Exactly 11,820 of the 33,630 law professionals employed in Louisiana, work in Chalmette. There has been a 35% growth in the number of law professionals in Chalmette between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of law professionals in Chalmette has increased, overall employment in Chalmette has also increased.

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As the number of law professionals in Chalmette has grown, salaries for law professionals have also increased. Chalmette law professionals made $56,920 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, law professionals in Chalmette made an average salary of $53,983 per year. The growth in the salary of law professionals in Chalmette is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Chalmette law professionals earn a median yearly salary of $54,307. The 10% of law professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,048 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 156% higher salaries.

Law professional salaries in Chalmette are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Chalmette's law professionals are graduates of the only accredited law school in the city.

Chalmette's law schools offer 2 law degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 23 students graduated from law courses.