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All Institutions, Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Earnings in 2022	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)	$52,812	56%
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$50,611	45%
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$35,320	62%
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$43,101	60%
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$41,751	65%

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As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.

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Legal Assistant/Paralegal, Graduates from 2012-13 to 2016-17
Institution	Median Wage	Percentage Students w/ Reported Wage	Median Debt	Percentage Students with Debt
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	$32,669	82%	$16,998	52%
Mountain Empire Community College	$19,158	64%
Northern Virginia Community College	$36,666	44%	$15,123	39%
Tidewater Community College	$27,779	60%	$13,091	51%
Virginia Peninsula Community College	$21,455	65%	$17,322	49%
Virginia Western Community College	$28,815	77%	$21,626	54%