Mean hourly wage in legal occupations, 2000

	
	
Occupation							Dollars
	
Law clerks							15.17
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers			16.32
Paralegals and legal assistants					18.65
Court reporters							20.06
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators			24.68
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers	31.32
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates			37.85
Lawyers								43.90