Lawyers
SOC 23-1011 · 2024-2034
Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $200,541per year
- Projected openings
- 46,090
- Projected change
- +9.8%
- Usually needs
- Doctoral or professional degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Judgment and Decision Making
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $223,565 | 5,250 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $213,859 | 230 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $212,831 | 2,530 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $211,700 | 16,630 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $210,321 | 4,300 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $202,333 | 80 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $198,040 | 110 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $178,123 | 470 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $177,866 | 200 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $175,771 | 3,310 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $175,010 | 290 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $172,905 | 250 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $169,484 | 4,880 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $163,599 | 70 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $157,959 | 50 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $156,069 | 30 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $146,434 | 40 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $145,469 | 100 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $142,726 | 80 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $141,370 | 40 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $140,805 | 50 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $137,929 | 280 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $134,283 | 50 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $134,283 | 210 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $128,798 | 90 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | Not reported | 690 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | Not reported | 30 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | Not reported | 1,610 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | Not reported | 2,770 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | Not reported | 160 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial Law Clerks | $81,242 | 1,380 | +5.6% |
| Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | $93,330 | 14,440 | -7.7% |
| Financial Specialists, All Other | $82,166 | 11,860 | +6.7% |
| Compliance Officers | $98,607 | 43,870 | +7% |
| Labor Relations Specialists | $107,585 | 6,740 | -2.2% |
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