Best Legal Support Worker, All Other programs in New Jersey, ranked by enrollment
All legal support workers not listed.
17 schools in New Jersey run programs that feed this job, graduating 173 people a year. The job pays a median of $88,210 in New Jersey across about 660 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New Jersey that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in New Jersey that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New Jersey (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 New Jersey page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 22.0302In New Jersey → | 137 | 79.2% | 14 | $37,542 | $25,166 |
| 2 | CIP 22.0000In New Jersey → | 36 | 20.8% | 3 | $39,558 | $25,252 |
Top 17 schools in New Jersey
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 17 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Legal Studies | — | 70% | — | 71% |
| 2 | Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 18 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 31% | — | — |
| 3 | Rowan College of South Jersey - Gloucester Campus Sewell, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 15 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 39% | — | — |
| 4 | Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 30% | — | — |
| 5 | Camden County College Blackwood, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 31% | — | — |
| 6 | Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 25% | — | — |
| 7 | Montclair State University Montclair, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 65% | — | 88% |
| 8 | Ocean County College Toms River, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 10 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 42% | — | — |
| 9 | William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 10 | Legal Studies | $30,326 | 44% | — | 90% |
| 10 | Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 21% | — | — |
| 11 | UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 35% | — | — |
| 12 | County College of Morris Randolph, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 36% | — | — |
| 13 | Essex County College Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 20% | — | — |
| 14 | Rutgers University - Newark Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Legal Studies | — | 64% | — | 71% |
| 15 | Middlesex College Edison, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 33% | — | — |
| 16 | Sussex County Community College Newton, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 37% | — | — |
| 17 | Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 36% | — | — |
All 17 schools in New Jersey
Every school in New Jersey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah | Public | 21 | 1 |
| Raritan Valley Community College | Branchburg | Public | 18 | 1 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey - Gloucester Campus | Sewell | Public | 15 | 1 |
| Brookdale Community College | Lincroft | Public | 14 | 1 |
| Camden County College | Blackwood | Public | 13 | 1 |
| Mercer County Community College | West Windsor | Public | 13 | 1 |
| Montclair State University | Montclair | Public | 12 | 1 |
| Ocean County College | Toms River | Public | 10 | 1 |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | Wayne | Public | 10 | 1 |
| Bergen Community College | Paramus | Public | 9 | 1 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey | Cranford | Public | 8 | 1 |
| County College of Morris | Randolph | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Essex County College | Newark | Public | 7 | 1 |
| Rutgers University - Newark | Newark | Public | 5 | 1 |
| Middlesex College | Edison | Public | 4 | 1 |
What legal support workers, all other earn in New Jersey
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $72,110. New Jersey pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in New Jersey
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 New Jersey
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 New Jersey.
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 137 degrees in New Jersey in 2024-25, 79.2% 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 173 people a year in New Jersey.
How much do legal support workers, all other earn in New Jersey?+
The median is $88,210 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 22.3% 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 New Jersey?+
17 institutions in New Jersey 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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