Law Secretaries Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There were about 275,000 jobs for law secretaries in the US in 2008. Compared to other occupations, unemployment for workers was ranked low. The percentage of employees without jobs in 2008 was 3%.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most jobs for law secretaries are Great Falls (Montana), Newark (New Jersey), and Macon (Georgia), and cities with the least jobs are Rochester (Minnesota), Nashua (New Hampshire), and Knoxville (Tennessee).

The highest salaries for workers are found in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Washington (District of Columbia), and the lowest-paying areas are in Elizabethtown (Kentucky), Dothan (Alabama), and Jacksonville (North Carolina).

Training and Education

People who want to work as employees should consider getting an associate degree. More than 18% of law secretaries have a four year degree. About 49% of workers have attended college, but not earned a bachelor's degree. For 33% of employees a high school diploma was all that was required. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 19% of law secretaries work part of the time. About 1% of workers are self-employed.

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Law Secretaries Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of law secretaries compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for law secretaries.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$36,000	1,830
Mobile	$36,000	480
Montgomery	$31,000	410
Huntsville	$31,000	290
Dothan	$24,000	100
Auburn	$29,000	90
Florence	$27,000	70
Decatur	$30,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$45,000	340
Fairbanks	$45,000	40

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$42,000	3,250
Tucson	$38,000	810
Yuma	$32,000	110
Flagstaff	$35,000	80

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$33,000	560
Fayetteville	$30,000	220
Fort Smith	$27,000	140
Pine Bluff	$24,000	50

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Francisco	$60,000	3,430
Santa Ana	$49,000	3,250
San Diego	$44,000	2,800
Sacramento	$44,000	2,020
San Jose	$64,000	1,630
Oakland	$51,000	1,280
Riverside	$39,000	1,270
Fresno	$47,000	580
Oxnard	$47,000	440
Santa Rosa	$44,000	300
Bakersfield	$39,000	230
Stockton	$39,000	200
Santa Barbara	$44,000	200
Modesto	$52,000	180
Salinas	$48,000	150
Chico	$47,000	150
Yuba City	$33,000	120
Redding	$31,000	120
Visalia	$38,000	120
Vallejo	$42,000	110
El Centro	$28,000	60
Merced	$33,000	60

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$46,000	2,320
Boulder	$46,000	180
Fort Collins	$35,000	100
Grand Junction	$34,000	60

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$49,000	950
Bridgeport	$49,000	640
New Haven	$45,000	430
Waterbury	$37,000	140
Danbury	$45,000	40

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$47,000	1,020
Dover	$33,000	160

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$59,000	8,890

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Miami	$41,000	3,990
Tampa	$37,000	2,840
Fort Lauderdale	$41,000	2,540
Orlando	$41,000	2,340
West Palm Beach	$43,000	1,880
Jacksonville	$37,000	1,020
Sarasota	$35,000	450
Tallahassee	$39,000	400
Pensacola	$34,000	320
Cape Coral	$41,000	270
Deltona	$33,000	260
Port St Lucie	$37,000	250
Gainesville	$31,000	250
Lakeland	$33,000	240
Palm Bay	$39,000	180
Ocala	$31,000	150
Panama City	$29,000	90
Punta Gorda	$36,000	50

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$46,000	4,050
Augusta	$33,000	410
Macon	$28,000	410
Savannah	$33,000	300
Columbus	$28,000	200
Albany	$30,000	160
Valdosta	$27,000	140
Warner Robins	$30,000	110
Dalton	$31,000	60
Hinesville	$30,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$45,000	570

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$38,000	540
Idaho Falls	$30,000	110
Lewiston	$30,000	60

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$47,000	10,370
Rockford	$34,000	460
Peoria	$37,000	430
Springfield	$37,000	170
Champaign	$35,000	160
Bloomington	$43,000	130
Danville	$33,000	70
Kankakee	$33,000	60
Decatur	$34,000	30

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$42,000	1,670
Gary	$30,000	550
Fort Wayne	$36,000	320
Evansville	$31,000	180
Terre Haute	$23,000	140
Lafayette	$33,000	120
South Bend	$32,000	120
Bloomington	$28,000	100
Muncie	$28,000	60
Kokomo	$42,000	60
Anderson	$30,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$37,000	510
Davenport	$37,000	420
Cedar Rapids	$34,000	150
Iowa City	$29,000	100
Ames	$25,000	50

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$31,000	280
Topeka	$25,000	250
Lawrence	$29,000	80

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$38,000	720
Lexington	$36,000	290
Owensboro	$29,000	80
Bowling Green	$30,000	70
Elizabethtown	$23,000	40

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$39,000	1,560
Baton Rouge	$33,000	690
Lafayette	$34,000	390
Shreveport	$33,000	290
Lake Charles	$32,000	220
Monroe	$31,000	210
Alexandria	$27,000	160

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$37,000	380
Lewiston	$35,000	80
Bangor	$32,000	70

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$42,000	1,940
Bethesda	$41,000	560
Hagerstown	$30,000	130
Cumberland	$33,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$54,000	4,680
Worcester	$43,000	460
Springfield	$39,000	430
Framingham	$38,000	180
New Bedford	$36,000	140
Barnstable Town	$36,000	100
Leominster	$34,000	60
Taunton	$45,000	50
Pittsfield	$30,000	50

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$45,000	1,870
Detroit	$46,000	1,160
Grand Rapids	$42,000	670
Lansing	$41,000	590
Flint	$33,000	270
Kalamazoo	$41,000	180
Saginaw	$36,000	100
Bay City	$30,000	70
Jackson	$34,000	70
Muskegon	$40,000	50
Niles	$33,000	50
Battle Creek	$34,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$48,000	3,510
Duluth	$37,000	170
St Cloud	$33,000	60
Rochester	$39,000	40

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$41,000	560
Gulfport	$36,000	90
Pascagoula	$31,000	80

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$41,000	2,490
Kansas City	$38,000	1,680
Joplin	$26,000	150
Jefferson City	$31,000	70

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$32,000	170
Missoula	$24,000	140
Great Falls	$28,000	140

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$38,000	560
Lincoln	$37,000	220

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$44,000	1,440
Reno	$45,000	580
Carson City	$42,000	80

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$42,000	210
Rochester	$35,000	100
Portsmouth	$39,000	70
Nashua	$34,000	60

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$46,000	4,840
Edison	$44,000	2,540
Camden	$41,000	1,620
Trenton	$46,000	680
Atlantic City	$38,000	320
Vineland	$35,000	110
Ocean City	$41,000	110

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$33,000	590
Santa Fe	$36,000	90
Farmington	$31,000	70

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$45,000	20,530
Nassau	$42,000	4,960
Buffalo	$34,000	1,490
Albany	$37,000	1,250
Rochester	$34,000	1,150
Syracuse	$35,000	810
Poughkeepsie	$38,000	500
Utica	$27,000	190
Binghamton	$34,000	180
Kingston	$32,000	140
Ithaca	$34,000	100
Elmira	$37,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$41,000	1,210
Raleigh	$46,000	730
Greensboro	$33,000	300
Winston Salem	$41,000	240
Durham	$35,000	170
Wilmington	$39,000	80
Jacksonville	$20,000	80
Fayetteville	$32,000	70
Burlington	$37,000	70

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$33,000	180
Bismarck	$30,000	170
Grand Forks	$30,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$40,000	2,730
Cincinnati	$41,000	1,600
Columbus	$39,000	1,210
Akron	$33,000	670
Dayton	$36,000	620
Toledo	$38,000	440
Youngstown	$28,000	350
Canton	$29,000	230
Springfield	$25,000	70
Mansfield	$32,000	70
Sandusky	$26,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$31,000	910
Tulsa	$32,000	660

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$43,000	2,260
Salem	$33,000	490
Eugene	$31,000	260
Bend	$37,000	160
Medford	$34,000	160
Corvallis	$30,000	40

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$43,000	6,760
Pittsburgh	$35,000	2,960
Allentown	$31,000	720
Scranton	$25,000	720
Harrisburg	$37,000	650
Reading	$35,000	300
Lancaster	$35,000	290
Erie	$28,000	220
York	$34,000	150
Williamsport	$26,000	140
Altoona	$30,000	120
Johnstown	$35,000	100
State College	$34,000	80
Lebanon	$36,000	70

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$36,000	1,360

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$36,000	810
Greenville	$35,000	590
Charleston	$33,000	590
Myrtle Beach	$41,000	220
Spartanburg	$33,000	170

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$33,000	130

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$36,000	1,040
Memphis	$38,000	630
Chattanooga	$34,000	290
Knoxville	$40,000	120
Clarksville	$28,000	120

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Dallas	$46,000	4,460
Houston	$46,000	3,210
Austin	$40,000	1,740
San Antonio	$38,000	1,000
Fort Worth	$40,000	880
Mcallen	$29,000	420
El Paso	$33,000	310
Corpus Christi	$35,000	270
Brownsville	$28,000	250
Beaumont	$37,000	220
Laredo	$26,000	160
Waco	$32,000	150
Amarillo	$38,000	120
Lubbock	$32,000	110
Midland	$34,000	110
Texarkana	$27,000	90
Longview	$34,000	80
Wichita Falls	$41,000	70
Odessa	$36,000	70
Abilene	$27,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$39,000	1,330
Provo	$30,000	190

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$40,000	130

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Richmond	$42,000	790
Virginia Beach	$37,000	740
Roanoke	$36,000	140

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$46,000	2,400
Spokane	$36,000	290
Olympia	$42,000	250
Bellingham	$33,000	150
Wenatchee	$35,000	100
Bremerton	$36,000	80
Mount Vernon	$34,000	80
Kennewick	$41,000	80
Longview	$33,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$33,000	400
Huntington	$28,000	210
Parkersburg	$27,000	140
Morgantown	$31,000	100
Weirton	$28,000	50

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$40,000	1,540
Madison	$41,000	440
Green Bay	$33,000	140
Racine	$36,000	90
Appleton	$32,000	90
La Crosse	$31,000	80
Oshkosh	$30,000	80
Sheboygan	$34,000	60
Fond	$32,000	50

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$29,000	50

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