According to the Jobsrated.com rankings, a career as a Paralegal (#17) is vastly more desirable than being an Attorney (#82). Why? The Paralegal’s Blog attributes the disparity to stress:
While lawyers rake in an average of $109,207, compared to a paralegal’s $46,155, being an attorney comes with enough stress and anxiety to bring the rating down to 82nd place.
I think the ranking is ridiculous. Saying a paralegal job is better than being an attorney is like saying people should opt for teaching high school drama because movie actors get brutalized by TMZ.
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rebecca
January 12, 2009 at 2:15 pmI can see why they say that about the paralegal job because it is easier to get a job as a paralegal and they end up doing most of the work for the attorney’s anyway. It is also a lot cheaper to become a paralegal.