Employment Statistics


First Job Choices

Graduating Class  2006 2005
 2004
Law Firm
36.6% 44.6% 46.8%
Clerkship 51% 42.9% 42%
Public Interest 5.7% 4.5% 4.9%
Government 2.6% 3.4% 2.4%
Business 2.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Academia 1.5% 2.3% 1.5%



5th Year Career Development Survey
Class of 2001


Given that so many of our graduates clerk after graduation, it is also relevant to describe our graduates' first non-clerkship job choices.

First Non-Clerkship Job Choices


Public Service Employment
Of those 29% who enter public service in their first non-clerkship job, the chart below shows the distribution of employment choices:


Job Choices 5 Years After Graduation




Median Salary by Employment Type

Graduating Class
2004
2005
2006
Public $51,635 $52,803$54,521
Private
 $125,000 $125,000 $145,000



Destinations

The geographic destinations of Yale Law School graduates.

Graduating Class
20042005
2006
Northeast
(CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
13.1%
10.8%12%
Mid-Atlantic
(NY, NJ, PA)
36.6%32%35.2%
North Central
(IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, ND)
5.7%5.1%5.7%
South Atlantic
(DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
19.4%20.6%19.7%
South Central
(AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.5%6.7%6.7%
Mountain
(AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
4.0%2.6%2%
Pacific
(AK, CA, WA, HI, OR)
15.4%19.1%16.1%
Foreign
2.3%3.1%2.6%



For more information on YLS graduates' career choices, please look at our 5th Year Career Development Survey.  Please also visit the Career Development Office's Frequently Asked Questions page.