10 Easiest and Highest Paying Fields of Law

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7. Publishing Industries (except Internet)

Number of people employed = 1950

Hourly mean wage = $85.21

According to BLS, this field includes newspapers, magazines, books, etc. Lawyers working for publishers need sufficient knowledge of intellectual property, copyright and piracy laws. The big attraction for you should be software publishing, which hires 1510 lawyers and at $86.28, pays slightly better than most other subdivisions in the publishing industry. Shout out to the lawyers working hard for Insider Monkey!

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