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	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	Document Management Specialists	Compliance Officers	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	Paralegals and Legal Assistants
SUMMARY	59% Moderate Risk	18% Minimal Risk	39% Low Risk	51% Moderate Risk	53% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	1.9/10	5.3/10	5.5/10	3.9/10	3.1/10
POLLING	77% (High Risk, Based on 71 votes)	83% (Imminent Risk, Based on 25 votes)	45% (Moderate Risk, Based on 105 votes)	62% (High Risk, Based on 142 votes)	65% (High Risk, Based on 282 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-5.8%	8.2%	3.0%	-1.6%	0.2%
WAGES	$54,140 or $26.03 per hour	$108,970 or $52.39 per hour	$78,420 or $37.70 per hour	$74,260 or $35.70 per hour	$61,010 or $29.33 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	154,540	439,380	397,770	472,770	367,220
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DESCRIPTION	Perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.	Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.	Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.	Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.	Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

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