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Attorneys

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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston70$62,4400.4
AlabamaBirmingham2,440$129,7901
AlabamaDecatur70$62,2700.3
AlabamaDothan120$141,7700.5
AlabamaFlorence130$80,3000.6
AlabamaGadsden70$121,1600.5
AlabamaHuntsville400$108,7900.4
AlabamaMobile520$112,2900.6
AlabamaMontgomery900$107,2201.2
AlabamaTuscaloosa210$97,2700.6
AlaskaAnchorage680$98,2701
AlaskaFairbanks100$109,1800.8
ArizonaFlagstaff150$81,3300.7
ArizonaKingman60$90,8000.3
ArizonaPhoenix5,770$124,4400.7
ArizonaPrescott100 0.4
ArizonaTucson1,570$104,1600.9
ArizonaYuma120$78,1900.5
ArkansasFayetteville470$100,1000.5
ArkansasFort Smith270$118,1000.5
ArkansasJonesboro80$85,3600.4
ArkansasLittle Rock1,460$102,3700.9
ArkansasPine Bluff60$73,3100.5
CaliforniaBakersfield240$130,9600.2
CaliforniaChico210$124,6000.7
CaliforniaEl Centro70$105,9800.3
CaliforniaFresno1,120$130,9200.7
CaliforniaMadera110 0.8
CaliforniaMerced40$98,0200.2
CaliforniaModesto440$136,9600.6
CaliforniaNapa100 0.4
CaliforniaOakland3,540$136,7800.7
CaliforniaOxnard880$141,9000.7
CaliforniaRedding170$88,8100.6
CaliforniaRiverside2,240$116,2500.4
CaliforniaSacramento4,610$109,0801.1
CaliforniaSalinas390$119,7300.6
CaliforniaSan Diego5,970$128,6101
CaliforniaSan Francisco9,820$155,760 2.1
CaliforniaSan Jose4,040$181,8501
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo170$113,1600.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana6,110$149,7400.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara320$149,4600.4
CaliforniaSanta Cruz260$127,9100.7
CaliforniaSanta Rosa440$157,4100.5
CaliforniaStockton390$129,8200.4
CaliforniaVallejo210$108,1700.4
CaliforniaVisalia190$100,7700.3
ColoradoBoulder610$105,6300.9
ColoradoColorado Springs650$88,2000.6
ColoradoDenver7,670$128,3201.3
ColoradoFort Collins170$122,2200.3
ColoradoGrand Junction220$89,5501
ColoradoGreeley140$79,1700.4
ColoradoPueblo140$100,5700.6
ConnecticutBridgeport2,530$123,4401.3
ConnecticutDanbury140$127,5000.5
ConnecticutHartford3,570$127,2201.3
ConnecticutNew Haven1,150$125,5000.9
ConnecticutNorwich300$123,0000.6
ConnecticutWaterbury250$98,7700.9
DelawareDover180$106,7000.8
DelawareWilmington2,080$148,8701.4
District of ColumbiaWashington38,000$145,040 3.6
FloridaCape Coral760$87,6900.8
FloridaDeltona570$100,1200.8
FloridaFort Lauderdale4,420$105,8601.3
FloridaFort Walton Beach150$103,4000.5
FloridaGainesville530$70,9601.1
FloridaJacksonville2,030$116,2800.7
FloridaLakeland660$107,3300.8
FloridaMiami7,220$116,5901.6
FloridaNaples450$106,8000.9
FloridaOcala310$79,4200.8
FloridaOrlando3,880$131,6100.8
FloridaPalm Bay560$89,9300.6
FloridaPalm Coast60 1.3
FloridaPanama City140$69,9200.5
FloridaPensacola640$116,4201
FloridaPort St Lucie430$92,8500.8
FloridaPunta Gorda140$85,9900.9
FloridaSarasota1,080$96,8300.9
FloridaSebastian160$111,4800.8
FloridaTallahassee1,630$96,560 2.3
FloridaTampa5,830$114,8501
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,480$140,7301.4
GeorgiaAlbany160$113,8600.6
GeorgiaAthens120$64,2400.4
GeorgiaAtlanta12,180$138,2401.1
GeorgiaAugusta270$103,1000.3
GeorgiaBrunswick100$117,2600.6
GeorgiaColumbus150$88,6300.3
GeorgiaDalton70$61,2800.2
GeorgiaGainesville140$73,9300.5
GeorgiaMacon200$97,5500.5
GeorgiaRome80$115,4300.6
GeorgiaSavannah360$102,0500.5
GeorgiaValdosta60$89,6800.3
GeorgiaWarner Robins60$74,7800.3
HawaiiHonolulu1,920$98,3501
IdahoBoise1,080$101,8700.9
IdahoCoeur Dalene210$73,1100.9
IdahoLewiston70$124,0200.8
IdahoPocatello150$80,9001.3
IllinoisBloomington380$139,4901.3
IllinoisChampaign190$128,6700.5
IllinoisChicago25,350$142,7801.4
IllinoisDanville80$100,9900.8
IllinoisDecatur100$103,6300.5
IllinoisKankakee40$84,4800.3
IllinoisPeoria370$82,6900.5
IllinoisRockford300$167,4200.5
IllinoisSpringfield430$94,7901
IndianaAnderson120$58,4100.8
IndianaBloomington190$81,9900.7
IndianaColumbus70$92,3300.4
IndianaElkhart120$81,1800.2
IndianaEvansville290$78,5300.4
IndianaFort Wayne430$90,5500.5
IndianaGary880$101,9600.7
IndianaIndianapolis3,340$101,5600.8
IndianaKokomo70$78,9300.5
IndianaLafayette150$88,2000.5
IndianaMichigan City60$69,1900.4
IndianaMuncie50$59,9700.3
IndianaSouth Bend300$73,6900.5
IndianaTerre Haute120$60,0600.4
IowaAmes60$82,7500.4
IowaCedar Rapids240$78,8300.4
IowaDavenport380$109,4500.5
IowaDes Moines1,270$110,1000.9
IowaDubuque70$101,9500.3
IowaIowa City130$71,9400.4
IowaSioux City170$116,0800.6
IowaWaterloo150$70,5600.4
KansasLawrence80$89,5600.4
KansasTopeka760$77,2701.6
KansasWichita630$109,0500.5
KentuckyBowling Green140$90,9100.6
KentuckyElizabethtown80$100,9500.5
KentuckyLexington860$98,5500.8
KentuckyLouisville1,730$98,3100.6
KentuckyOwensboro70$80,8600.4
LouisianaAlexandria160$104,2000.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,500$83,5300.9
LouisianaLafayette630$103,4001
LouisianaLake Charles180$102,0800.5
LouisianaMonroe310$65,1100.9
LouisianaNew Orleans3,360$105,1301.4
LouisianaShreveport720$98,4700.9
MaineBangor190$69,7800.7
MaineLewiston130$87,4100.7
MainePortland1,020$101,0901.1
MarylandBaltimore5,640$128,9600.9
MarylandBethesda2,720$128,5401
MarylandCumberland40$77,0000.3
MarylandHagerstown160$104,5800.4
MarylandSalisbury140$106,3600.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town170$122,6200.4
MassachusettsBoston11,990$134,4301.5
MassachusettsBrockton190$72,1000.5
MassachusettsFramingham440$145,0700.6
MassachusettsHaverhill110$110,6800.3
MassachusettsLawrence130$116,2900.6
MassachusettsLeominster80$100,1100.4
MassachusettsLowell240$99,9300.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford140$98,9500.5
MassachusettsPittsfield70 0.6
MassachusettsSpringfield750$90,1400.6
MassachusettsTaunton160$110,1200.9
MassachusettsWorcester620$115,2400.6
MichiganAnn Arbor580$114,4200.8
MichiganBattle Creek90$83,9800.5
MichiganBay City70$88,4000.5
MichiganDetroit3,260$125,4601
MichiganFlint230$121,5700.4
MichiganGrand Rapids1,010$104,6800.6
MichiganHolland150$91,2300.3
MichiganJackson120$87,3800.6
MichiganKalamazoo360$115,3700.6
MichiganLansing980$102,6501.1
MichiganMonroe70$70,5500.5
MichiganMuskegon170$100,7300.7
MichiganNiles170$81,6400.7
MichiganSaginaw270$88,5000.9
MichiganWarren5,770$124,8901.1
MinnesotaDuluth330$99,7800.6
MinnesotaMinneapolis8,440$128,0601
MinnesotaRochester140$138,4100.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud420$91,7601
MississippiGulfport260$130,2500.6
MississippiHattiesburg200$59,2300.9
MississippiJackson1,230$103,0501.1
MississippiPascagoula100$82,3000.5
MissouriColumbia190$86,1700.6
MissouriJefferson City280$82,8101
MissouriJoplin100 0.3
MissouriKansas City5,000$108,5001.1
MissouriSpringfield450$90,0400.5
MissouriSt Joseph70 0.3
MissouriSt Louis5,480$115,5800.9
MontanaBillings310$85,7900.9
MontanaGreat Falls140$70,4701.1
MontanaMissoula250$76,9201.2
NebraskaLincoln580$91,9500.8
NebraskaOmaha1,470$103,2400.7
NevadaCarson City220$101,650 2.2
NevadaLas Vegas2,520$113,0900.6
NevadaReno760$140,1400.8
New HampshireManchester650$95,5401.5
New HampshireNashua130$93,3400.2
New HampshirePortsmouth160$93,3000.7
New JerseyAtlantic City430$117,2800.7
New JerseyCamden2,830$122,4601.2
New JerseyEdison4,080$129,6700.9
New JerseyNewark7,100$127,6401.5
New JerseyOcean City140$83,2600.9
New JerseyTrenton1,820$104,1101.9
New JerseyVineland190$85,1800.8
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,440$91,3000.8
New MexicoFarmington70$75,4200.3
New MexicoLas Cruces200$59,1700.8
New MexicoSanta Fe270$103,6601
New YorkAlbany3,000$104,0101.5
New YorkBinghamton290$83,6300.6
New YorkBuffalo2,320$106,6200.9
New YorkElmira80$98,3500.6
New YorkGlens Falls70$82,7500.3
New YorkIthaca100$104,7800.6
New YorkKingston190$83,7300.8
New YorkNassau6,790$121,7701.2
New YorkNew York52,680$155,980 2.2
New YorkPoughkeepsie740$104,1500.7
New YorkRochester1,610$103,1900.7
New YorkSyracuse1,200$108,0600.9
New YorkUtica260$131,9000.5
North CarolinaAsheville330$83,9600.4
North CarolinaBurlington80$86,7200.3
North CarolinaCharlotte3,200$121,5100.8
North CarolinaDurham820$109,8000.7
North CarolinaFayetteville250$96,7900.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro50$89,3300.3
North CarolinaGreensboro620$109,8500.4
North CarolinaGreenville170$109,1100.6
North CarolinaHickory160$99,4500.2
North CarolinaJacksonville90$79,8300.6
North CarolinaRaleigh2,180$124,7900.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount70$151,9600.3
North CarolinaWilmington260$76,1900.4
North CarolinaWinston Salem600$117,7600.6
North DakotaBismarck170$91,3700.7
North DakotaFargo270$120,7700.5
North DakotaGrand Forks80$90,5400.4
OhioAkron870$105,0700.6
OhioCanton320$85,4900.4
OhioCincinnati3,410$109,3800.7
OhioCleveland4,820$108,7901
OhioColumbus3,190$91,1900.7
OhioDayton730$119,8600.4
OhioLima70$105,2700.3
OhioMansfield80$64,6600.4
OhioSandusky60$94,3100.4
OhioSpringfield50$71,2800.3
OhioToledo1,070$108,7300.8
OhioYoungstown400$76,4100.4
OklahomaLawton70$62,8000.5
OklahomaOklahoma City3,270$85,7401.3
OklahomaTulsa1,630$107,6400.8
OregonBend220$79,6800.8
OregonCorvallis40$90,0700.3
OregonEugene330$83,0400.5
OregonMedford100$82,6700.3
OregonPortland3,470$103,5000.7
OregonSalem680$85,8601
PennsylvaniaAllentown820$93,6200.5
PennsylvaniaAltoona50 0.2
PennsylvaniaErie260$115,1800.5
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,860$102,9301.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown60$85,3000.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster350$93,3500.3
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$90,7700.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia12,060$132,1001.4
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,600$115,3900.9
PennsylvaniaReading390$119,6600.5
PennsylvaniaScranton540$97,0400.5
PennsylvaniaState College120$108,1900.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport110$83,0600.5
PennsylvaniaYork370$91,6600.5
Rhode IslandProvidence1,910$116,2100.7
South CarolinaAnderson80$114,4900.3
South CarolinaCharleston830$111,0800.6
South CarolinaColumbia1,610$107,0501
South CarolinaFlorence180$62,9400.5
South CarolinaGreenville840$121,2500.6
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach330$100,9000.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg240$125,9900.5
South CarolinaSumter60$95,0600.4
South DakotaSioux Falls290$88,3500.5
TennesseeChattanooga810$148,3300.8
TennesseeClarksville80$92,5500.3
TennesseeJackson160$121,5500.7
TennesseeKingsport150$71,4400.3
TennesseeKnoxville900$98,6900.6
TennesseeMemphis1,780$120,1600.6
TennesseeMorristown50$91,4100.3
TennesseeNashville1,870$113,7200.5
TexasAbilene120$95,6300.5
TexasAmarillo270$92,9400.6
TexasAustin3,950$116,9201.1
TexasBeaumont600$118,4300.9
TexasBrownsville230$84,4700.4
TexasCollege Station120$89,7500.4
TexasCorpus Christi540$108,0800.7
TexasDallas8,780$138,3800.9
TexasEl Paso740$124,2500.6
TexasFort Worth2,200$113,7800.6
TexasHouston9,440$136,3800.8
TexasKilleen120$80,8200.2
TexasLaredo190 0.5
TexasLongview150$109,2900.4
TexasLubbock290$75,9600.6
TexasMcallen310$106,1200.3
TexasMidland290$117,8201.1
TexasOdessa80$110,2500.4
TexasSan Angelo90$54,1000.6
TexasSan Antonio3,070$107,9000.8
TexasSherman70$109,2400.5
TexasTexarkana150$95,2300.7
TexasTyler240$127,2600.6
TexasVictoria50$75,7900.3
TexasWaco270$114,8800.7
TexasWichita Falls100$119,3500.4
UtahLogan50$121,3000.3
UtahOgden280$85,4600.3
UtahProvo290$81,9900.4
UtahSalt Lake City2,910$125,1901
UtahSt George70$85,2700.4
VermontBurlington480$102,8301
VirginiaBlacksburg50$93,7600.2
VirginiaCharlottesville350$86,9600.9
VirginiaDanville50$74,6700.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg70$110,9200.3
VirginiaLynchburg130$97,2900.3
VirginiaRichmond2,300$128,3400.8
VirginiaRoanoke410$98,5400.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,770$124,9000.5
VirginiaWinchester70$128,6100.3
WashingtonBellingham170$71,8400.5
WashingtonBremerton190$83,6800.5
WashingtonKennewick140$92,1500.4
WashingtonLongview40$69,3400.3
WashingtonOlympia450$87,9101.1
WashingtonSeattle6,740$120,5801
WashingtonSpokane810$91,3700.9
WashingtonTacoma590$90,9000.5
WashingtonWenatchee60$98,1200.4
WashingtonYakima120$81,3200.4
West VirginiaCharleston1,050$91,6801.7
West VirginiaHuntington230$84,7000.5
West VirginiaMorgantown180$86,2601
West VirginiaParkersburg80$92,2800.3
West VirginiaWeirton50$114,7900.3
West VirginiaWheeling130$89,4900.5
WisconsinAppleton180$88,8900.4
WisconsinEau Claire130$123,0600.4
WisconsinGreen Bay220$120,1600.3
WisconsinJanesville80$123,7700.3
WisconsinLa Crosse120$97,0000.4
WisconsinMadison1,160$113,2100.8
WisconsinMilwaukee3,140$113,2400.8
WisconsinOshkosh150$140,0800.4
WisconsinRacine180$94,4900.6
WisconsinSheboygan50$77,4800.2
WisconsinWausau170$127,7600.6
WyomingCasper90$124,1500.6
WyomingCheyenne270$94,0301.6
 

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