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Metro Area Employment Data for Paralegal

Employment info for Paralegal, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Paralegal are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

State	Metro Area	Jobs	Mean Salary	Popularity Index
Alabama	Birmingham	1,380	$45,640	1.46
Alabama	Huntsville	220	$39,230	0.61
Alabama	Montgomery	220	$43,580	0.73
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	30	$35,560	0.22
Alaska	Anchorage	480	$45,630	1.66
Alaska	Fairbanks	90	$43,990	1.76
Arizona	Phoenix	3,100	$48,840	0.88
Arizona	Prescott	50	$35,160	0.48
Arizona	Tucson	400	$42,310	0.6
Arizona	Yuma	40	$34,300	0.43
Arkansas	Fort Smith	90	$33,240	0.43
Arkansas	Little Rock	750	$44,370	1.23
California	Bakersfield	190	$50,960	0.4
California	Fresno	370	$46,790	0.61
California	Los Angeles	7,470	$51,290	0.95
California	Modesto	160	$43,510	0.52
California	Napa	60	$53,570	0.56
California	Oakland	1,540	$55,140	0.77
California	Oxnard	430	$47,200	0.77
California	Riverside	1,450	$51,510	0.59
California	Sacramento	1,370	$45,190	0.79
California	Salinas	220	$51,590	0.78
California	San Diego	2,070	$52,630	0.82
California	San Francisco	3,350	$58,850	1.83
California	San Jose	1,730	$60,840	1.01
California	San Luis Obispo	100	$50,850	0.55
California	Santa Ana	2,050	$57,460	0.7
California	Santa Barbara	140	$59,530	0.45
California	Santa Cruz	90	$50,980	0.61
California	Santa Rosa	260	$41,950	0.73
California	Stockton	70	$50,920	0.18
California	Vallejo	160	$51,110	0.68
California	Yuba City	50	$41,550	0.79
Colorado	Boulder	350	$41,170	1.37
Colorado	Colorado Springs	340	$42,120	0.75
Colorado	Denver	3,110	$47,860	1.35
Colorado	Grand Junction	90	$40,450	1.09
Colorado	Greeley	60	$39,410	0.51
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,070	$47,400	1.31
Connecticut	Danbury	70	$51,780	0.62
Connecticut	Hartford	1,510	$50,010	1.44
Connecticut	New Haven	830	$42,010	1.63
Connecticut	Norwich	250	$43,600	1.16
Connecticut	Waterbury	160	$41,720	1.35
Delaware	Dover	130	$42,140	1.38
Delaware	Wilmington	1,160	$50,170	1.89
District of Columbia	Washington	10,480	$54,300	2.36
Florida	Cape Coral	290	$39,340	0.73
Florida	Deltona	310	$39,490	1.07
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	2,420	$45,440	1.73
Florida	Gainesville	140	$36,910	0.7
Florida	Jacksonville	1,210	$36,900	1.08
Florida	Lakeland	420	$37,970	1.14
Florida	Miami	3,250	$42,570	1.77
Florida	Naples	250	$48,080	1.12
Florida	Ocala	210	$36,450	1.3
Florida	Orlando	1,770	$43,940	0.89
Florida	Palm Bay	280	$34,560	0.77
Florida	Panama City	160	$34,090	1.39
Florida	Pensacola	380	$32,290	1.36
Florida	Port St Lucie	310	$39,090	1.43
Florida	Punta Gorda	140	$38,080	2.1
Florida	Sarasota	630	$42,240	1.18
Florida	Sebastian	90	$38,380	1.19
Florida	Tallahassee	780	$36,610	2.71
Florida	Tampa	2,970	$43,650	1.27
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,880	$49,080	1.81
Georgia	Albany	70	$36,520	0.7
Georgia	Athens	70	$41,650	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	4,800	$46,920	1.06
Georgia	Columbus	130	$41,660	0.69
Georgia	Dalton	40	$45,130	0.31
Georgia	Gainesville	90	$41,530	0.86
Georgia	Macon	130	$47,770	0.81
Georgia	Savannah	340	$40,340	1.33
Georgia	Valdosta	40	$52,590	0.55
Hawaii	Honolulu	670	$43,660	0.85
Idaho	Boise	360	$45,300	0.8
Idaho	Pocatello	40	$33,010	0.86
Illinois	Bloomington	80	$37,740	0.68
Illinois	Chicago	5,580	$48,800	0.77
Illinois	Peoria	140	$46,480	0.46
Illinois	Rockford	300	$43,070	1.11
Illinois	Springfield	200	$29,080	1.09
Illinois	Waukegan	450	$34,840	0.66
Indiana	Bloomington	70	$31,410	0.64
Indiana	Columbus	40	$34,640	0.68
Indiana	Elkhart	90	$33,260	0.38
Indiana	Evansville	120	$37,780	0.38
Indiana	Fort Wayne	320	$34,870	0.82
Indiana	Gary	230	$35,860	0.45
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,130	$42,890	0.67
Indiana	South Bend	160	$36,170	0.66
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	220	$36,490	0.96
Iowa	Davenport	190	$35,870	0.57
Iowa	Des Moines	470	$46,970	0.81
Iowa	Dubuque	40	$32,280	0.47
Iowa	Sioux City	90	$34,470	0.76
Iowa	Waterloo	100	$32,870	0.72
Kansas	Lawrence	50	$36,130	0.73
Kansas	Topeka	180	$36,460	0.96
Kansas	Wichita	490	$39,000	0.97
Kentucky	Bowling Green	130	$32,590	1.59
Kentucky	Lexington	450	$39,780	1.05
Kentucky	Louisville	1,060	$36,880	0.95
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	610	$35,160	0.92
Louisiana	Lafayette	380	$36,570	1.64
Louisiana	Lake Charles	160	$38,270	1.14
Louisiana	Monroe	170	$31,100	1.36
Louisiana	New Orleans	1,300	$39,370	1.56
Louisiana	Shreveport	150	$37,810	0.52
Maine	Bangor	140	$37,890	1.31
Maine	Lewiston	50	$40,750	0.64
Maine	Portland	470	$44,310	1.31
Maryland	Baltimore	3,150	$48,490	1.29
Maryland	Bethesda	1,280	$46,430	1.21
Maryland	Cumberland	30	$34,350	0.55
Maryland	Hagerstown	250	$39,480	1.52
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	130	$44,260	0.73
Massachusetts	Boston	5,560	$51,800	1.75
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$52,260	0.39
Massachusetts	Framingham	160	$46,400	0.59
Massachusetts	Haverhill	190	$44,690	1.43
Massachusetts	Lowell	210	$44,080	0.98
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	100	$32,060	1.9
Massachusetts	Springfield	690	$46,400	1.26
Massachusetts	Worcester	320	$39,730	0.7
Michigan	Ann Arbor	200	$46,220	0.65
Michigan	Battle Creek	30	$32,850	0.36
Michigan	Detroit	740	$52,080	0.56
Michigan	Grand Rapids	460	$53,490	0.64
Michigan	Holland	30	$34,280	0.17
Michigan	Kalamazoo	160	$45,380	0.65
Michigan	Lansing	260	$43,570	0.78
Michigan	Niles	40	$37,850	0.4
Michigan	Saginaw	140	$38,050	1
Michigan	Warren	1,270	$46,230	0.56
Minnesota	Duluth	140	$38,450	0.61
Minnesota	Minneapolis	3,450	$49,560	1
Minnesota	Rochester	100	$37,590	0.78
Minnesota	St Cloud	80	$39,210	0.48
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	50	$36,790	0.52
Mississippi	Jackson	810	$36,260	1.74
Missouri	Jefferson City	90	$24,940	0.83
Missouri	Kansas City	2,760	$41,970	1.45
Missouri	Springfield	360	$35,260	1.13
Missouri	St Joseph	60	$36,920	0.93
Missouri	St Louis	1,910	$41,590	0.77
Montana	Billings	130	$37,510	0.92
Montana	Great Falls	70	$33,460	1.43
Nebraska	Lincoln	150	$34,640	0.54
Nebraska	Omaha	510	$41,030	0.6
Nevada	Carson City	30	$44,000	0.67
Nevada	Las Vegas	1,300	$44,650	0.74
Nevada	Reno	250	$47,450	0.66
New Hampshire	Manchester	280	$42,240	1.61
New Hampshire	Nashua	100	$47,640	0.42
New Hampshire	Rochester	30	$40,690	0.36
New Jersey	Atlantic City	160	$44,930	0.66
New Jersey	Camden	550	$50,040	0.54
New Jersey	Edison	1,620	$46,170	0.83
New Jersey	Newark	1,990	$50,020	1.04
New Jersey	Trenton	320	$49,130	0.77
New Mexico	Albuquerque	850	$39,670	1.22
New Mexico	Las Cruces	30	$36,770	0.3
New Mexico	Santa Fe	260	$39,710	2.59
New York	Albany	1,170	$40,810	1.43
New York	Binghamton	150	$43,680	0.81
New York	Buffalo	1,210	$38,630	1.22
New York	Elmira	40	$36,930	0.72
New York	Glens Falls	40	$32,830	0.46
New York	Nassau	3,180	$48,720	1.36
New York	New York	17,340	$53,390	1.82
New York	Poughkeepsie	270	$48,970	0.62
New York	Rochester	880	$42,730	0.96
New York	Syracuse	610	$45,900	1.04
New York	Utica	170	$38,200	0.75
North Carolina	Asheville	340	$33,670	1.1
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,580	$40,870	1.03
North Carolina	Durham	510	$38,900	1.14
North Carolina	Fayetteville	250	$36,310	1.21
North Carolina	Goldsboro	70	$29,220	1.15
North Carolina	Greensboro	470	$37,660	0.69
North Carolina	Greenville	130	$28,450	1.24
North Carolina	Hickory	150	$29,360	0.49
North Carolina	Jacksonville	50	$29,970	0.83
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,410	$43,330	1.57
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	60	$37,530	0.62
North Carolina	Wilmington	270	$32,980	1.14
North Carolina	Winston Salem	630	$35,060	1.67
North Dakota	Bismarck	60	$40,720	0.62
North Dakota	Fargo	80	$43,450	0.41
North Dakota	Grand Forks	60	$33,260	0.74
Ohio	Akron	340	$36,590	0.55
Ohio	Canton	130	$36,150	0.41
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,340	$40,440	0.67
Ohio	Cleveland	2,060	$46,180	1.01
Ohio	Columbus	1,190	$43,850	0.7
Ohio	Dayton	420	$48,480	0.55
Ohio	Toledo	350	$45,220	0.58
Ohio	Youngstown	160	$27,350	0.37
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,020	$38,830	0.97
Oklahoma	Tulsa	640	$37,380	0.83
Oregon	Portland	1,360	$45,150	0.72
Oregon	Salem	220	$36,620	0.86
Pennsylvania	Altoona	40	$28,700	0.4
Pennsylvania	Erie	70	$51,890	0.31
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	570	$40,110	1.06
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	220	$42,900	0.52
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	5,080	$44,860	1.41
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,960	$42,060	0.92
Pennsylvania	Reading	200	$41,320	0.69
Pennsylvania	Scranton	330	$33,840	0.7
Pennsylvania	State College	80	$38,270	0.89
Pennsylvania	York	180	$36,100	0.55
Rhode Island	Providence	830	$44,700	0.8
South Carolina	Anderson	100	$24,940	1.16
South Carolina	Charleston	580	$38,960	1.12
South Carolina	Columbia	1,230	$37,910	1.95
South Carolina	Florence	80	$35,930	0.56
South Carolina	Greenville	550	$45,710	1.01
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	230	$30,690	1.14
South Carolina	Spartanburg	160	$33,790	0.8
South Carolina	Sumter	80	$28,880	1.58
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	100	$40,900	0.44
Tennessee	Chattanooga	590	$32,740	1.4
Tennessee	Clarksville	40	$31,030	0.32
Tennessee	Cleveland	50	$40,920	0.88
Tennessee	Jackson	120	$34,830	1.42
Tennessee	Kingsport	240	$39,680	1.22
Tennessee	Knoxville	440	$38,680	0.73
Tennessee	Memphis	680	$43,500	0.6
Tennessee	Nashville	1,280	$38,810	0.91
Texas	Austin	1,860	$49,250	1.39
Texas	Beaumont	400	$36,620	1.43
Texas	Brownsville	30	$34,440	0.14
Texas	College Station	70	$39,120	0.57
Texas	Corpus Christi	270	$41,960	0.9
Texas	Dallas	4,090	$46,950	1.07
Texas	El Paso	310	$42,620	0.7
Texas	Fort Worth	1,120	$42,390	0.74
Texas	Houston	4,420	$51,700	0.97
Texas	Killeen	190	$28,590	0.97
Texas	Laredo	50	$51,910	0.41
Texas	Longview	160	$39,360	1.06
Texas	Lubbock	50	$46,320	0.25
Texas	Mcallen	230	$31,520	0.6
Texas	Midland	70	$44,640	0.78
Texas	Odessa	80	$41,330	0.95
Texas	San Antonio	1,700	$37,570	1.16
Texas	Sherman	60	$41,620	0.95
Texas	Texarkana	60	$35,200	0.69
Texas	Tyler	250	$39,060	1.61
Texas	Waco	320	$36,040	1.93
Texas	Wichita Falls	110	$29,850	1.14
Utah	Provo	50	$39,550	0.18
Utah	Salt Lake City	720	$43,910	0.64
Vermont	Burlington	210	$49,020	1.15
Virginia	Blacksburg	100	$34,270	1.14
Virginia	Charlottesville	210	$36,660	1.5
Virginia	Lynchburg	60	$35,320	0.36
Virginia	Richmond	1,370	$39,900	1.2
Virginia	Roanoke	220	$41,850	0.79
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,510	$37,790	1.05
Washington	Bellingham	180	$38,410	1.37
Washington	Bremerton	110	$37,940	0.8
Washington	Kennewick	60	$47,820	0.42
Washington	Mount Vernon	100	$40,780	1.44
Washington	Olympia	130	$44,560	0.81
Washington	Seattle	2,200	$53,590	0.86
Washington	Spokane	330	$38,870	0.89
Washington	Tacoma	470	$44,870	0.99
Washington	Wenatchee	50	$32,860	0.82
Washington	Yakima	190	$29,690	1.39
West Virginia	Charleston	660	$36,530	2.55
West Virginia	Huntington	240	$33,520	1.2
West Virginia	Morgantown	110	$39,270	1.41
West Virginia	Parkersburg	180	$33,880	1.49
West Virginia	Weirton	30	$29,250	0.43
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$36,320	0.94
Wisconsin	Appleton	110	$33,090	0.57
Wisconsin	La Crosse	110	$32,110	0.95
Wisconsin	Madison	510	$47,620	0.86
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,570	$47,960	0.98
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	70	$35,030	0.5
Wisconsin	Racine	40	$44,030	0.32
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	80	$34,450	0.88
Wisconsin	Wausau	110	$35,880	0.95
Wyoming	Casper	70	$29,580	1.27
Wyoming	Cheyenne	130	$27,710	2.01

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