Best Legal Support Worker, All Other programs in California, ranked by enrollment
All legal support workers not listed.
78 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,732 people a year. The job pays a median of $85,830 in California across about — jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in California that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in California that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in California (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 California page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 22.0302In California → | 1,773 | 64.9% | 46 | $37,542 | $25,166 |
| 2 | CIP 22.0000In California → | 959 | 35.1% | 57 | $39,558 | $25,252 |
Top 25 schools in California
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 8 of the 78 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 201 | Legal Studies | $43,886 | 93% | — | 11% |
| 2 | Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 176 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 31% | — | — |
| 3 | East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 174 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 37% | — | — |
| 4 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 120 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $53,157 | 84% | $26,035 | 52% |
| 5 | University of California - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 114 | Legal Studies | $36,941 | 75% | — | 66% |
| 6 | College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 108 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 45% | — | — |
| 7 | Fresno City College Fresno, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 95 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 24% | — | — |
| 8 | San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 89 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 48% | — | — |
| 9 | American River College Sacramento, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 87 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 37% | — | — |
| 10 | Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 87 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 48% | — | — |
| 11 | West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 79 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 28% | — | — |
| 12 | Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 74 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 29% | — | — |
| 13 | National University San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 72 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 43% | $31,817 | — |
| 14 | De Anza College Cupertino, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 68 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 68% | — | — |
| 15 | San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 65 | Legal Studies | — | 35% | — | — |
| 16 | Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 60 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 36% | — | — |
| 17 | Coastline Community College Fountain Valley, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 59 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 34% | — | — |
| 18 | Oxnard College Oxnard, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 57 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 34% | — | — |
| 19 | Merritt College Oakland, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 54 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 26% | — | — |
| 20 | Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 53 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $29,569 | 45% | — | — |
| 21 | Cerritos College Norwalk, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 52 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 31% | — | — |
| 22 | Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 51 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 57% | — | — |
| 23 | Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 51 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 35% | — | — |
| 24 | Fullerton College Fullerton, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 50 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 34% | — | — |
| 25 | Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 46 | Legal Studies | — | 33% | — | — |
All 78 schools in California
Every school in California 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley | Public | 201 | 1 |
| Santa Ana College | Santa Ana | Public | 176 | 2 |
| East Los Angeles College | Monterey Park | Public | 174 | 2 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego | Private not-for-profit | 120 | 1 |
| University of California - Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Public | 114 | 1 |
| College of the Canyons | Santa Clarita | Public | 108 | 2 |
| Fresno City College | Fresno | Public | 95 | 2 |
| San Diego Miramar College | San Diego | Public | 89 | 2 |
| American River College | Sacramento | Public | 87 | 1 |
| Pasadena City College | Pasadena | Public | 87 | 2 |
| West Los Angeles College | Culver City | Public | 79 | 2 |
| Los Angeles City College | Los Angeles | Public | 74 | 2 |
| National University | San Diego | Private not-for-profit | 72 | 1 |
| De Anza College | Cupertino | Public | 68 | 2 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | Stockton | Public | 65 | 2 |
What legal support workers, all other earn in California
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $72,110. California pays above the national figure.
Metro areas in California
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 California
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 California.
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 Assistant/Paralegal, which awarded 1,773 degrees in California in 2024-25, 64.9% 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 Legal Support Services, Non-Professional Legal Studies. Together they graduate about 2,732 people a year in California.
How much do legal support workers, all other earn in California?+
The median is $85,830 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 19.0% above 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 California?+
78 institutions in California 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.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, 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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