North Carolina·Legal Occupations·SOC 23-2099

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

All legal support workers not listed.

22 schools in North Carolina run programs that feed this job, graduating 318 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,170 in North Carolina across about 1,000 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
318
in North Carolina
Median pay · North Carolina
$63,170
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,000
people employed
Schools
22
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
42%
across those schools
Median net price
$19,552
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in North Carolina that lead to this job

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

1 programs in North Carolina that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in North Carolina (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 North Carolina page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1318
100.0%
22$37,542$25,166

Top 22 schools in North Carolina

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 22 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
43Legal Assistant/Paralegal34%
2Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
30Legal Assistant/Paralegal31%
3Johnston Community College
Smithfield, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
30Legal Assistant/Paralegal$41,27837%
4Meredith College
Raleigh, NC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
26Legal Assistant/Paralegal$40,69470%$19,55274%
5Davidson - Davie Community College
Thomasville, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
25Legal Assistant/Paralegal46%
6Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
21Legal Assistant/Paralegal$44,01231%
7Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
21Legal Assistant/Paralegal35%
8Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
20Legal Assistant/Paralegal49%
9Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
19Legal Assistant/Paralegal34%
10South Piedmont Community College
Polkton, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
14Legal Assistant/Paralegal38%
11Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
14Legal Assistant/Paralegal33%
12Western Piedmont Community College
Morganton, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
11Legal Assistant/Paralegal49%
13Central Carolina Community College
Sanford, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
8Legal Assistant/Paralegal43%
14Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
7Legal Assistant/Paralegal45%
15Gaston College
Dallas, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
7Legal Assistant/Paralegal63%
16Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
6Legal Assistant/Paralegal24%
17Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Hudson, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
5Legal Assistant/Paralegal45%
18Carteret Community College
Morehead City, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
5Legal Assistant/Paralegal49%
19Vance - Granville Community College
Henderson, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
2Legal Assistant/Paralegal53%
20Wilson Community College
Wilson, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
2Legal Assistant/Paralegal27%
21Mitchell Community College
Statesville, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
1Legal Assistant/Paralegal28%
22Southwestern Community College
Sylva, NC Public · 1 feeder programs
1Legal Assistant/Paralegal53%

All 22 schools in North Carolina

Every school in North Carolina 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 North Carolina that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmingtonPublic431
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestownPublic301
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfieldPublic301
Meredith CollegeRaleighPrivate not-for-profit261
Davidson - Davie Community CollegeThomasvillePublic251
Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlottePublic211
Pitt Community CollegeWintervillePublic211
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonvillePublic201
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-SalemPublic191
South Piedmont Community CollegePolktonPublic141
Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleighPublic141
Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorgantonPublic111
Central Carolina Community CollegeSanfordPublic81
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurhamPublic71
Gaston CollegeDallasPublic71

What legal support workers, all other earn in North Carolina

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

Median annual in North Carolina
$63,170
Mean annual
$87,630
Jobs in state
1,000
What the range looks like
10th pct$43,220Median$63,17090th pct$185,100
Versus the national median
-12.4%

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

Job concentration
0.67×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in North Carolina

Raleigh-Cary, NC
$105,210median
190 jobs
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
$88,210median
90 jobs
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
$62,540median
250 jobs
Greensboro-High Point, NC
$57,110median
70 jobs
Asheville, NC
$54,950median
40 jobs
Winston-Salem, NC
$48,450median

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 North Carolina

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 North Carolina.

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 318 degrees in North Carolina in 2024-25, 100.0% 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 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Legal Support Services. Together they graduate about 318 people a year in North Carolina.

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

The median is $63,170 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 North Carolina?+

22 institutions in North Carolina reported graduates from at least one of the 1 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.

Legal Support Workers, All Other in other statesCaliforniaNew YorkTexasFloridaArizonaIndianaGeorgiaVirginia
Related careers in North CarolinaTitle Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Programs in North CarolinaLegal Assistant/Paralegal

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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