Arizona·Legal Occupations·SOC 23-2099

Best Legal Support Worker, All Other programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment

All legal support workers not listed.

15 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 648 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,160 in Arizona across about jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
648
in Arizona
Median pay · Arizona
$63,160
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
people employed
Schools
15
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
28%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,877
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Arizona that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 22.0000In Arizona
343
52.9%
9$39,558$25,252
2
CIP 22.0302In Arizona
305
47.1%
9$37,542$25,166

Top 15 schools in Arizona

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 15 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
150Legal Studies68%86%
2Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
117Legal Studies$42,22868%90%
3Crestpoint University
Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 2 feeder programs
96Legal Assistant/Paralegal$40,58533%$15,215
4Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
66Legal Assistant/Paralegal$45,83814%
5Bryan University
Tempe, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
62Legal Assistant/Paralegal$26,28841%$22,877
6Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
42Legal Studies$42,2280%67%
7Rio Salado College
Tempe, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
38Legal Assistant/Paralegal9%
8Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
25Legal Assistant/Paralegal34%
9Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
24Legal Assistant/Paralegal28%
10Mohave Community College
Kingman, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
11Legal Assistant/Paralegal38%
11Arizona Western College
Yuma, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
7Legal Assistant/Paralegal20%
12Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
4Legal Studies17%
13Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
3Legal Studies19%
14Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
2Legal Studies16%
15Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
1Legal Studies16%

All 15 schools in Arizona

Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Arizona that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of ArizonaTucsonPublic1501
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempePublic1171
Crestpoint UniversityPhoenixPrivate for-profit962
Phoenix CollegePhoenixPublic662
Bryan UniversityTempePrivate for-profit621
Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdalePublic421
Rio Salado CollegeTempePublic381
Yavapai CollegePrescottPublic251
Pima Community CollegeTucsonPublic241
Mohave Community CollegeKingmanPublic111
Arizona Western CollegeYumaPublic71
Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdalePublic41
Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenixPublic32
Glendale Community CollegeGlendalePublic21
Mesa Community CollegeMesaPublic11

What legal support workers, all other earn in Arizona

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Arizona
$63,160
Mean annual
$69,740
Jobs in state
What the range looks like
10th pct$49,040Median$63,16090th pct$105,370
Versus the national median
-12.4%

U.S. median $72,110. Arizona pays below the national figure.

Metro areas in Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$63,880median
70 jobs
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$63,680median

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-1.2%
Decline
Openings per year
4,700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-600
51,300 → 50,700
Typical entry education
Associate's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Legal Support Workers, All Other page.

How to become a Legal Support Worker, All Other

Typical entry education
Associate's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Arizona

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to Legal Support Workers, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 22.0000Legal Studies
  • 22.0302Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • 22.0304Court Interpreter(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing legal support workers, all other programs in Arizona.

What degree do you need to become a Legal Support Worker, All Other?+

Associate's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Legal Studies, which awarded 343 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 52.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Legal Support Worker, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Non-Professional Legal Studies, Legal Support Services. Together they graduate about 648 people a year in Arizona.

How much do legal support workers, all other earn in Arizona?+

The median is $63,160 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.4% below the U.S. median of $72,110. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for legal support workers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a -1.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 4,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+

15 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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