Analysis
NAICS 54111 is the 2022 NAICS industry for offices of lawyers, part of 5411 (Legal Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 541110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 165,491 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,093,331 people at an average annual payroll of $125,580 per employee (93rd percentile of national industries). 72% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Legal Services, with 91.4% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 4% and employment rose 3%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Official definition
See industry description for 541110.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.