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Legal Advice Cost Tracker

Real monthly price data from US government sources (FRED, Bureau of Labor Statistics). Updated automatically each month.

Last updated: April 1, 2026 · Data: Federal Reserve / BLS

📖 How to read this data

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Professional Services Avg Hourly Wage

Source: BLS via FRED
$37.86 February 2026
$37.76$37.81$37.86 Jan 26Feb 26
▲ 0.3% vs Jan 26
What this measures

Average hourly earnings in professional and business services — tracks attorney and paralegal billing rate trends.

Professional & Business Services Wages

Source: BLS via FRED
$37.86 February 2026
$36.03$36.95$37.86 Sep 24Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Feb 26
▲ 5.1% vs Sep 24
What this measures

Average hourly earnings in professional and business services — proxy for attorney billing rates.

Data Sources
All data is sourced from official US government databases: the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Charts show up to 18 months of monthly observations. Index values use the BLS base period (1982-84=100 unless noted).