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Comparative Occupational Wages 2009 (4th Quarter)
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Legal Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 10th pct 25th pct Median wage 75th pct 90th pct

LEGAL OCCUPATIONS 23-0000 1,003,270 0.50 94,461 0.60 n/a n/a 34,142 46,816 73,443 127,067 n/a

45.41 n/a n/a 16.42 22.51 35.31 61.09 n/a

Lawyers 23-1011 553,690 0.60 127,712 0.60 n/a n/a 55,753 76,760 113,216 >$145,600 n/a

61.40 n/a n/a 26.80 36.91 54.43 >$70 n/a

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 23-1021 13,370 0.50 82,790 1.10 n/a n/a 37,919 52,938 78,767 108,333 142,976

39.80 n/a n/a 18.23 25.45 37.87 52.09 68.73

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 23-1022 9,570 10.90 61,066 3.00 n/a n/a 31,255 38,943 51,863 76,289 106,265

29.36 n/a n/a 15.03 18.72 24.94 36.68 51.10

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-1023 25,470 1.00 102,835 1.00 n/a n/a 33,057 52,989 112,837 144,542 >$145,600

49.44 n/a n/a 15.89 25.47 54.25 69.49 >$70

Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011 253,040 1.00 49,948 0.40 n/a n/a 29,955 36,937 47,215 60,718 75,194

24.02 n/a n/a 14.40 17.75 22.71 29.19 36.15

Court Reporters 23-2091 17,930 3.30 53,194 1.50 n/a n/a 25,962 36,230 50,890 69,031 85,483

25.57 n/a n/a 12.48 17.41 24.47 33.19 41.09

Law Clerks 23-2092 31,500 2.60 41,544 0.90 n/a n/a 23,096 29,566 38,012 50,102 64,711

19.97 n/a n/a 11.11 14.22 18.27 24.09 31.11

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-2093 59,390 2.90 43,089 0.90 n/a n/a 24,662 30,917 39,209 50,942 66,472

20.72 n/a n/a 11.85 14.86 18.85 24.49 31.96

Legal Support Workers, All Other 23-2099 39,310 1.60 58,005 6.10 n/a n/a 30,374 39,783 51,443 69,400 98,269

27.89 n/a n/a 14.61 19.13 24.73 33.36 47.25

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NOTES

'Current' denotes 4th Quarter 2009. Wages are base year 2008, aged forward using the Employment Cost Index.

Entry Wage: Average of the lowest 1/3 employed.

Experienced Wage: Average of the highest 2/3 employed.

Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.