Legal Career Paths – Employment Statistics 2010

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Gender Reported
Note: Categories with no graduates reported are not shown. A minimum of five salaries is required for each salary analysis.
	Number Reported	% of Reported	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean
Total Reported: 127

Woman	36	28.6	10	50,000	58,700	135,000	80,662
Men	90	71.4	39	48,500	62,400	105,000	80,248
Subtotal	126	100.0

Race Reported
Minority	28	22.0	7	50,000	62,400	125,000	79,838
Non-minority	99	78.0	42	48,500	61,200	105,000	80,414
Subtotal	127	100.0

Gender & Race Reported
Minority Women	11	8.7
Minority Men	17	13.5	6	50,000	58,234	125,000	82,745
Non-minority Women	25	19.8	9	50,000	55,000	135,000	82,691
Non-minority Men	73	57.9	33	48,500	62,400	104,000	79,794
Subtotal	126	100.0

Employment Status Known
Bar Passage Req'd	77	61.1	44	49,250	61,200	130,000	82,677
JD Preferred	8	6.3	*	*	*	*	*
Other Professional	7	5.6	*	*	*	*	*
Non-professional	3	2.4	*	*	*	*	*
Pursuing Degree FT	1	0.8	*	*	*	*	*
Unemployed-Seeking	15	11.9	*	*	*	*	*
Unemployed-Not Seeking	15	11.9	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	126	100.0

Total Employed or Degree Seeking
Pursuing Degree FT	1	0.8	*	*	*	*	*
Employed	95	75.4	49	50,000	62,400	105,000	80,332
Subtotal	96	76.2

Employed by Sector
Private Sector	76	80.0	37	50,000	70,000	135,000	88,640
Public Sector	18	18.9	12	48,500	53,837	58,734	54,716
Subtotal	94	98.9

FT/PT Jobs
Note: Categories with no graduates reported are not shown. Categories for unknown job and employer types are not shown. A minimum of five salaries are required for each salary analysis.
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	Number Reported	% of Reported	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean

Bar Passage Reqd-FT	75	78.9	*	*	*	*	*
Bar Passage Reqd-PT	2	2.1	*	*	*	*	*
JD Preferred-FT	8	8.4	*	*	*	*	*
Other Professional-FT	6	6.3	*	*	*	*	*
Other Professional-PT	1	1.1	*	*	*	*	*
Non-professional-FT	1	1.1	*	*	*	*	*
Non-professional-PT	2	2.1	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	95	100.0

Employment Categories
Academic	1	1.1	*	*	*	*	*
Business	18	18.9	5	50,000	60,000	70,000	72,000
Judicial Clerk	6	6.3	6	48,500	48,500	53,674	50,203
Private Practice	58	61.1	32	51,000	82,140	135,000	91,240
Government	8	8.4	6	54,000	58,734	62,909	59,229
Public Interest	3	3.2	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	94	98.9

Business Jobs
Bar Passage Reqd	5	27.8	*	*	*	*	*
JD Preferred	5	27.8	*	*	*	*	*
Other Professional	5	27.8	*	*	*	*	*
Non-professional	3	16.7	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	18	100.0

Size of Firm
2-10	27	46.6	15	41,600	50,000	62,400	57,045
11-25	6	10.3	*	*	*	*	*
26-50	2	3.4	*	*	*	*	*
51-100	12	20.7	8	85,500	130,000	135,000	115,625
101-250	4	6.9	*	*	*	*	*
251-500	1	1.7	*	*	*	*	*
501+	3	5.2	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown Size	1	1.7	*	*	*	*	*
Solo	2	3.4	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	58	100.0

Type of Law Firm Job
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	Number Reported	% of Reported	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean

Attorney	2	100.0
Subtotal	2	100.0

Jobs Taken by Region
New England	44	47.3	23	48,500	55,000	79,000	66,427
Mid-Atlantic	12	12.9	8	53,000	102,500	160,000	103,000
E North Central	2	2.2	*	*	*	*	*
South Atlantic	25	26.9	11	62,400	76,000	135,000	89,297
W South Central	1	1.1	*	*	*	*	*
Mountain	1	1.1
Pacific	6	6.5	*	*	*	*	*
Foreign	2	2.2	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	93	100.0

Location of Jobs
In-State	28	30.1	16	48,272	50,000	59,500	58,134
Out of State	65	69.9	33	54,000	70,000	135,000	91,095
Subtotal	93	100.0

# States w/Employed Grads
	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	17

Timing of Job Offer
After Bar Results	22	25.9	*	*	*	*	*
Before Graduation	42	49.4	*	*	*	*	*
Before Bar Results	21	24.7	*	*	*	*	*
Subtotal	85	100.0

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