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Legal Support Workers

Legal
Projected change 2024–34: -1.2%
Median annual wage (2024): $68,760
Employment (2024): 51K

United States · BLS Employment Projections 2024–34 (figures for SOC 23-2099 occupational group)

AI exposure in published research

Figures below are reproduced from external datasets without modification. Where a dataset does not cover this occupation, the value is shown as — rather than as zero.

Data provider: OpenAI · "GPTs are GPTs"

Time basis: 2023 baselineex-ante estimate

Scored against GPT-4-generation capability.

Human rater basis

This occupation code is not included in this dataset.

GPT-4 rater basis

This occupation code is not included in this dataset.

β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.

This occupation code is not included in this dataset.

License:
MIT License · Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI

Data provider: Anthropic Economic Index

Time basis: Varies by releasecomposite index

Observed exposure

This occupation code is not included in this dataset.

Theoretical exposure index weighted by measured Claude usage, per the original report's definition.

This occupation code is not included in this dataset.

Data: Anthropic Economic Index — labor_market_impacts, CC-BY, https://huggingface.co/datasets/Anthropic/EconomicIndex

AI Changing Work uses Anthropic Economic Index data under CC-BY; Anthropic does not endorse or sponsor this site or its analyses.

License:
CC BY 4.0

Theoretical estimate vs observed usage

One card (GPTs are GPTs) estimates what AI could theoretically do at the time it was scored; the other (Anthropic Economic Index) observes how AI was actually used. They measure different things, so the two figures cannot be added, averaged, or ranked against each other. The older figure is kept here as a baseline for comparison rather than removed.

Caution: the Anthropic figures — observed exposure and task penetration — take the Eloundou β as one of their inputs. The two sides resembling each other is therefore not evidence that the earlier prediction came true; reading it that way is circular reasoning.

The Anthropic figures are measured on Claude users, who are not the whole economy and not the whole workforce.

The mapping of O*NET tasks and occupation codes was performed by AI Changing Work. The source figures themselves were not modified.

These indices are not forecasts. Which point in time each one belongs to is stated on the badge on its card.

Task Breakdown

  • Conduct legal research and case analysis
  • Prepare legal documents and filings
  • Organize and manage case files

About This Occupation

If you work as a Legal Support Workers, AI is transforming your role. Automation risk 50/100, exposure 61%.

ISCO-08 classification

Unit group 3411ILO official

Legal and Related Associate Professionals

Definition

ILO original text (English)

Legal and related associate professionals perform support functions in courts of law or in law offices, provide services related to such legal matters as insurance contracts, the transferring of property and the granting of loans and other financial transactions or conduct investigations for clients.

Definition & vocabulary source

Source: International Labour Organization (ILO) — ISCO-08 Structure

License: ILO CC BY 4.0

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Official occupational information

  • ONET23-1012.00

    Judicial Law Clerks

    Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.

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  • ONET23-2011.00

    Paralegals and Legal Assistants

    Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

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  • ONET23-2093.00

    Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

    Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies.

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  • ONET23-2099.00

    Legal Support Workers, All Other

    All legal support workers not listed separately.

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  • ONET33-3011.00

    Bailiffs

    Maintain order in courts of law.

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  • ONET33-9021.00

    Private Detectives and Investigators

    Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

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Source: O*NET 30.2, U.S. DOL/ETA

License: CC BY 4.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

They come from two published datasets: the Anthropic Economic Index (labor_market_impacts, CC BY 4.0) and the OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric (MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI). AI Changing Work maps them onto O*NET occupation and task codes and does not calculate exposure scores of its own. AI Changing Work uses Anthropic Economic Index data under CC-BY; Anthropic does not endorse or sponsor this site or its analyses.

No. They are a diagnosis of exposure as measured at the time each source dataset was published. AI Changing Work publishes no prediction of future automation or job displacement for this occupation.