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Forensic Science Technicians
Average Salary:
$51,570
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, or biochemistry.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Average Salary:
$40,210
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Lawyers
Average Salary:
$112,760
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Average Salary:
$85,500
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Conduct hearings to recommend or make decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters. Determine liability, sanctions, or penalties, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or settlements.
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Average Salary:
$55,800
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Average Salary:
$119,270
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Average Salary:
$46,680
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.
Court Reporters
Average Salary:
$47,700
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Average Salary:
$38,990
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies.
Legal Support Workers, All Other
Average Salary:
$51,800
Most Common Degree:
Not Available
All legal support workers not listed separately.
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
Average Salary:
$73,600
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
Average Salary:
$67,330
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
Average Salary:
$59,520
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Law Teachers, Postsecondary
Average Salary:
$94,260
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Farm and Home Management Advisors
Average Salary:
$45,520
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Advise, instruct, and assist individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home economics activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to solve problems; and instruct and train in product development, sales, and the use of machinery and equipment to promote general welfare. Includes county agricultural agents, feed and farm management advisors, home economists, and extension service advisors.
Supervisors of Correctional Officers
Average Salary:
$55,910
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Average Salary:
$78,260
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers
Average Salary:
$68,240
Most Common Degree:
Not Available
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in fire fighting and fire prevention and control.
Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors
Average Salary:
$68,240
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Supervise fire fighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.
Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors
Average Salary:
$68,240
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
Supervise fire fighters who control and suppress fires in forests or vacant public land.