Of the 7,560 paralegals employed in Indiana, 110 work in Bloomington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Bloomington, there has been a 15% decline in the number of paralegals. Overall employment in Bloomington has increased.

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As the number of paralegals in Bloomington has shrunk, salaries for paralegals have increased. In 2010 Bloomington paralegals earned an average yearly salary of $33,880. The average salary for paralegals in Bloomington was $28,360 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of paralegals in Bloomington is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Paralegals make a median salary of $32,165 per year in Bloomington. The difference in pay between the paralegals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 59%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,740 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $42,595 per year.

On average paralegals in Bloomington earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Bloomington.

Many of Bloomington's paralegals are graduates of the only accredited paralegal school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in paralegal offered by Bloomington's paralegal school.

In 2010 approximately 9 students graduated from paralegal courses.