Of the 56,490 paralegals employed in California, 3,590 work in Cupertino. The number of paralegals in Cupertino has grown by 1% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for paralegals in Cupertino has increased, overall employment in Cupertino has decreased.

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As the number of paralegals in Cupertino has grown, salaries for paralegals have also increased. Cupertino paralegals made $65,875 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for paralegals in Cupertino was $62,245 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Cupertino.

Paralegals in Cupertino earn a median salary of $67,350 per year. The difference in pay between the paralegals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 152%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $38,145 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $96,065 per year.

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

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

Cupertino's paralegal schools offer 2 paralegal degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 90 students graduated from paralegal courses in 2010.