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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 761,000 for attorneys in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 6% of employees work part-time. Approximately 27% of attorneys work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a first professional degree. Government data shows that 99% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 1% of attorneys. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most workers jobs, compared to the population, are Washington (District of Columbia), Tallahassee (Florida), and New York (New York). Fewer are found in Blacksburg (Virginia), Bakersfield (California), and Merced (California).
Employees earn higher incomes in Rocky Mount (North Carolina), San Francisco (California), and Santa Rosa (California), and lower incomes in Anniston (Alabama), Terre Haute (Indiana), and Las Cruces (New Mexico).
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Attorneys: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Attorneys, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Attorneys are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Attorneys are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 70 $62,440 0.4 Alabama Birmingham 2,440 $129,790 1 Alabama Decatur 70 $62,270 0.3 Alabama Dothan 120 $141,770 0.5 Alabama Florence 130 $80,300 0.6 Alabama Gadsden 70 $121,160 0.5 Alabama Huntsville 400 $108,790 0.4 Alabama Mobile 520 $112,290 0.6 Alabama Montgomery 900 $107,220 1.2 Alabama Tuscaloosa 210 $97,270 0.6 Alaska Anchorage 680 $98,270 1 Alaska Fairbanks 100 $109,180 0.8 Arizona Flagstaff 150 $81,330 0.7 Arizona Kingman 60 $90,800 0.3 Arizona Phoenix 5,770 $124,440 0.7 Arizona Prescott 100 0.4 Arizona Tucson 1,570 $104,160 0.9 Arizona Yuma 120 $78,190 0.5 Arkansas Fayetteville 470 $100,100 0.5 Arkansas Fort Smith 270 $118,100 0.5 Arkansas Jonesboro 80 $85,360 0.4 Arkansas Little Rock 1,460 $102,370 0.9 Arkansas Pine Bluff 60 $73,310 0.5 California Bakersfield 240 $130,960 0.2 California Chico 210 $124,600 0.7 California El Centro 70 $105,980 0.3 California Fresno 1,120 $130,920 0.7 California Madera 110 0.8 California Merced 40 $98,020 0.2 California Modesto 440 $136,960 0.6 California Napa 100 0.4 California Oakland 3,540 $136,780 0.7 California Oxnard 880 $141,900 0.7 California Redding 170 $88,810 0.6 California Riverside 2,240 $116,250 0.4 California Sacramento 4,610 $109,080 1.1 California Salinas 390 $119,730 0.6 California San Diego 5,970 $128,610 1 California San Francisco 9,820 $155,760 2.1California San Jose 4,040 $181,850 1 California San Luis Obispo 170 $113,160 0.4 California Santa Ana 6,110 $149,740 0.9 California Santa Barbara 320 $149,460 0.4 California Santa Cruz 260 $127,910 0.7 California Santa Rosa 440 $157,410 0.5 California Stockton 390 $129,820 0.4 California Vallejo 210 $108,170 0.4 California Visalia 190 $100,770 0.3 Colorado Boulder 610 $105,630 0.9 Colorado Colorado Springs 650 $88,200 0.6 Colorado Denver 7,670 $128,320 1.3 Colorado Fort Collins 170 $122,220 0.3 Colorado Grand Junction 220 $89,550 1 Colorado Greeley 140 $79,170 0.4 Colorado Pueblo 140 $100,570 0.6 Connecticut Bridgeport 2,530 $123,440 1.3 Connecticut Danbury 140 $127,500 0.5 Connecticut Hartford 3,570 $127,220 1.3 Connecticut New Haven 1,150 $125,500 0.9 Connecticut Norwich 300 $123,000 0.6 Connecticut Waterbury 250 $98,770 0.9 Delaware Dover 180 $106,700 0.8 Delaware Wilmington 2,080 $148,870 1.4 District of Columbia Washington 38,000 $145,040 3.6Florida Cape Coral 760 $87,690 0.8 Florida Deltona 570 $100,120 0.8 Florida Fort Lauderdale 4,420 $105,860 1.3 Florida Fort Walton Beach 150 $103,400 0.5 Florida Gainesville 530 $70,960 1.1 Florida Jacksonville 2,030 $116,280 0.7 Florida Lakeland 660 $107,330 0.8 Florida Miami 7,220 $116,590 1.6 Florida Naples 450 $106,800 0.9 Florida Ocala 310 $79,420 0.8 Florida Orlando 3,880 $131,610 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 560 $89,930 0.6 Florida Palm Coast 60 1.3 Florida Panama City 140 $69,920 0.5 Florida Pensacola 640 $116,420 1 Florida Port St Lucie 430 $92,850 0.8 Florida Punta Gorda 140 $85,990 0.9 Florida Sarasota 1,080 $96,830 0.9 Florida Sebastian 160 $111,480 0.8 Florida Tallahassee 1,630 $96,560 2.3Florida Tampa 5,830 $114,850 1 Florida West Palm Beach 3,480 $140,730 1.4 Georgia Albany 160 $113,860 0.6 Georgia Athens 120 $64,240 0.4 Georgia Atlanta 12,180 $138,240 1.1 Georgia Augusta 270 $103,100 0.3 Georgia Brunswick 100 $117,260 0.6 Georgia Columbus 150 $88,630 0.3 Georgia Dalton 70 $61,280 0.2 Georgia Gainesville 140 $73,930 0.5 Georgia Macon 200 $97,550 0.5 Georgia Rome 80 $115,430 0.6 Georgia Savannah 360 $102,050 0.5 Georgia Valdosta 60 $89,680 0.3 Georgia Warner Robins 60 $74,780 0.3 Hawaii Honolulu 1,920 $98,350 1 Idaho Boise 1,080 $101,870 0.9 Idaho Coeur Dalene 210 $73,110 0.9 Idaho Lewiston 70 $124,020 0.8 Idaho Pocatello 150 $80,900 1.3 Illinois Bloomington 380 $139,490 1.3 Illinois Champaign 190 $128,670 0.5 Illinois Chicago 25,350 $142,780 1.4 Illinois Danville 80 $100,990 0.8 Illinois Decatur 100 $103,630 0.5 Illinois Kankakee 40 $84,480 0.3 Illinois Peoria 370 $82,690 0.5 Illinois Rockford 300 $167,420 0.5 Illinois Springfield 430 $94,790 1 Indiana Anderson 120 $58,410 0.8 Indiana Bloomington 190 $81,990 0.7 Indiana Columbus 70 $92,330 0.4 Indiana Elkhart 120 $81,180 0.2 Indiana Evansville 290 $78,530 0.4 Indiana Fort Wayne 430 $90,550 0.5 Indiana Gary 880 $101,960 0.7 Indiana Indianapolis 3,340 $101,560 0.8 Indiana Kokomo 70 $78,930 0.5 Indiana Lafayette 150 $88,200 0.5 Indiana Michigan City 60 $69,190 0.4 Indiana Muncie 50 $59,970 0.3 Indiana South Bend 300 $73,690 0.5 Indiana Terre Haute 120 $60,060 0.4 Iowa Ames 60 $82,750 0.4 Iowa Cedar Rapids 240 $78,830 0.4 Iowa Davenport 380 $109,450 0.5 Iowa Des Moines 1,270 $110,100 0.9 Iowa Dubuque 70 $101,950 0.3 Iowa Iowa City 130 $71,940 0.4 Iowa Sioux City 170 $116,080 0.6 Iowa Waterloo 150 $70,560 0.4 Kansas Lawrence 80 $89,560 0.4 Kansas Topeka 760 $77,270 1.6 Kansas Wichita 630 $109,050 0.5 Kentucky Bowling Green 140 $90,910 0.6 Kentucky Elizabethtown 80 $100,950 0.5 Kentucky Lexington 860 $98,550 0.8 Kentucky Louisville 1,730 $98,310 0.6 Kentucky Owensboro 70 $80,860 0.4 Louisiana Alexandria 160 $104,200 0.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,500 $83,530 0.9 Louisiana Lafayette 630 $103,400 1 Louisiana Lake Charles 180 $102,080 0.5 Louisiana Monroe 310 $65,110 0.9 Louisiana New Orleans 3,360 $105,130 1.4 Louisiana Shreveport 720 $98,470 0.9 Maine Bangor 190 $69,780 0.7 Maine Lewiston 130 $87,410 0.7 Maine Portland 1,020 $101,090 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 5,640 $128,960 0.9 Maryland Bethesda 2,720 $128,540 1 Maryland Cumberland 40 $77,000 0.3 Maryland Hagerstown 160 $104,580 0.4 Maryland Salisbury 140 $106,360 0.7 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 170 $122,620 0.4 Massachusetts Boston 11,990 $134,430 1.5 Massachusetts Brockton 190 $72,100 0.5 Massachusetts Framingham 440 $145,070 0.6 Massachusetts Haverhill 110 $110,680 0.3 Massachusetts Lawrence 130 $116,290 0.6 Massachusetts Leominster 80 $100,110 0.4 Massachusetts Lowell 240 $99,930 0.5 Massachusetts New Bedford 140 $98,950 0.5 Massachusetts Pittsfield 70 0.6 Massachusetts Springfield 750 $90,140 0.6 Massachusetts Taunton 160 $110,120 0.9 Massachusetts Worcester 620 $115,240 0.6 Michigan Ann Arbor 580 $114,420 0.8 Michigan Battle Creek 90 $83,980 0.5 Michigan Bay City 70 $88,400 0.5 Michigan Detroit 3,260 $125,460 1 Michigan Flint 230 $121,570 0.4 Michigan Grand Rapids 1,010 $104,680 0.6 Michigan Holland 150 $91,230 0.3 Michigan Jackson 120 $87,380 0.6 Michigan Kalamazoo 360 $115,370 0.6 Michigan Lansing 980 $102,650 1.1 Michigan Monroe 70 $70,550 0.5 Michigan Muskegon 170 $100,730 0.7 Michigan Niles 170 $81,640 0.7 Michigan Saginaw 270 $88,500 0.9 Michigan Warren 5,770 $124,890 1.1 Minnesota Duluth 330 $99,780 0.6 Minnesota Minneapolis 8,440 $128,060 1 Minnesota Rochester 140 $138,410 0.4 Minnesota St Cloud 420 $91,760 1 Mississippi Gulfport 260 $130,250 0.6 Mississippi Hattiesburg 200 $59,230 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 1,230 $103,050 1.1 Mississippi Pascagoula 100 $82,300 0.5 Missouri Columbia 190 $86,170 0.6 Missouri Jefferson City 280 $82,810 1 Missouri Joplin 100 0.3 Missouri Kansas City 5,000 $108,500 1.1 Missouri Springfield 450 $90,040 0.5 Missouri St Joseph 70 0.3 Missouri St Louis 5,480 $115,580 0.9 Montana Billings 310 $85,790 0.9 Montana Great Falls 140 $70,470 1.1 Montana Missoula 250 $76,920 1.2 Nebraska Lincoln 580 $91,950 0.8 Nebraska Omaha 1,470 $103,240 0.7 Nevada Carson City 220 $101,650 2.2Nevada Las Vegas 2,520 $113,090 0.6 Nevada Reno 760 $140,140 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 650 $95,540 1.5 New Hampshire Nashua 130 $93,340 0.2 New Hampshire Portsmouth 160 $93,300 0.7 New Jersey Atlantic City 430 $117,280 0.7 New Jersey Camden 2,830 $122,460 1.2 New Jersey Edison 4,080 $129,670 0.9 New Jersey Newark 7,100 $127,640 1.5 New Jersey Ocean City 140 $83,260 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 1,820 $104,110 1.9 New Jersey Vineland 190 $85,180 0.8 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,440 $91,300 0.8 New Mexico Farmington 70 $75,420 0.3 New Mexico Las Cruces 200 $59,170 0.8 New Mexico Santa Fe 270 $103,660 1 New York Albany 3,000 $104,010 1.5 New York Binghamton 290 $83,630 0.6 New York Buffalo 2,320 $106,620 0.9 New York Elmira 80 $98,350 0.6 New York Glens Falls 70 $82,750 0.3 New York Ithaca 100 $104,780 0.6 New York Kingston 190 $83,730 0.8 New York Nassau 6,790 $121,770 1.2 New York New York 52,680 $155,980 2.2New York Poughkeepsie 740 $104,150 0.7 New York Rochester 1,610 $103,190 0.7 New York Syracuse 1,200 $108,060 0.9 New York Utica 260 $131,900 0.5 North Carolina Asheville 330 $83,960 0.4 North Carolina Burlington 80 $86,720 0.3 North Carolina Charlotte 3,200 $121,510 0.8 North Carolina Durham 820 $109,800 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 250 $96,790 0.5 North Carolina Goldsboro 50 $89,330 0.3 North Carolina Greensboro 620 $109,850 0.4 North Carolina Greenville 170 $109,110 0.6 North Carolina Hickory 160 $99,450 0.2 North Carolina Jacksonville 90 $79,830 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 2,180 $124,790 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 70 $151,960 0.3 North Carolina Wilmington 260 $76,190 0.4 North Carolina Winston Salem 600 $117,760 0.6 North Dakota Bismarck 170 $91,370 0.7 North Dakota Fargo 270 $120,770 0.5 North Dakota Grand Forks 80 $90,540 0.4 Ohio Akron 870 $105,070 0.6 Ohio Canton 320 $85,490 0.4 Ohio Cincinnati 3,410 $109,380 0.7 Ohio Cleveland 4,820 $108,790 1 Ohio Columbus 3,190 $91,190 0.7 Ohio Dayton 730 $119,860 0.4 Ohio Lima 70 $105,270 0.3 Ohio Mansfield 80 $64,660 0.4 Ohio Sandusky 60 $94,310 0.4 Ohio Springfield 50 $71,280 0.3 Ohio Toledo 1,070 $108,730 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 400 $76,410 0.4 Oklahoma Lawton 70 $62,800 0.5 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3,270 $85,740 1.3 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,630 $107,640 0.8 Oregon Bend 220 $79,680 0.8 Oregon Corvallis 40 $90,070 0.3 Oregon Eugene 330 $83,040 0.5 Oregon Medford 100 $82,670 0.3 Oregon Portland 3,470 $103,500 0.7 Oregon Salem 680 $85,860 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 820 $93,620 0.5 Pennsylvania Altoona 50 0.2 Pennsylvania Erie 260 $115,180 0.5 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,860 $102,930 1.3 Pennsylvania Johnstown 60 $85,300 0.3 Pennsylvania Lancaster 350 $93,350 0.3 Pennsylvania Lebanon 40 $90,770 0.2 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 12,060 $132,100 1.4 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 4,600 $115,390 0.9 Pennsylvania Reading 390 $119,660 0.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 540 $97,040 0.5 Pennsylvania State College 120 $108,190 0.5 Pennsylvania Williamsport 110 $83,060 0.5 Pennsylvania York 370 $91,660 0.5 Rhode Island Providence 1,910 $116,210 0.7 South Carolina Anderson 80 $114,490 0.3 South Carolina Charleston 830 $111,080 0.6 South Carolina Columbia 1,610 $107,050 1 South Carolina Florence 180 $62,940 0.5 South Carolina Greenville 840 $121,250 0.6 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 330 $100,900 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 240 $125,990 0.5 South Carolina Sumter 60 $95,060 0.4 South Dakota Sioux Falls 290 $88,350 0.5 Tennessee Chattanooga 810 $148,330 0.8 Tennessee Clarksville 80 $92,550 0.3 Tennessee Jackson 160 $121,550 0.7 Tennessee Kingsport 150 $71,440 0.3 Tennessee Knoxville 900 $98,690 0.6 Tennessee Memphis 1,780 $120,160 0.6 Tennessee Morristown 50 $91,410 0.3 Tennessee Nashville 1,870 $113,720 0.5 Texas Abilene 120 $95,630 0.5 Texas Amarillo 270 $92,940 0.6 Texas Austin 3,950 $116,920 1.1 Texas Beaumont 600 $118,430 0.9 Texas Brownsville 230 $84,470 0.4 Texas College Station 120 $89,750 0.4 Texas Corpus Christi 540 $108,080 0.7 Texas Dallas 8,780 $138,380 0.9 Texas El Paso 740 $124,250 0.6 Texas Fort Worth 2,200 $113,780 0.6 Texas Houston 9,440 $136,380 0.8 Texas Killeen 120 $80,820 0.2 Texas Laredo 190 0.5 Texas Longview 150 $109,290 0.4 Texas Lubbock 290 $75,960 0.6 Texas Mcallen 310 $106,120 0.3 Texas Midland 290 $117,820 1.1 Texas Odessa 80 $110,250 0.4 Texas San Angelo 90 $54,100 0.6 Texas San Antonio 3,070 $107,900 0.8 Texas Sherman 70 $109,240 0.5 Texas Texarkana 150 $95,230 0.7 Texas Tyler 240 $127,260 0.6 Texas Victoria 50 $75,790 0.3 Texas Waco 270 $114,880 0.7 Texas Wichita Falls 100 $119,350 0.4 Utah Logan 50 $121,300 0.3 Utah Ogden 280 $85,460 0.3 Utah Provo 290 $81,990 0.4 Utah Salt Lake City 2,910 $125,190 1 Utah St George 70 $85,270 0.4 Vermont Burlington 480 $102,830 1 Virginia Blacksburg 50 $93,760 0.2 Virginia Charlottesville 350 $86,960 0.9 Virginia Danville 50 $74,670 0.4 Virginia Harrisonburg 70 $110,920 0.3 Virginia Lynchburg 130 $97,290 0.3 Virginia Richmond 2,300 $128,340 0.8 Virginia Roanoke 410 $98,540 0.6 Virginia Virginia Beach 1,770 $124,900 0.5 Virginia Winchester 70 $128,610 0.3 Washington Bellingham 170 $71,840 0.5 Washington Bremerton 190 $83,680 0.5 Washington Kennewick 140 $92,150 0.4 Washington Longview 40 $69,340 0.3 Washington Olympia 450 $87,910 1.1 Washington Seattle 6,740 $120,580 1 Washington Spokane 810 $91,370 0.9 Washington Tacoma 590 $90,900 0.5 Washington Wenatchee 60 $98,120 0.4 Washington Yakima 120 $81,320 0.4 West Virginia Charleston 1,050 $91,680 1.7 West Virginia Huntington 230 $84,700 0.5 West Virginia Morgantown 180 $86,260 1 West Virginia Parkersburg 80 $92,280 0.3 West Virginia Weirton 50 $114,790 0.3 West Virginia Wheeling 130 $89,490 0.5 Wisconsin Appleton 180 $88,890 0.4 Wisconsin Eau Claire 130 $123,060 0.4 Wisconsin Green Bay 220 $120,160 0.3 Wisconsin Janesville 80 $123,770 0.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 120 $97,000 0.4 Wisconsin Madison 1,160 $113,210 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,140 $113,240 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 150 $140,080 0.4 Wisconsin Racine 180 $94,490 0.6 Wisconsin Sheboygan 50 $77,480 0.2 Wisconsin Wausau 170 $127,760 0.6 Wyoming Casper 90 $124,150 0.6 Wyoming Cheyenne 270 $94,030 1.6
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