Pittsburgh, PA · Law Firms

Law Firms in Pittsburgh, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,050 law offices in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area in 2023, employing 8,740 people with $1.1 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

1,050

31st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

8,740

8.3 per business, against 6.9 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.1 billion

$121,344 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

83%

of businesses, against 86% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.7%

in the number of businesses (1,043 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Pittsburgh.

  • Pittsburgh is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of law offices, 31st of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 8.3 employees each, against 6.9 across all metros.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps law firms in Pittsburgh.

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Questions

Law Firms in Pittsburgh

How many law offices are there in Pittsburgh?

1,050 in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 8,740 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Pittsburgh market for law firms growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,043 to 1,050 (+0.7%).

What does VERA do for law firms in Pittsburgh?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Pittsburgh business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Law Firms in other markets

Other Pittsburgh markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is law offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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