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Legislators

SOC 11-1031

Draft, debate, and vote on laws while representing the people of a district.

The job
Median pay
$109k
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Stable
Estimated
Openings a year
12k
Estimated
Typical education
Varies
Our model
AI exposure
Not measured
No task data or O*NET work context for this role, so it is not ranked · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
52/100

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Pay and jobs by state: Management Occupations (group)

Group figures. BLS reports no numbers for Legislators on its own; this is the group it belongs to. BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California1,330,28073.01.0×$143k
Texas1,213,77086.31.2×$119k
Florida739,68074.51.0×$108k
New York676,27069.81.0×$165k
Illinois534,13087.61.2×$128k
Pennsylvania460,72076.01.1×$116k
Ohio405,06073.01.0×$106k
Georgia328,97067.30.9×$123k
Massachusetts327,16089.91.3×$159k
New Jersey316,14073.81.0×$167k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
North Carolina303,04061.30.9×$124k
Michigan298,12067.70.9×$114k
Virginia266,57064.90.9×$142k
Maryland260,91094.41.3×$131k
Arizona256,34079.11.1×$108k
Missouri223,42076.11.1×$100k
Tennessee215,60065.80.9×$115k
Minnesota203,95069.11.0×$127k
Washington181,48051.10.7×$160k
Indiana170,49053.30.7×$109k
Wisconsin170,12057.80.8×$123k
Colorado157,85054.90.8×$150k
Connecticut148,64087.61.2×$146k
Utah131,72075.91.1×$118k
South Carolina126,87055.00.8×$111k
Oregon125,51063.80.9×$125k
Kentucky121,94061.00.8×$99k
Louisiana120,95062.50.9×$102k
Alabama112,96053.40.8×$104k
Nevada111,05071.61.0×$104k
Washington DC105,590150.42.1×$170k
Oklahoma98,84057.90.8×$100k
Iowa96,69062.00.9×$103k
Arkansas95,07072.91.0×$85k
Kansas78,14054.40.8×$116k
Nebraska75,70073.91.0×$105k
Idaho58,42068.10.9×$101k
New Hampshire54,53079.81.1×$132k
New Mexico50,24057.70.8×$108k
Mississippi47,43040.80.6×$97k
Maine44,92070.11.0×$106k
Hawaii43,44069.21.0×$116k
West Virginia42,09060.00.8×$94k
Montana32,22063.00.9×$101k
Rhode Island31,89063.60.9×$128k
North Dakota26,92062.70.9×$103k
Alaska26,53081.51.1×$120k
Delaware25,02051.60.7×$148k
Vermont24,80081.61.1×$108k
South Dakota17,58038.40.5×$110k
Wyoming16,89060.20.8×$101k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ713,690 jobs · $172k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA442,160 jobs · $136k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN404,010 jobs · $132k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX379,320 jobs · $128k median
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV319,760 jobs · $165k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX277,940 jobs · $127k median
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH254,700 jobs · $167k median
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL224,570 jobs · $111k median

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Pay from BLS (OEWS 2025). BLS publishes no outlook for this occupation, so that figure is a Career Atlas estimate. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.