Wisconsin·Legal Occupations·SOC 23-2099

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

All legal support workers not listed.

15 schools in Wisconsin run programs that feed this job, graduating 296 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,130 in Wisconsin across about 390 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
296
in Wisconsin
Median pay · Wisconsin
$63,130
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
390
people employed
Schools
15
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
47%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,965
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Wisconsin that lead to this job

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

2 programs in Wisconsin that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Wisconsin (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 Wisconsin page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 22.0302In Wisconsin
164
55.4%
12$37,542$25,166
2
CIP 22.0000In Wisconsin
132
44.6%
4$39,558$25,252

Top 15 schools in Wisconsin

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 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 Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
100Legal Studies$41,14490%45%
2Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
37Legal Assistant/Paralegal25%
3Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
30Legal Assistant/Paralegal29%
4Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
24Legal Assistant/Paralegal51%
5University of Wisconsin - Superior
Superior, WI Public · 2 feeder programs
16Legal Studies42%93%
6Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
15Legal Assistant/Paralegal50%
7Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
15Legal Assistant/Paralegal65%
8Herzing University - Madison
Madison, WI Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
12Legal Assistant/Paralegal$39,95228%$20,96594%
9Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
9Legal Assistant/Paralegal58%
10University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
9Legal Studies59%86%
11University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
8Legal Studies56%89%
12Western Technical College
La Crosse, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
8Legal Assistant/Paralegal34%
13Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
6Legal Assistant/Paralegal50%
14Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
5Legal Assistant/Paralegal45%
15Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa, WI Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Legal Assistant/Paralegal$30,99820%$15,767

All 15 schools in Wisconsin

Every school in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Wisconsin - MadisonMadisonPublic1001
Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukeePublic371
Madison Area Technical CollegeMadisonPublic301
Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen BayPublic241
University of Wisconsin - SuperiorSuperiorPublic162
Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau ClairePublic151
Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppletonPublic151
Herzing University - MadisonMadisonPrivate not-for-profit121
Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du LacPublic91
University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterWhitewaterPublic91
University of Wisconsin - PlattevillePlattevillePublic81
Western Technical CollegeLa CrossePublic81
Lakeshore Technical CollegeClevelandPublic61
Northcentral Technical CollegeWausauPublic51
Bryant & Stratton College - WauwatosaWauwatosaPrivate not-for-profit21

What legal support workers, all other earn in Wisconsin

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

Median annual in Wisconsin
$63,130
Mean annual
$74,480
Jobs in state
390
What the range looks like
10th pct$47,900Median$63,13090th pct$105,210
Versus the national median
-12.5%

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

Job concentration
0.44×

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

Metro areas in Wisconsin

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
$66,160median
100 jobs
Madison, WI
$65,960median
120 jobs

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 Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin.

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 164 degrees in Wisconsin in 2024-25, 55.4% 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 296 people a year in Wisconsin.

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

The median is $63,130 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.5% 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 Wisconsin?+

15 institutions in Wisconsin 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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