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title: "Jobs in Law"
description: "Careers in and around the legal system: lawyers, judges, paralegals, mediators, court staff and the specialists who support litigation and compliance.…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs in Law

Careers in and around the legal system: lawyers, judges, paralegals, mediators, court staff and the specialists who support litigation and compliance. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Appellate Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/appellate-lawyer) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 2 | [BigLaw Equity Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/biglaw-equity-partner) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 3 | [BigLaw Senior Associate](https://nuecareer.com/careers/biglaw-senior-associate) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 4 | [Capital Markets Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/capital-markets-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 5 | [Entertainment Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/entertainment-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 6 | [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 7 | [Litigation Finance Underwriter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/litigation-finance-underwriter) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 8 | [Mass Tort Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mass-tort-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 9 | [Mergers and Acquisitions Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mergers-and-acquisitions-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 10 | [Non-Equity Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/non-equity-partner) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 11 | [Patent Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patent-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 12 | [Privacy Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/privacy-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 13 | [Public Company General Counsel](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-company-general-counsel) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 14 | [Restructuring Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/restructuring-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 15 | [White-Collar Defense Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/white-collar-defense-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 16 | [Federal Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/federal-judge) | $153,990 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 17 | [Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/judge) | $153,990 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 18 | [State Supreme Court Justice](https://nuecareer.com/careers/state-supreme-court-justice) | $153,990 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 19 | [Law Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/law-teacher-postsecondary) | $128,500 | +2.6% | Doctorate |
| 20 | [Administrative Law Judge, Adjudicator, and Hearing Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/administrative-law-judge-adjudicator-and-hearing-officer) | $117,860 | 0.0% | Doctorate |
| 21 | [Legal Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/legal-operations-manager) | $105,770 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 22 | [Cannabis Compliance Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cannabis-compliance-manager) | $80,730 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Export Compliance Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/export-compliance-specialist) | $80,730 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 24 | [Title IX Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/title-ix-coordinator) | $80,730 | +3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 25 | [Trial Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/trial-consultant) | $78,760 | +7.0% | Bachelor's |
| 26 | [Construction Claims Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-claims-consultant) | $78,740 | -3.1% | Bachelor's |
| 27 | [Claims Litigation Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/claims-litigation-manager) | $78,000 | -5.5% | High school |
| 28 | [Public Adjuster](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-adjuster) | $78,000 | -5.5% | High school |
| 29 | [Landman](https://nuecareer.com/careers/landman) | $77,710 | +6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [Workplace Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/workplace-investigator) | $75,940 | +6.4% | Bachelor's |
| 31 | [Arbitrator, Mediator, and Conciliator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/arbitrator-mediator-and-conciliator) | $75,530 | +4.7% | Bachelor's |
| 32 | [Court Reporter and Simultaneous Captioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/court-reporter-and-simultaneous-captioner) | $72,420 | -0.1% | Certificate |
| 33 | [Law Librarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/law-librarian) | $68,270 | +2.6% | Master's |
| 34 | [Right-of-Way Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/right-of-way-agent) | $67,960 | +3.5% | Bachelor's |
| 35 | [Judicial Law Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/judicial-law-clerk) | $64,920 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 36 | [DOJ Accredited Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/doj-accredited-representative) | $62,890 | -0.3% | Bachelor's |
| 37 | [E-Discovery Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/e-discovery-specialist) | $62,890 | -0.3% | Associate's |
| 38 | [Paralegal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/paralegal) | $62,890 | -0.3% | Associate's |
| 39 | [Patent Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patent-agent) | $62,890 | -0.3% | Bachelor's |
| 40 | [Title Examiner, Abstractor, and Searcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/title-examiner-abstractor-and-searcher) | $58,650 | +2.1% | High school |
| 41 | [Legal Secretary and Administrative Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/legal-secretary-and-administrative-assistant) | $55,570 | -5.2% | High school |
| 42 | [Chief Restructuring Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-restructuring-officer) | $213,990 | +3.2% | Bachelor's |
| 43 | [Privacy Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/privacy-engineer) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 44 | [Trust Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/trust-officer) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 45 | [Forensic Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forensic-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Legislative Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/legislative-director) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 47 | [Responsible AI Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/responsible-ai-specialist) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 48 | [Forensic Psychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forensic-psychologist) | $100,580 | +11.7% | Doctorate |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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