Exactly 140 of the 7,290 paralegals employed in Kentucky, work in Bowling Green. The number of paralegals in Bowling Green has grown by 8% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of paralegals in Bowling Green has increased, overall employment in Bowling Green has also increased.

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As the number of paralegals in Bowling Green has grown, salaries for paralegals have decreased. In 2010 Bowling Green paralegals earned an average yearly salary of $30,120. Four years earlier in 2006, paralegals in Bowling Green made an average salary of $31,830 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Bowling Green.

Paralegals in Bowling Green make a median yearly salary of $29,940. The difference in pay between the paralegals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 93%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,080 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $40,730 per year.

Bowling Green paralegals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 2 accredited paralegal schools in the city. Many of Bowling Green's paralegals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in paralegal offered by Bowling Green's paralegal schools.

In 2010 approximately 15 students graduated from paralegal courses.