What is the average law school employment rate?

Among the 195 law schools reporting outcomes for the class of 2025, the median employment rate is 93.0%, ranging from 56.3% to 100.0%. The rate is calculated against graduates whose employment status is known, excluding those the school could not account for.

Where do law school graduates actually work?

Law firms account for 61.8% of all full-time long-term positions across the 195 schools. The remainder goes to business and industry, government, public interest, judicial clerkships and education. Note that the ABA reports law firms as a separate size distribution — they are not included in the industry breakdown, so an industry figure on its own covers well under half of all positions.

What is full-time long-term?

A position that is full-time and expected to last a year or more. The ABA treats it as the meaningful measure of a graduate's outcome because it excludes short-term and part-time work. Across these schools there are 32,514 such positions, out of 33,434 total employed graduates.

Does this data include starting salary?

No. Salary information is filed separately by each school on its own website and is not part of the standard compilation report, so none appears here. The outcomes below cover employment rate, job type, firm size, industry and graduate location only.

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Law School Employment Outcomes, Class of 2025

195 schools reporting · employment rate, firm size, industry and location · ABA Standard 509

93.0%

Median employment rate

93.7%

Median share needing bar

61.8%

Of full-time jobs in firms

32,514

Full-time long-term positions

Among the 195 law schools reporting employment outcomes for the class of 2025, the median school places 93.0% of its graduates in employment. Figures range from 56.3% to 100.0%.

Across all 195 schools, 36,313 graduates produced 33,434 employed positions and 32,514 full-time long-term positions — the figure ABA treats as the real measure of a graduate's outcome.

61.8% of all full-time long-term positions are in law firms. Law firms are reported as a separate size distribution rather than inside the industry breakdown, so any figure labelled "industry distribution" covers only the remaining non-firm destinations — reading it as the whole picture would miss most graduates.

At the median school, 93.7% of full-time long-term positions require or anticipate bar admission. The rest are jobs where a JD is an advantage but licensure is not the point — often still legal work, sometimes not.

Read the firm column and the industry column together

This is the single easiest thing to get wrong in employment data. The ABA reports law firms as their own size breakdown — solo, 1–10 attorneys, and so on — and the industry breakdown covers only non-firm destinations. At the median school 61.8% of full-time long-term graduates went to firms, so an industry percentage quoted on its own accounts for less than half the class. Both columns appear on every school’s page and add up exactly.

Ranked by employment rate

Share of graduates with known employment status who were employed. Highest first.

#	School	State	Employment rate	Graduates	Employed	Full-time long-term	Needs bar	Firms
1	Brigham Young University	UT	100.0%	127	127	120	95.0%	65.0%
2	Pennsylvania	PA	100.0%	252	252	251	97.6%	75.3%
3	Texas	TX	99.7%	308	307	306	96.4%	58.5%
4	Duke University	NC	99.6%	230	229	227	100.0%	79.7%
5	Cornell University	NY	99.5%	197	196	196	100.0%	73.0%
6	Vanderbilt University	TN	99.4%	167	166	165	99.4%	72.1%
7	Wake Forest University	NC	99.4%	158	156	156	90.4%	68.6%
8	Alabama	AL	99.3%	146	145	145	93.8%	62.1%
9	New York Law School	NY	99.3%	417	414	414	98.8%	71.3%
10	New York University	NY	99.3%	417	414	414	98.8%	71.3%
11	Texas A&M University	TX	99.2%	124	123	123	95.9%	59.3%
12	San Diego	CA	99.2%	236	234	232	90.1%	70.3%
13	Baylor University	TX	99.1%	110	109	108	97.2%	63.9%
14	California-Berkeley	CA	98.9%	283	280	275	99.6%	70.2%
15	Washington University (St. Louis)	MO	98.9%	273	269	267	96.3%	69.3%
16	Harvard University	MA	98.8%	602	594	585	95.9%	65.0%
17	George Mason University	VA	98.8%	167	165	163	83.4%	40.5%
18	Iowa	IA	98.7%	158	156	155	92.9%	54.2%
19	Virginia	VA	98.7%	308	304	304	99.3%	76.3%
20	Michigan	MI	98.5%	343	336	335	98.2%	65.4%
21	Wayne State University	MI	98.4%	124	122	120	87.5%	69.2%
22	Tennessee	TN	98.4%	124	120	115	95.7%	65.2%
23	Southern Methodist University	TX	98.2%	225	221	221	96.4%	83.7%
24	Chicago	IL	98.1%	216	212	212	98.6%	67.5%
25	Colorado	CO	98.1%	157	154	151	96.7%	57.6%
26	Columbia University	NY	97.6%	458	447	446	99.1%	83.6%
27	Seton Hall University	NJ	97.6%	207	202	198	90.9%	38.4%
28	Notre Dame	IN	97.6%	164	160	154	99.4%	55.8%
29	Temple University	PA	97.4%	195	188	186	92.5%	54.3%
30	Southern California	CA	97.4%	227	221	219	97.7%	84.9%
31	Northwestern University	IL	97.3%	264	257	257	94.6%	78.2%
32	California-Los Angeles	CA	97.3%	332	323	322	97.2%	78.0%
33	North Carolina	NC	97.3%	183	178	178	92.7%	62.9%
34	Boston College	MA	97.2%	214	207	207	95.2%	67.1%
35	Boston University	MA	97.2%	214	207	207	95.2%	67.1%
36	Regent University	VA	97.1%	103	100	99	97.0%	43.4%
37	Wisconsin	WI	96.9%	255	247	243	94.7%	59.3%
38	Georgetown University	DC	96.9%	703	679	674	95.5%	69.4%
39	George Washington University, The	DC	96.8%	569	551	551	92.7%	56.8%
40	Kansas	KS	96.8%	126	122	121	95.0%	54.5%
41	Missouri	MO	96.8%	125	121	120	90.0%	56.7%
42	Utah	UT	96.8%	93	90	90	95.6%	64.4%
43	Villanova University	PA	96.7%	184	178	177	94.4%	64.4%
44	Marquette University	WI	96.6%	175	169	167	92.8%	73.7%
45	California-Davis	CA	96.6%	204	196	193	96.9%	59.1%
46	Georgia	GA	96.4%	170	163	163	97.5%	62.6%
47	New Mexico	NM	96.4%	100	81	78	94.9%	48.7%
48	California College of the Law, San Francisco	CA	96.3%	354	340	323	95.4%	69.0%
49	Yale University	CT	96.2%	211	200	200	92.0%	44.5%
50	The Ohio State University	OH	96.1%	157	148	147	94.6%	63.9%
51	Illinois	IL	96.1%	153	147	146	96.6%	70.5%
52	Minnesota	MN	95.9%	222	213	212	95.3%	44.8%
53	Georgia State University	GA	95.9%	195	186	181	95.6%	74.0%
54	Louisville	KY	95.8%	119	114	111	95.5%	59.5%
55	Case Western Reserve University	OH	95.7%	142	134	116	92.2%	65.5%
56	Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	95.7%	117	111	110	94.5%	57.3%
57	Maryland	MD	95.7%	208	199	190	87.4%	38.9%
58	Syracuse University	NY	95.7%	208	199	189	78.3%	43.9%
59	Dayton	OH	95.7%	92	88	81	84.0%	58.0%
60	Rutgers University	NJ	95.6%	368	347	342	91.8%	42.4%
61	Tulsa	OK	95.5%	113	105	104	86.5%	66.3%
62	Arizona	AZ	95.4%	130	124	121	96.7%	50.4%
63	Saint Louis University	MO	95.3%	169	161	158	93.7%	73.4%
64	Mercer University	GA	95.0%	142	134	132	97.0%	69.7%
65	Liberty University	VA	95.0%	100	95	92	95.7%	42.4%
66	William & Mary Law School	VA	95.0%	199	189	186	97.3%	51.1%
67	Loyola University-Chicago	IL	95.0%	261	245	240	86.7%	65.0%
68	Houston	TX	95.0%	238	226	220	91.8%	72.7%
69	Oklahoma	OK	94.9%	158	150	150	96.0%	63.3%
70	Belmont University	TN	94.9%	118	112	106	97.2%	68.9%
71	Florida International University	FL	94.9%	157	149	146	90.4%	59.6%
72	Washburn University	KS	94.9%	99	93	92	93.5%	54.3%
73	University at Buffalo	NY	94.9%	137	130	130	96.2%	55.4%
74	South Carolina	SC	94.7%	190	180	178	94.9%	52.2%
75	Albany Law School	NY	94.7%	191	177	175	96.6%	52.6%
76	Stanford University	CA	94.7%	190	177	174	94.8%	58.6%
77	Western State College of Law (Westcliff University)	CA	94.6%	93	88	85	87.1%	80.0%
78	Florida	FL	94.4%	215	203	203	94.1%	69.0%
79	Tulane University	LA	94.4%	214	202	192	93.8%	56.8%
80	Michigan State University	MI	94.4%	197	185	174	92.0%	60.3%
81	Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University)	NY	94.4%	303	285	275	98.2%	65.8%
82	St. John's University	NY	94.4%	249	234	231	97.4%	64.9%
83	Florida State University	FL	93.9%	132	123	122	94.3%	59.0%
84	North Dakota	ND	93.8%	73	61	61	96.7%	47.5%
85	Hawaii	HI	93.8%	98	91	90	82.2%	37.8%
86	Arizona State University	AZ	93.8%	290	272	269	95.9%	63.9%
87	California-Irvine	CA	93.5%	155	145	145	99.3%	77.2%
88	Pepperdine University	CA	93.4%	183	171	171	98.2%	79.5%
89	Texas Tech University	TX	93.4%	136	127	126	99.2%	77.0%
90	Suffolk University	MA	93.3%	358	334	320	85.3%	62.8%
91	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	MN	93.3%	149	139	137	89.8%	56.9%
92	Mississippi Christian University School of Law (MC Law)	MS	93.2%	103	96	95	97.9%	64.2%
93	Widener University Delaware Law School	DE	93.2%	206	192	187	91.4%	47.6%
94	Pittsburgh	PA	93.2%	122	109	109	91.7%	59.6%
95	Richmond	VA	93.2%	117	109	108	95.4%	53.7%
96	Detroit Mercy	MI	93.2%	190	177	174	96.6%	73.6%
97	Kentucky	KY	93.0%	115	107	107	96.3%	59.8%
98	Missouri-Kansas City	MO	93.0%	128	119	112	92.9%	68.8%
99	Connecticut	CT	93.0%	142	132	128	90.6%	64.8%
100	Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles	CA	93.0%	300	277	273	94.1%	76.2%
101	Catholic University of America, The	DC	92.9%	113	105	105	85.7%	41.0%
102	Creighton University	NE	92.9%	113	105	102	93.1%	66.7%
103	Campbell University	NC	92.8%	181	168	163	96.3%	68.1%
104	Samford University	AL	92.8%	139	129	122	91.8%	70.5%
105	Duquesne University	PA	92.8%	152	141	137	96.4%	65.7%
106	Washington and Lee University	VA	92.7%	110	102	102	99.0%	59.8%
107	Loyola University-New Orleans	LA	92.7%	177	164	153	93.5%	67.3%
108	Northern Kentucky University	KY	92.6%	96	87	81	81.5%	55.6%
109	Akron	OH	92.4%	133	122	119	88.2%	54.6%
110	Drexel University	PA	92.4%	133	122	119	95.8%	59.7%
111	Brooklyn Law School	NY	92.4%	356	327	326	92.3%	58.6%
112	Miami	FL	92.3%	383	350	338	94.4%	73.1%
113	Jacksonville University	FL	92.3%	13	12	12	100.0%	41.7%
114	Nebraska	NE	92.3%	143	131	130	94.6%	60.8%
115	DePaul University	IL	92.2%	155	141	137	92.0%	70.8%
116	Cincinnati	OH	92.1%	127	117	116	90.5%	63.8%
117	Seattle University	WA	92.1%	204	186	169	91.1%	55.6%
118	Wyoming	WY	92.1%	64	58	56	98.2%	46.4%
119	Fordham University	NY	91.9%	420	385	383	93.7%	72.8%
120	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	91.8%	212	191	180	89.4%	61.1%
121	Touro University	NY	91.7%	145	132	123	88.6%	52.0%
122	Hofstra University	NY	91.6%	263	241	237	95.8%	61.2%
123	Emory University	GA	91.5%	224	205	204	96.6%	75.5%
124	Memphis	TN	91.5%	94	86	86	87.2%	60.5%
125	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	91.5%	164	150	149	93.3%	60.4%
126	Arkansas	AR	91.5%	119	107	103	84.5%	63.1%
127	North Carolina Central University	NC	91.2%	137	125	107	79.4%	39.3%
128	Drake University	IA	91.2%	114	104	102	96.1%	63.7%
129	Quinnipiac University	CT	91.0%	123	111	109	86.2%	63.3%
130	South Texas College of Law Houston	TX	91.0%	299	272	261	93.9%	72.8%
131	Washington	WA	91.0%	177	161	157	93.6%	52.9%
132	St. Mary's University	TX	90.9%	232	211	200	93.5%	69.5%
133	Lewis & Clark Law School	OR	90.8%	153	139	135	90.4%	51.1%
134	Penn State Dickinson Law	PA	90.8%	223	197	194	95.9%	49.5%
135	Baltimore	MD	90.7%	204	185	175	85.7%	44.0%
136	Denver	CO	90.5%	285	257	241	91.3%	57.3%
137	Pace University	NY	90.4%	261	236	232	90.9%	45.7%
138	Elon University	NC	90.4%	135	122	120	92.5%	63.3%
139	Northeastern University	MA	90.1%	213	192	185	94.6%	50.8%
140	Oregon	OR	90.1%	142	128	121	96.7%	52.9%
141	South Dakota	SD	90.1%	82	73	71	90.1%	42.3%
142	Idaho	ID	89.8%	137	123	117	97.4%	43.6%
143	Montana	MT	89.4%	86	76	74	93.2%	33.8%
144	Louisiana State University	LA	89.4%	198	177	176	94.3%	65.3%
145	Roger Williams University	RI	89.3%	169	151	140	83.6%	47.9%
146	Cooley Law School	MI	89.3%	143	125	106	79.2%	44.3%
147	West Virginia University	WV	88.9%	91	80	78	96.2%	55.1%
148	Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	88.6%	132	117	111	89.2%	55.0%
149	Maine	ME	88.6%	88	78	73	86.3%	50.7%
150	Mississippi	MS	88.6%	176	156	155	92.9%	58.1%
151	Vermont Law School	VT	88.5%	130	115	101	89.1%	35.6%
152	Southwestern Law School	CA	88.2%	290	254	242	94.2%	69.8%
153	Stetson University	FL	88.2%	287	253	250	93.2%	61.2%
154	Mitchell/Hamline School of Law	MN	88.0%	326	287	273	71.8%	50.2%
155	Ohio Northern University	OH	87.8%	49	43	43	95.3%	69.8%
156	Cleveland State University	OH	87.7%	132	114	106	90.6%	67.9%
157	Faulkner University	AL	87.5%	88	77	69	84.1%	58.0%
158	Chapman University	CA	86.9%	130	113	111	89.2%	70.3%
159	San Francisco	CA	86.8%	114	99	96	90.6%	63.5%
160	Massachusetts Dartmouth	MA	86.7%	98	85	77	87.0%	50.6%
161	New Hampshire	NH	86.7%	192	163	156	71.2%	41.7%
162	Capital University Law School	OH	86.6%	121	103	102	85.3%	55.9%
163	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	PA	86.5%	105	90	89	91.0%	59.6%
164	American University	DC	86.4%	399	344	329	84.2%	45.0%
165	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	86.4%	81	70	68	97.1%	69.1%
166	City University of New York (CUNY)	NY	86.4%	192	159	155	91.0%	10.3%
167	Florida A&M University	FL	86.4%	108	89	86	89.5%	44.2%
168	the Pacific (McGeorge)	CA	86.3%	148	126	118	86.4%	63.6%
169	Oklahoma City University	OK	86.1%	138	118	114	95.6%	70.2%
170	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	86.1%	110	93	92	89.1%	66.3%
171	Southern Illinois University	IL	86.1%	74	62	60	90.0%	73.3%
172	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	GA	86.0%	101	86	84	86.9%	57.1%
173	Barry University	FL	85.9%	235	195	171	87.7%	55.0%
174	Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT)	IL	85.3%	232	198	196	89.3%	69.9%
175	Gonzaga University	WA	85.3%	198	168	162	95.7%	54.9%
176	North Texas at Dallas	TX	85.0%	120	102	101	85.1%	64.4%
177	Charleston School of Law	SC	84.7%	210	177	171	93.6%	52.0%
178	Santa Clara University	CA	84.3%	198	167	158	94.3%	71.5%
179	Northern Illinois University	IL	84.2%	107	85	83	90.4%	51.8%
180	Nova Southeastern University	FL	83.9%	203	162	157	89.8%	68.2%
181	Illinois-Chicago	IL	83.6%	274	229	220	88.6%	58.6%
182	St. Thomas University (Florida)	FL	82.5%	194	160	154	98.1%	72.1%
183	California Western School of Law	CA	82.4%	205	168	162	93.8%	75.9%
184	Western New England University	MA	81.5%	84	66	58	81.0%	58.6%
185	Inter American University of Puerto Rico	PR	81.3%	197	156	122	41.8%	37.7%
186	Toledo	OH	80.9%	94	76	70	84.3%	51.4%
187	Puerto Rico	PR	80.3%	124	98	85	70.6%	48.2%
188	Appalachian School of Law	VA	80.0%	43	32	28	82.1%	46.4%
189	Texas Southern University	TX	77.9%	164	120	94	94.7%	72.3%
190	Willamette University	OR	77.7%	105	80	80	96.3%	53.8%
191	New England Law/Boston	MA	76.4%	327	246	221	76.0%	55.2%
192	District of Columbia	DC	76.3%	80	61	57	73.7%	29.8%
193	Howard University	DC	76.1%	155	118	113	97.3%	64.6%
194	Southern University	LA	66.4%	231	152	125	74.4%	43.2%
195	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	PR	56.3%	147	72	57	43.9%	38.6%

Share of graduates at firms with 501 or more attorneys

The most-requested single figure in legal recruiting, as a share of full-time long-term positions. It says nothing about the remaining graduates — a school can place few people at large firms and still place everyone.

#	School	State	501+ attorneys	Out of full-time	251–500	101–250	Small firms & solo	All firms
1	Columbia University	NY	321	72.0%	34	4	14	83.6%
2	Duke University	NC	163	71.8%	5	4	9	79.7%
3	Northwestern University	IL	178	69.3%	6	5	12	78.2%
4	Pennsylvania	PA	169	67.3%	9	2	9	75.3%
5	Virginia	VA	197	64.8%	11	5	19	76.3%
6	New York Law School	NY	259	62.6%	13	9	14	71.3%
7	New York University	NY	259	62.6%	13	9	14	71.3%
8	Chicago	IL	129	60.8%	5	4	5	67.5%
9	Southern California	CA	133	60.7%	10	10	33	84.9%
10	California-Berkeley	CA	162	58.9%	10	4	16	70.2%
11	Georgetown University	DC	386	57.3%	29	18	34	69.4%
12	Cornell University	NY	112	57.1%	12	5	14	73.0%
13	California-Los Angeles	CA	182	56.5%	5	15	49	78.0%
14	Michigan	MI	187	55.8%	9	8	15	65.4%
15	Harvard University	MA	322	55.0%	16	16	26	65.0%
16	Stanford University	CA	86	49.4%	2	5	9	58.6%
17	Fordham University	NY	188	49.1%	24	21	46	72.8%
18	Vanderbilt University	TN	78	47.3%	16	8	17	72.1%
19	Boston College	MA	88	42.5%	13	11	27	67.1%
20	Boston University	MA	88	42.5%	13	11	27	67.1%
21	Howard University	DC	47	41.6%	11	3	11	64.6%
22	Washington University (St. Louis)	MO	109	40.8%	21	16	39	69.3%
23	Texas	TX	121	39.5%	5	9	44	58.5%
24	Southern Methodist University	TX	76	34.4%	10	14	85	83.7%
25	Washington and Lee University	VA	35	34.3%	4	5	17	59.8%
26	Yale University	CT	66	33.0%	9	4	10	44.5%
27	Notre Dame	IN	50	32.5%	7	10	19	55.8%
28	Emory University	GA	66	32.4%	13	22	53	75.5%
29	California-Irvine	CA	43	29.7%	11	11	47	77.2%
30	Illinois	IL	43	29.5%	8	8	44	70.5%
31	Houston	TX	61	27.7%	4	11	83	72.7%
32	Wake Forest University	NC	43	27.6%	11	9	44	68.6%
33	North Carolina	NC	45	25.3%	10	15	42	62.9%
34	California College of the Law, San Francisco	CA	81	25.1%	18	24	100	69.0%
35	George Washington University, The	DC	137	24.9%	26	22	128	56.8%
36	St. John's University	NY	57	24.7%	6	10	77	64.9%
37	Brigham Young University	UT	29	24.2%	8	7	34	65.0%
38	Miami	FL	79	23.4%	22	23	123	73.1%
39	California-Davis	CA	45	23.3%	7	10	52	59.1%
40	Florida	FL	46	22.7%	27	16	51	69.0%

Government, public interest and clerkships

These three destinations combined, as a share of full-time long-term positions. Ranked highest first; the breakdown for each school is on its own page.

#	School	State	Public-service roles	Share	Government	Public interest	Clerkships
1	City University of New York (CUNY)	NY	130	83.9%	27	90	13
2	District of Columbia	DC	34	59.6%	16	11	7
3	Jacksonville University	FL	7	58.3%	5	1	1
4	Montana	MT	43	58.1%	16	11	16
5	Vermont Law School	VT	57	56.4%	17	12	28
6	Liberty University	VA	51	55.4%	38	6	7
7	Idaho	ID	63	53.8%	35	13	15
8	Maryland	MD	99	52.1%	23	9	67
9	Seton Hall University	NJ	103	52.0%	9	4	90
10	Regent University	VA	51	51.5%	23	2	26
11	Yale University	CT	102	51.0%	14	30	58
12	Rutgers University	NJ	174	50.9%	24	23	127
13	North Dakota	ND	31	50.8%	16	7	8
14	George Mason University	VA	81	49.7%	44	7	30
15	New Mexico	NM	38	48.7%	17	9	12
16	Wyoming	WY	27	48.2%	16	8	3
17	South Dakota	SD	34	47.9%	11	8	15
18	Hawaii	HI	43	47.8%	17	2	24
19	Florida A&M University	FL	41	47.7%	10	30	1
20	Minnesota	MN	101	47.6%	20	23	58
21	Southern University	LA	59	47.2%	32	19	8
22	Arizona	AZ	56	46.3%	13	18	25
23	Pace University	NY	107	46.1%	55	15	37
24	Albany Law School	NY	80	45.7%	48	21	11
25	Widener University Delaware Law School	DE	85	45.5%	16	12	57
26	Penn State Dickinson Law	PA	88	45.4%	51	18	19
27	William & Mary Law School	VA	84	45.2%	22	16	46
28	Catholic University of America, The	DC	47	44.8%	21	1	25
29	Cooley Law School	MI	47	44.3%	28	19	0
30	Northeastern University	MA	82	44.3%	13	52	17
31	Baltimore	MD	77	44.0%	16	13	48
32	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	PR	25	43.9%	21	2	2
33	Washington	WA	68	43.3%	24	29	15
34	North Carolina Central University	NC	46	43.0%	31	15	0
35	Appalachian School of Law	VA	12	42.9%	5	6	1
36	Charleston School of Law	SC	73	42.7%	33	15	25
37	Gonzaga University	WA	69	42.6%	33	24	12
38	Willamette University	OR	34	42.5%	15	11	8
39	Maine	ME	31	42.5%	8	8	15
40	Northern Illinois University	IL	35	42.2%	20	14	1

Firm size distribution across all schools

How the national picture breaks down. Law firms, then everything else. The two halves add to the full-time long-term total.

Full-time long-term positions by destination, all 195 reporting schools combined.
Destination	Positions	Share of full-time long-term
501 or more	6,820	21.0%
1–10 attorneys	5,129	15.8%
Government	3,917	12.0%
Public interest	2,944	9.1%
11–25	2,328	7.2%
Judicial clerkship — state & local	2,059	6.3%
Business & industry	1,947	6.0%
26–50	1,597	4.9%
101–250	1,428	4.4%
51–100	1,281	3.9%
251–500	1,277	3.9%
Judicial clerkship — federal	1,164	3.6%
Education	368	1.1%
Solo practice	203	0.6%
Size not reported	31	0.1%
Judicial clerkship — international	10	0.0%
Judicial clerkship — tribal	1	0.0%
All full-time long-term positions	32,514	100%

What this data does not tell you

No salary figures. Salary is filed by each school separately and is not part of this compilation. Any starting-salary number on this site would have to come from somewhere else and would not be comparable across schools.
One graduating class. These figures describe a single cohort roughly ten months after graduation. A school's placement changes with the market, and one year is not a trend.
Location is not the same as where people practice. The location figures report the states graduates reported as their destination, not necessarily where they are licensed to practise.
A high employment rate is not the same as a good outcome. A school can place nearly everyone quickly, and another can place 85% into positions most graduates consider their first choice. The rate does not capture which.

No employment data reported

1 school filed no employment outcomes for this class. They are excluded from every ranking above — a missing report is not a zero rate.

Wilmington University School of Law

Source: ABA Standard 509 Employment Outcomes, class of 2025, retrieved via the ABA's published compilation report. Employment rate is calculated over graduates with known employment status. Firm size and industry figures are full-time long-term positions. Not a prediction of any individual's outcome.