | April | 2013 | 1,135,700 | |
| February | 2014 | 1,136,400 | ||
| March | 2014 | 1,137,600 | ||
| April | 2014 | 1,136,400 | 700 | |
| Change from Mar-14 to Apr-14 | -1,200 |
There was a gain of 2,100 legal jobs in April 2013 and 10,000 year-over-year. Going back to April 2011, there were 1,114,000 jobs. So, things are picking up a bit, about 17,000 jobs over the last two years, but not enough assuage tens of thousands of newly-minted JDs. Matter of fact, things are so rosy that the Alabama State Bar is warning students away.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | April | 2012 | 1,116,000 | |
| February | 2013 | 1,117,700 | ||
| March | 2013 | 1,122,900 | ||
| April | 2013 | 1,126,600 | 10,600 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | April | 2012 | 1,120,700 | |
| February | 2013 | 1,125,100 | ||
| March | 2013 | 1,128,600 | ||
| April | 2013 | 1,130,700 | 10,000 | |
| Change from Mar-13 to Apr-13 | 2,100 |
