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Law Secretaries

Law Secretaries - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

  • Law firms
  • Federal, state, and local government agencies

Outlook

Growth in this career is expected to decline significantly. This is because more law firms have paralegals and legal assistants on their staff who do the work previously done by legal secretaries.

Most openings will occur each year as legal secretaries retire or leave the career.

Legal Secretaries (CIS 100116)

Location Employment & Growth >>>> Annual openings



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Illinois
8,244
Large
&
-19.2%
8.2%
>>>>
637
Moderate
  Champaign Area
80
Small
&
-23.8%
5.2%
>>>>
6
Very few
  Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area
77
Small
&
-24.7%
2.9%
>>>>
5
Very few
  Cook County
5,591
Large
&
-18.6%
9.2%
>>>>
437
Moderate
  Decatur Area
46
Small
&
-23.9%
3.8%
>>>>
3
Very few
  DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area
187
Small
&
-19.8%
10.3%
>>>>
14
Very few
  Du Page County
496
Medium
&
-19.8%
8.8%
>>>>
38
Very few
  Edwardsville Area
178
Medium
&
-19.1%
12.4%
>>>>
14
Very few
  Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area
29
Very small
&
-24.1%
-0.2%
>>>>
1
Very few
  Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area
44
Very small
&
-25.0%
6.0%
>>>>
3
Very few
  Lake County
232
Medium
&
-9.9%
11.7%
>>>>
21
Very few
  McHenry County
82
Small
&
-22.0%
7.6%
>>>>
6
Very few
  Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area
82
Small
&
-24.4%
4.4%
>>>>
6
Very few
  Northwest Illinois Area
82
Small
&
-18.3%
4.3%
>>>>
6
Very few
  Peoria-Bloomington Area
274
Medium
&
-24.1%
4.5%
>>>>
19
Very few
  Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area
60
Small
&
-16.7%
3.5%
>>>>
5
Very few
  Rock Island-Moline Area
73
Small
&
-24.7%
5.6%
>>>>
5
Very few
  Rockford Area
113
Small
&
-21.2%
6.6%
>>>>
9
Very few
  Shawnee National Forest Area
32
Very small
&
-21.9%
1.1%
>>>>
3
Very few
  Springfield Area
160
Medium
&
-23.1%
4.6%
>>>>
11
Very few
  St Louis-Belleville Area
159
Medium
&
-25.2%
0.9%
>>>>
11
Very few
  Vermilion County
19
Very small
&
-26.3%
-0.5%
>>>>
2
Very few
  Will County
132
Small
&
-18.9%
14.9%
>>>>
11
Very few
United States
154,200
Large
&
-5.1%
4.0%
>>>>
18,100
Moderate
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.