Career field
Legal careers
Occupations in law, courts, and legal support. CampusPin lists 8 legal occupations, with median pay ranging from $54,980 to $156,210 per year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024). Median pay is occupation-wide, not a starting wage or a guarantee.
Occupations in this field
- Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates$156,210
- Lawyers$151,160
- Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers$115,230
- Legal support workers, all other$68,760
- Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators$67,710
- Paralegals and legal assistants$61,010
- Judicial law clerks$60,400
- Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers$54,980
Majors that lead into this field
CampusPin majors whose program maps to occupations in this field via the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk.
Occupation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (Employment Projections); wages are 2024 and projections cover 2024–2034. Figures are national, not institution-specific, and projections are estimates, not guarantees.