Employment law support
Multi-state employment law surveys
A multi-state survey is the same question asked in twenty places, which makes it expensive by the hour and predictable by the unit. We answer it state by state with citations, and tell you which states are the outliers you actually have to plan around.
- Published price
- $600–2,500 / survey
- Turnaround
- 5 business days
- Without us
- $5,000–25,000
Fixed per unit, not hourly. No minimum engagement. Quoted before we start.
What you receive
A state-by-state comparison table on the specific question, with citations to the governing statute.
Priced by state count and question complexity. Fifty-state coverage with local ordinance layering sits at the upper end of the range.
- A comparison table: one row per state, columns defined by the question you asked
- A citation to the governing statute, regulation or leading authority for every cell
- A summary memo identifying the outlier states and what makes them different
- Effective dates and pending changes flagged where a rule is about to move
- Local ordinance coverage where a city or county rule overrides the state position
- The research trail, so any cell can be verified without redoing the work
What it costs, and what it replaces
Both figures are published ranges for the same unit of work. Ours is fixed before we start; if our process gets faster, that is our gain and your price does not move.
How engagements are structured →- Adnah Legal
- $600–2,500 / survey
- Typical cost without us
- $5,000–25,000 / survey
Roughly 90% lower at the midpoint of each published range.
How the work runs
01
Question framing
We restate the question as the columns the table will have and send it back for your confirmation. Half of all wasted survey work comes from answering a slightly different question than the one that was needed.
02
Primary source research
Each state is researched to the statute or regulation itself, not to a secondary summary, and the citation is recorded per cell.
03
Outlier identification
We identify where states depart materially from the majority position, because that is usually the only part of the table anyone acts on.
04
Verification and delivery
Every citation is verified against the source, currency is checked including pending amendments, and the table is delivered with the summary memo and the research trail.
What we need from you
- The specific question, framed as precisely as you can
- The states to cover, and whether local ordinances are in scope
- The employer profile where thresholds matter: headcount, industry, worker classification
- The deadline
What we check before delivery
- Every citation is pulled and verified at the source, not carried from a secondary summary
- Currency is checked, with effective dates and pending amendments recorded
- Cells with genuine uncertainty are marked as unsettled rather than given a confident wrong answer
- Local ordinances that override the state rule are flagged where in scope
When firms send us this
- Employers operating across many states needing one consistent answer
- Policy rollouts that have to work in every jurisdiction the client operates in
- Client questions that would otherwise consume an associate for a month
- Refreshing a survey done two years ago, where half the states have since moved
Questions about multi-state law surveys
Can you cover all fifty states?
Yes. Fifty-state coverage is priced at the upper end of the range, and the same structure applies — a citation per cell and an outlier summary.
Is the survey legal advice?
No. It is sourced research delivered to the engaging attorney. The advice drawn from it, and any judgment about applying it to a client, is yours.
What happens when the law is unsettled in a state?
The cell says so and explains the competing positions with citations. A confident answer where none exists is the most dangerous thing a survey can contain.
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Multi-state law surveys at $600–2,500 per survey, 5 business days. No minimum, no scoping call, no onboarding cycle.