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Paralegals and Legal Assistants

SOC 23-2011 · 2024-2034

Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$79,556per year
Projected openings
52,900
Projected change
+6%
Usually needs
Associate's 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.

  1. Writing
  2. Active Listening
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Speaking
  5. Critical Thinking
  6. Monitoring

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$100,3962,040
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$95,1734,350
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$83,947270
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$83,6953,100
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$80,110430
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$79,6584,090
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$79,2672,950
Napa MSA (Napa County)$78,42570
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$77,614190
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$77,120290
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$73,392270
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$72,036600
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$69,088250
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$64,87417,750
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$64,2205,470
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$64,157170
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$63,49050
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$62,92590
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$62,56590
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$62,093940
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$61,887270
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$61,44650
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$61,435350
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$61,02560
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$60,0282,790
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$59,494180
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$59,08330
Merced MSA (Merced County)$56,55670
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$56,556280
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$53,11590
Chico MSA (Butte County)$51,03090

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 forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$64,34736,2500%
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners$119,2681,690-5.3%
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$64,81813,520+5.5%
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$91,10662,570+1.3%
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$65,02328,150+5.4%
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$56,711182,240+1.4%

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