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Legal Assistants And Paralegals

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 238,000 people work as legal assistants and paralegals. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 11% of the total in 2008. Legal assistants and paralegals who work for themselves represent about 2% of the total.

Training and Education

An associate degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 45% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 43% of people working as legal assistants and paralegals went to college but did not obtain a degree. 13% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. 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

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Charleston (West Virginia), Washington (District of Columbia), and New York (New York), and the most challenging in Provo (Utah), Holland (Michigan), and Youngstown (Ohio).

The pay for these jobs is highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and New York (New York) and lowest in Iowa City (Iowa), Elkhart (Indiana), and Harrisonburg (Virginia).

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Legal Assistants And Paralegals: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Legal Assistants And Paralegals, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Legal Assistants And Paralegals 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 Legal Assistants And Paralegals are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham1,110$47,4401
AlabamaGadsden60$36,3301
AlabamaHuntsville170$35,8000.4
AlabamaMobile230$43,5100.6
AlabamaMontgomery280$39,4500.8
AlabamaTuscaloosa110$31,8000.6
AlaskaAnchorage380$55,3601.2
AlaskaFairbanks50$49,5800.9
ArizonaFlagstaff40$40,2100.4
ArizonaPhoenix4,270$49,3401.1
ArizonaPrescott110$35,9801
ArizonaTucson690$44,7100.9
ArizonaYuma50$41,1900.5
ArkansasFayetteville270$35,1300.7
ArkansasFort Smith160$37,5100.7
ArkansasLittle Rock790$46,3701.1
CaliforniaBakersfield160$53,6000.3
CaliforniaChico90$34,5400.7
CaliforniaFresno470$50,9200.7
CaliforniaModesto230$51,6000.7
CaliforniaNapa130$55,1501.1
CaliforniaOakland1,760$57,4100.8
CaliforniaOxnard480$55,2300.8
CaliforniaRedding40$53,2200.3
CaliforniaRiverside1,110$52,3900.4
CaliforniaSacramento1,410$52,4400.8
CaliforniaSalinas150$44,8300.5
CaliforniaSan Diego2,230$55,9700.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,570$62,1701.7
CaliforniaSan Jose1,970$61,9201
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,820$56,8000.9
CaliforniaSanta Cruz80$57,3000.5
CaliforniaSanta Rosa150$48,4900.4
CaliforniaStockton140$65,8900.3
CaliforniaVallejo110$54,7300.5
CaliforniaVisalia170$34,8300.6
ColoradoBoulder250$46,8700.8
ColoradoColorado Springs380$40,5000.7
ColoradoDenver3,610$50,1501.4
ColoradoFort Collins230$41,3201
ColoradoGrand Junction60$45,5000.6
ColoradoGreeley90$40,5500.6
ConnecticutBridgeport1,200$50,4501.3
ConnecticutDanbury100$48,7900.8
ConnecticutHartford1,950$53,2601.6
ConnecticutNew Haven790$43,6401.4
ConnecticutNorwich220$43,9300.9
ConnecticutWaterbury220$41,4801.7
DelawareDover90$41,4400.9
DelawareWilmington1,010$52,7201.5
District of ColumbiaWashington9,800$59,580 2
FloridaCape Coral400$42,1001
FloridaDeltona530$38,2801.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,360$47,3701.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach120$35,4200.8
FloridaGainesville180$33,1500.8
FloridaJacksonville1,150$43,9900.9
FloridaLakeland440$36,4501.1
FloridaMiami3,430$48,8701.7
FloridaNaples230$49,2701
FloridaOcala310$36,8001.7
FloridaOrlando2,290$47,1201.1
FloridaPalm Bay330$37,3200.8
FloridaPanama City230$37,2101.8
FloridaPensacola470$35,5601.6
FloridaPort St Lucie310$42,7101.3
FloridaPunta Gorda60$34,6800.9
FloridaSarasota650$40,6001.2
FloridaTallahassee500$41,9601.6
FloridaTampa3,070$48,8501.2
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,940$48,2201.8
GeorgiaAlbany60$36,3100.5
GeorgiaAthens90$36,4400.6
GeorgiaAtlanta6,510$49,9801.3
GeorgiaAugusta200$44,8400.5
GeorgiaColumbus70$45,0000.3
GeorgiaDalton50$39,2600.3
GeorgiaGainesville70$38,6800.5
GeorgiaRome120$37,5901.9
GeorgiaSavannah180$47,1400.6
GeorgiaValdosta50$45,5100.5
HawaiiHonolulu720$48,1100.8
IdahoBoise440$43,4900.8
IllinoisBloomington140$51,9101.1
IllinoisChampaign90$41,1800.5
IllinoisChicago6,800$54,3700.9
IllinoisPeoria140$43,4500.4
IllinoisSpringfield190$40,4801
IndianaColumbus50$33,2500.7
IndianaElkhart160$27,3500.6
IndianaEvansville200$35,0500.6
IndianaFort Wayne240$41,9400.6
IndianaGary350$35,1300.6
IndianaIndianapolis1,630$44,1500.9
IndianaKokomo60$41,7701
IndianaLafayette40$42,0400.3
IndianaSouth Bend210$36,9600.8
IowaCedar Rapids230$40,5500.9
IowaDavenport340$46,6100.9
IowaDes Moines490$48,3100.7
IowaDubuque30$35,7300.3
IowaIowa City40$28,8500.3
IowaSioux City100$33,9800.8
IowaWaterloo80$33,9300.5
KansasLawrence30$39,9500.4
KansasTopeka260$39,4701.2
KansasWichita380$37,8200.6
KentuckyBowling Green160$33,8401.5
KentuckyElizabethtown50$42,4200.6
KentuckyLexington530$36,8201.1
KentuckyLouisville1,110$43,8700.9
KentuckyOwensboro50$32,4000.6
LouisianaAlexandria140$36,1301.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge540$36,5300.7
LouisianaLafayette430$37,0701.5
LouisianaLake Charles200$33,7301.2
LouisianaNew Orleans1,770$43,6401.7
LouisianaShreveport350$46,3501
MaineBangor160$39,3901.4
MaineLewiston70$42,4000.8
MainePortland720$44,5401.8
MarylandBaltimore3,950$49,2301.5
MarylandBethesda1,430$47,1001.2
MarylandHagerstown250$42,3801.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town230$42,0701.2
MassachusettsBoston4,660$54,4801.3
MassachusettsBrockton70$41,8000.4
MassachusettsFramingham230$45,2100.7
MassachusettsHaverhill140$42,2301
MassachusettsLawrence110$48,9401.1
MassachusettsLowell190$49,8500.8
MassachusettsPittsfield50$41,0100.9
MassachusettsSpringfield600$46,2101
MassachusettsTaunton110$45,0901.3
MassachusettsWorcester340$53,8800.7
MichiganAnn Arbor210$57,5900.6
MichiganBay City30$36,7500.5
MichiganDetroit1,030$53,5900.7
MichiganFlint70$51,0800.3
MichiganGrand Rapids470$56,2400.6
MichiganHolland40$33,6900.2
MichiganKalamazoo140$47,2100.5
MichiganLansing220$47,4600.6
MichiganMuskegon110$46,1401
MichiganNiles50$48,9300.4
MichiganSaginaw70$46,8500.5
MichiganWarren2,040$48,1800.9
MinnesotaDuluth120$42,5700.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis3,230$51,6500.9
MinnesotaRochester120$40,7600.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud170$48,4600.9
MississippiGulfport130$37,4700.6
MississippiHattiesburg60$43,8300.6
MississippiJackson1,000$39,0102
MississippiPascagoula80$34,8301
MissouriJefferson City90$32,8600.7
MissouriJoplin40$34,9600.3
MissouriKansas City2,310$49,3301.1
MissouriSpringfield460$37,4601.2
MissouriSt Joseph90$37,1001
MissouriSt Louis2,380$41,2100.8
MontanaBillings100$46,7700.7
MontanaGreat Falls30$41,8600.5
MontanaMissoula70$43,7200.7
NebraskaLincoln230$37,5000.7
NebraskaOmaha730$39,2500.8
NevadaCarson City40$45,5600.9
NevadaLas Vegas1,160$47,6200.6
NevadaReno280$54,3000.7
New HampshireManchester310$45,2601.5
New HampshireNashua190$42,6700.7
New HampshirePortsmouth140$45,3701.4
New JerseyAtlantic City250$45,5000.9
New JerseyCamden1,000$49,6500.9
New JerseyEdison1,360$50,5300.6
New JerseyNewark2,230$51,1601.1
New JerseyTrenton490$50,9901.1
New JerseyVineland130$40,8401.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque840$37,9401.1
New MexicoFarmington140$31,7601.5
New MexicoSanta Fe180$42,1201.5
New YorkAlbany1,000$45,1701.1
New YorkBinghamton150$43,6200.7
New YorkBuffalo1,270$46,0201.1
New YorkIthaca30$44,0500.4
New YorkNassau2,990$53,9001.1
New YorkNew York20,860$60,6702
New YorkPoughkeepsie350$54,6100.7
New YorkRochester910$44,0800.9
New YorkSyracuse500$48,1400.8
New YorkUtica100$45,0600.4
North CarolinaAsheville580$35,6501.6
North CarolinaCharlotte1,990$43,3901.1
North CarolinaDurham540$42,9701
North CarolinaFayetteville360$38,5801.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro80$31,3001.2
North CarolinaGreensboro590$40,6200.8
North CarolinaGreenville190$30,9201.4
North CarolinaHickory160$33,5500.5
North CarolinaJacksonville80$30,4101.1
North CarolinaRaleigh1,440$44,7601.4
North CarolinaRocky Mount120$32,4701.1
North CarolinaWilmington310$34,6101.1
North CarolinaWinston Salem740$39,9701.7
North DakotaBismarck70$41,7500.7
North DakotaFargo110$44,6200.5
OhioAkron510$38,6700.7
OhioCanton200$40,5000.6
OhioCincinnati1,690$42,6700.8
OhioCleveland2,050$47,8500.9
OhioColumbus1,480$43,8900.8
OhioDayton340$47,5600.4
OhioLima40$46,4300.4
OhioMansfield40$41,3500.4
OhioToledo460$41,9000.7
OhioYoungstown90$28,9600.2
OklahomaOklahoma City1,410$47,6601.2
OklahomaTulsa750$41,6400.8
OregonEugene250$40,5500.9
OregonPortland1,980$50,3600.9
OregonSalem190$40,7000.6
PennsylvaniaAllentown260$45,0800.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg490$45,0100.8
PennsylvaniaJohnstown40$46,0900.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster240$40,1400.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,860$50,7801.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,740$41,4600.7
PennsylvaniaReading190$46,5600.6
PennsylvaniaScranton310$35,2200.6
PennsylvaniaState College50$42,8500.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport50$36,3500.5
PennsylvaniaYork160$39,9000.4
Rhode IslandProvidence1,020$46,6500.9
South CarolinaAnderson80$34,2700.7
South CarolinaCharleston940$42,2201.6
South CarolinaColumbia1,130$40,9401.6
South CarolinaFlorence150$31,1900.9
South CarolinaGreenville460$43,7300.7
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach240$35,9601
South CarolinaSpartanburg200$37,3200.8
South CarolinaSumter90$31,2901.5
South DakotaRapid City100$42,9700.9
South DakotaSioux Falls180$38,6200.7
TennesseeChattanooga410$49,8100.9
TennesseeClarksville60$31,0200.4
TennesseeCleveland30$34,1500.5
TennesseeJackson130$35,9701.2
TennesseeKingsport250$41,0701.1
TennesseeKnoxville580$40,8300.9
TennesseeMemphis860$42,0900.7
TennesseeMorristown50$34,2800.6
TennesseeNashville1,080$42,9800.7
TexasAbilene90$41,3400.8
TexasAmarillo220$39,7901.2
TexasAustin1,580$51,9201
TexasBeaumont330$40,6101.1
TexasCollege Station120$37,3400.8
TexasCorpus Christi350$36,7001
TexasDallas4,580$56,8201
TexasEl Paso400$40,6000.8
TexasFort Worth1,070$51,9300.6
TexasHouston5,560$48,5401
TexasKilleen90$37,8700.4
TexasLaredo70 0.4
TexasLongview190$41,7801.1
TexasLubbock130$38,7900.6
TexasMcallen290$39,8900.7
TexasMidland120$41,5401
TexasSan Antonio1,510$41,2300.9
TexasTyler220$38,1401.3
TexasVictoria30$39,4300.4
TexasWaco170$39,2600.9
UtahOgden130$39,4300.3
UtahProvo80$43,4900.2
UtahSalt Lake City830$46,6900.6
VermontBurlington270$49,9701.3
VirginiaBlacksburg80$36,7500.7
VirginiaCharlottesville230$37,3401.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg70$30,8000.7
VirginiaLynchburg110$35,2000.6
VirginiaRichmond1,710$43,5601.4
VirginiaRoanoke250$40,4800.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,320$41,3600.8
WashingtonBellingham130$42,5300.9
WashingtonBremerton80$46,4300.5
WashingtonKennewick90$45,8000.5
WashingtonOlympia160$48,8200.9
WashingtonSeattle3,280$51,7001.1
WashingtonSpokane380$40,8500.9
WashingtonTacoma650$42,5001.2
WashingtonYakima190$36,9501.3
West VirginiaCharleston710$37,300 2.5
West VirginiaHuntington270$36,5301.2
West VirginiaParkersburg160$37,4901.2
West VirginiaWeirton40$32,1800.5
West VirginiaWheeling150$39,6101.3
WisconsinAppleton140$32,6300.6
WisconsinJanesville50$32,3200.4
WisconsinMadison510$49,2600.8
WisconsinMilwaukee1,610$49,2700.9
WisconsinOshkosh110$39,7800.7
WisconsinRacine70$46,4600.5
WisconsinSheboygan50$36,0400.5
WisconsinWausau190$35,3501.5
WyomingCasper100$34,3401.5
WyomingCheyenne140$42,1101.8
 

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