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Metro Area Employment Data for Paralegal

Employment info for Paralegal, by major US metro area. 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	Anniston	40	$29,510	0.48
Alabama	Birmingham	1,160	$45,380	1.15
Alabama	Dothan	100	$30,740	0.87
Alabama	Mobile	290	$40,840	0.87
Alabama	Montgomery	310	$39,490	0.98
Alaska	Anchorage	370	$54,640	1.25
Alaska	Fairbanks	50	$50,220	0.97
Arizona	Phoenix	3,700	$50,260	0.98
Arizona	Tucson	550	$48,120	0.76
Arizona	Yuma	50	$37,870	0.47
Arkansas	Fayetteville	160	$33,520	0.43
Arkansas	Jonesboro	30	$30,950	0.37
Arkansas	Little Rock	800	$46,490	1.25
California	Bakersfield	150	$52,890	0.3
California	El Centro	40	$37,120	0.47
California	Fresno	390	$47,140	0.61
California	Los Angeles	8,110	$53,980	0.98
California	Modesto	250	$47,100	0.81
California	Napa	80	$46,550	0.73
California	Oakland	1,410	$56,890	0.7
California	Oxnard	420	$54,360	0.71
California	Riverside	1,200	$49,130	0.46
California	Sacramento	1,270	$46,730	0.72
California	Salinas	230	$51,200	0.81
California	San Diego	2,100	$53,770	0.8
California	San Francisco	3,210	$61,000	1.67
California	San Jose	1,380	$64,070	0.77
California	Santa Ana	2,280	$56,560	0.75
California	Santa Barbara	240	$45,720	0.77
California	Santa Cruz	80	$53,470	0.51
California	Stockton	130	$66,280	0.33
California	Vallejo	110	$52,950	0.48
California	Visalia	210	$34,210	0.83
Colorado	Boulder	290	$44,500	0.99
Colorado	Colorado Springs	330	$41,830	0.68
Colorado	Denver	3,490	$48,190	1.43
Colorado	Grand Junction	80	$40,540	0.8
Colorado	Greeley	80	$40,850	0.6
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,150	$50,590	1.35
Connecticut	Danbury	60	$54,930	0.49
Connecticut	Hartford	1,780	$49,410	1.6
Connecticut	New Haven	790	$43,920	1.49
Connecticut	Norwich	230	$44,270	1.02
Connecticut	Waterbury	200	$42,370	1.62
Delaware	Dover	90	$42,400	0.92
Delaware	Wilmington	1,070	$51,850	1.69
District of Columbia	Washington	10,460	$55,770	2.28
Florida	Cape Coral	260	$45,150	0.64
Florida	Deltona	590	$36,840	1.98
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	2,430	$46,150	1.65
Florida	Gainesville	150	$35,620	0.74
Florida	Jacksonville	1,240	$39,950	1.04
Florida	Lakeland	340	$40,720	0.9
Florida	Miami	3,280	$45,280	1.67
Florida	Naples	200	$48,010	0.84
Florida	Ocala	260	$37,650	1.48
Florida	Orlando	2,000	$45,260	0.95
Florida	Palm Bay	410	$35,280	1.09
Florida	Panama City	170	$35,720	1.38
Florida	Pensacola	420	$33,840	1.44
Florida	Port St Lucie	240	$45,090	0.98
Florida	Sarasota	740	$45,390	1.36
Florida	Sebastian	100	$32,010	1.22
Florida	Tallahassee	700	$38,420	2.27
Florida	Tampa	2,770	$46,400	1.12
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,980	$47,460	1.79
Georgia	Albany	70	$35,320	0.68
Georgia	Athens	50	$39,360	0.38
Georgia	Atlanta	5,040	$50,010	1.06
Georgia	Columbus	120	$36,350	0.59
Georgia	Dalton	40	$42,080	0.29
Georgia	Gainesville	60	$43,270	0.53
Georgia	Savannah	270	$43,120	0.95
Georgia	Valdosta	60	$42,940	0.71
Hawaii	Honolulu	880	$45,930	1.07
Idaho	Boise	360	$47,390	0.7
Illinois	Bloomington	120	$47,250	1.04
Illinois	Chicago	6,290	$54,250	0.83
Illinois	Peoria	150	$48,650	0.49
Illinois	Springfield	290	$35,210	1.56
Indiana	Bloomington	60	$30,170	0.49
Indiana	Columbus	60	$31,780	0.87
Indiana	Elkhart	50	$32,060	0.21
Indiana	Evansville	120	$40,010	0.37
Indiana	Fort Wayne	260	$40,170	0.64
Indiana	Gary	290	$34,990	0.54
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,380	$43,570	0.79
Indiana	Kokomo	50	$39,030	0.66
Indiana	Lafayette	60	$39,150	0.45
Indiana	Muncie	40	$32,910	0.49
Indiana	South Bend	200	$37,450	0.78
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	180	$38,630	0.72
Iowa	Davenport	250	$41,080	0.74
Iowa	Des Moines	470	$49,160	0.76
Iowa	Dubuque	40	$34,140	0.44
Kansas	Lawrence	50	$36,740	0.69
Kansas	Topeka	200	$37,720	1.02
Kansas	Wichita	350	$36,790	0.61
Kentucky	Bowling Green	160	$32,150	1.67
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	40	$43,760	0.55
Kentucky	Lexington	480	$38,870	1.03
Kentucky	Louisville	1,000	$37,330	0.84
Louisiana	Alexandria	160	$35,760	1.58
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	470	$36,970	0.68
Louisiana	Lafayette	420	$38,220	1.66
Louisiana	Lake Charles	170	$39,290	1.09
Louisiana	Monroe	150	$32,580	1.1
Louisiana	New Orleans	1,470	$41,140	1.51
Louisiana	Shreveport	200	$38,050	0.64
Maine	Bangor	150	$33,090	1.34
Maine	Lewiston	60	$42,560	0.72
Maine	Portland	620	$44,490	1.67
Maryland	Baltimore	3,670	$49,170	1.45
Maryland	Bethesda	1,130	$48,390	1.03
Maryland	Cumberland	30	$33,070	0.51
Maryland	Hagerstown	240	$41,830	1.32
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	150	$43,520	0.83
Massachusetts	Boston	5,200	$54,860	1.55
Massachusetts	Framingham	250	$42,530	0.85
Massachusetts	Haverhill	150	$42,680	1.08
Massachusetts	Lawrence	90	$49,960	0.88
Massachusetts	Lowell	210	$49,150	0.97
Massachusetts	Lynn	360	$40,090	1.98
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	50	$39,170	0.84
Massachusetts	Springfield	620	$44,350	1.07
Massachusetts	Taunton	90	$44,360	1.13
Massachusetts	Worcester	410	$45,830	0.85
Michigan	Ann Arbor	230	$53,070	0.72
Michigan	Bay City	30	$45,700	0.54
Michigan	Detroit	930	$54,260	0.64
Michigan	Flint	60	$53,980	0.23
Michigan	Grand Rapids	530	$50,970	0.72
Michigan	Kalamazoo	150	$44,490	0.57
Michigan	Lansing	320	$46,270	0.85
Michigan	Muskegon	120	$42,470	1.11
Michigan	Saginaw	110	$38,530	0.76
Michigan	Warren	1,600	$48,390	0.69
Minnesota	Duluth	130	$36,490	0.56
Minnesota	Minneapolis	3,200	$50,120	0.9
Minnesota	Rochester	110	$38,090	0.74
Minnesota	St Cloud	150	$47,570	0.84
Mississippi	Gulfport	70	$40,640	0.37
Mississippi	Jackson	820	$38,400	1.71
Mississippi	Pascagoula	60	$33,660	0.82
Missouri	Kansas City	2,540	$45,320	1.27
Missouri	Springfield	460	$33,950	1.26
Missouri	St Joseph	80	$27,960	0.98
Missouri	St Louis	2,160	$41,750	0.81
Montana	Billings	110	$41,750	0.76
Montana	Great Falls	60	$35,200	1.07
Nebraska	Lincoln	240	$35,570	0.82
Nebraska	Omaha	540	$41,200	0.61
Nevada	Carson City	30	$47,650	0.64
Nevada	Las Vegas	1,320	$46,480	0.72
Nevada	Reno	340	$52,140	0.83
New Hampshire	Manchester	240	$42,580	1.33
New Hampshire	Nashua	110	$44,430	0.43
New Jersey	Atlantic City	170	$48,610	0.66
New Jersey	Camden	880	$52,920	0.84
New Jersey	Edison	1,340	$48,130	0.67
New Jersey	Newark	2,050	$52,150	1.04
New Jersey	Trenton	380	$50,350	0.92
New Jersey	Vineland	80	$40,990	0.8
New Mexico	Albuquerque	830	$37,240	1.11
New Mexico	Farmington	130	$32,640	1.48
New Mexico	Santa Fe	180	$45,700	1.94
New York	Albany	1,340	$43,400	1.59
New York	Binghamton	130	$48,280	0.65
New York	Buffalo	1,130	$44,790	1.09
New York	Elmira	40	$40,500	0.64
New York	Glens Falls	30	$43,060	0.35
New York	Nassau	3,280	$53,410	1.34
New York	New York	20,480	$58,020	2.06
New York	Poughkeepsie	420	$52,310	0.92
New York	Rochester	1,010	$44,440	1.04
New York	Syracuse	580	$47,820	1
New York	Utica	140	$37,290	0.6
North Carolina	Asheville	560	$35,370	1.68
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,960	$39,530	1.15
North Carolina	Durham	480	$39,870	0.95
North Carolina	Fayetteville	320	$37,940	1.47
North Carolina	Goldsboro	80	$33,330	1.2
North Carolina	Greensboro	350	$41,230	0.49
North Carolina	Greenville	150	$30,050	1.22
North Carolina	Hickory	130	$30,980	0.42
North Carolina	Jacksonville	60	$29,280	0.92
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,420	$42,690	1.45
North Carolina	Wilmington	360	$34,290	1.36
North Carolina	Winston Salem	730	$36,910	1.78
North Dakota	Bismarck	60	$41,710	0.63
North Dakota	Fargo	90	$42,170	0.43
North Dakota	Grand Forks	100	$32,270	1.18
Ohio	Akron	470	$37,100	0.72
Ohio	Canton	140	$40,100	0.44
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,620	$41,320	0.8
Ohio	Cleveland	2,000	$47,280	0.95
Ohio	Columbus	1,350	$44,680	0.75
Ohio	Dayton	320	$49,160	0.42
Ohio	Lima	50	$41,570	0.54
Ohio	Springfield	40	$38,710	0.48
Ohio	Toledo	530	$41,800	0.85
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,390	$45,560	1.26
Oklahoma	Tulsa	590	$38,410	0.72
Oregon	Eugene	280	$40,840	1.01
Oregon	Medford	80	$33,350	0.53
Oregon	Portland	1,710	$45,350	0.84
Oregon	Salem	190	$38,320	0.69
Pennsylvania	Allentown	340	$50,460	0.53
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	520	$42,930	0.91
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	40	$44,240	0.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	200	$45,020	0.45
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	4,660	$47,830	1.27
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	2,000	$41,180	0.89
Pennsylvania	Reading	200	$45,570	0.65
Pennsylvania	Scranton	340	$33,310	0.68
Pennsylvania	State College	60	$42,360	0.58
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	40	$36,950	0.47
Pennsylvania	York	170	$36,420	0.51
Rhode Island	Providence	970	$46,030	0.85
South Carolina	Anderson	90	$27,780	0.88
South Carolina	Charleston	1,010	$40,780	1.82
South Carolina	Columbia	1,050	$40,370	1.57
South Carolina	Greenville	550	$44,870	0.94
South Carolina	Spartanburg	170	$35,700	0.75
South Carolina	Sumter	90	$28,490	1.58
South Dakota	Rapid City	130	$42,100	1.22
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	100	$40,640	0.4
Tennessee	Chattanooga	610	$36,090	1.44
Tennessee	Clarksville	40	$31,050	0.29
Tennessee	Cleveland	60	$41,420	0.96
Tennessee	Jackson	130	$34,780	1.4
Tennessee	Kingsport	240	$38,340	1.16
Tennessee	Knoxville	470	$41,650	0.74
Tennessee	Memphis	650	$44,270	0.53
Tennessee	Nashville	1,070	$41,780	0.72
Texas	Amarillo	170	$40,130	0.95
Texas	Austin	1,620	$50,670	1.11
Texas	Beaumont	260	$38,480	0.89
Texas	College Station	100	$38,820	0.72
Texas	Corpus Christi	410	$36,600	1.27
Texas	Dallas	4,640	$54,790	1.14
Texas	El Paso	320	$41,790	0.65
Texas	Fort Worth	1,150	$49,060	0.71
Texas	Houston	4,870	$52,750	0.98
Texas	Longview	200	$42,810	1.22
Texas	Lubbock	70	$38,660	0.33
Texas	Mcallen	250	$35,750	0.63
Texas	Midland	100	$49,810	0.93
Texas	San Antonio	1,470	$39,120	0.92
Texas	Sherman	50	$42,320	0.75
Texas	Texarkana	70	$39,630	0.83
Texas	Tyler	260	$39,200	1.6
Texas	Victoria	30	$37,520	0.38
Texas	Waco	200	$37,790	1.15
Utah	Provo	60	$47,660	0.19
Utah	Salt Lake City	780	$45,280	0.66
Vermont	Burlington	250	$49,150	1.25
Virginia	Blacksburg	110	$33,530	1.14
Virginia	Charlottesville	210	$37,410	1.24
Virginia	Richmond	1,610	$41,520	1.36
Virginia	Roanoke	180	$42,280	0.61
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,380	$39,160	0.93
Washington	Bremerton	90	$42,070	0.64
Washington	Kennewick	60	$52,160	0.39
Washington	Olympia	120	$45,890	0.7
Washington	Seattle	2,680	$52,130	0.95
Washington	Spokane	330	$37,380	0.84
Washington	Tacoma	660	$40,940	1.28
Washington	Yakima	210	$34,020	1.46
West Virginia	Charleston	680	$36,510	2.52
West Virginia	Huntington	250	$34,940	1.21
West Virginia	Morgantown	90	$47,720	1.04
West Virginia	Parkersburg	200	$35,130	1.65
West Virginia	Weirton	30	$30,940	0.44
West Virginia	Wheeling	150	$39,500	1.32
Wisconsin	Appleton	110	$36,590	0.52
Wisconsin	Green Bay	240	$39,120	0.78
Wisconsin	La Crosse	80	$31,530	0.64
Wisconsin	Madison	620	$47,230	0.98
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,620	$50,330	0.96
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	100	$47,600	0.68
Wisconsin	Racine	90	$44,510	0.66
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	70	$34,470	0.71
Wyoming	Casper	110	$31,390	1.82
Wyoming	Cheyenne	130	$30,020	1.97

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