The legal sector lost 100 jobs in October, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor, but the industry is still on track to see overall job gains in 2016.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that the industry employed 1,125,300 people last month, though those figures could be revised. Last month the BLS recorded 1,125,600 employed in the legal sector in September, but it has since revised that number down to 1,125,400.

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