Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary
The median pay for paralegals and legal assistants in the United States is $62,890 a year. About 392,880 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $44,740
- 25th percentile
- $50,340
- Median percentile
- $62,890
- 75th percentile
- $80,080
- 90th percentile
- $101,500
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $89,750
- Washington $79,400
- Colorado $78,190
- Massachusetts $77,640
- California $77,390
- Minnesota $75,570
- New Jersey $71,500
- Alaska $68,700
- New York $68,410
- Vermont $67,160
- Maryland $65,640
- Nevada $64,680
- Virginia $63,990
- Connecticut $63,820
- Illinois $63,670
- Pennsylvania $63,370
- Nebraska $63,250
- Utah $63,220
- Delaware $63,110
- Hawaii $62,840
- Maine $62,420
- Georgia $62,400
- Texas $62,310
- Michigan $62,170
- New Hampshire $62,040
- Arizona $61,630
- Oregon $61,490
- Missouri $61,410
- Florida $61,000
- Ohio $60,420
- Louisiana $60,250
- New Mexico $59,840
- Kentucky $59,830
- North Dakota $59,430
- West Virginia $59,000
- Tennessee $58,820
- Wisconsin $58,500
- South Dakota $58,320
- North Carolina $57,500
- Montana $57,290
- Indiana $57,030
- Rhode Island $56,250
- Kansas $55,000
- Iowa $54,550
- South Carolina $53,880
- Oklahoma $53,170
- Idaho $49,690
- Wyoming $49,490
- Arkansas $47,420
- Alabama $47,260
- Mississippi $46,180
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $99,250
- Seattle, WA $92,900
- San Francisco, CA $84,030
- Washington, DC $81,590
- Santa Maria, CA $80,930
- Denver, CO $80,500
- Boston, MA $79,850
- Vallejo, CA $79,280
- Sacramento, CA $78,550
- Santa Rosa, CA $78,160
- Los Angeles, CA $77,520
- Napa, CA $77,020
- Parkersburg, WV $76,400
- San Diego, CA $76,300
- Minneapolis, MN $76,220
- Portland, OR $75,430
- New York, NY $75,330
- Wenatchee, WA $75,230
- San Luis Obispo, CA $75,200
- Oxnard, CA $74,780
- Trenton, NJ $73,250
- Fairbanks, AK $71,390
- Bremerton, WA $71,310
- Burlington, VT $71,160
- Olympia, WA $71,140
- Worcester, MA $70,990
- Chicago, IL $70,550
- Stockton, CA $70,520
- Philadelphia, PA $70,430
- Carson City, NV $70,010
- Hanford, CA $69,600
- Fort Collins, CO $69,440
- Hartford, CT $67,500
- Kahului, HI $67,480
- Las Vegas, NV $66,720
- Atlantic City, NJ $66,540
- Iowa City, IA $66,400
- Anchorage, AK $66,210
- Boulder, CO $66,090
- Springfield, MA $65,820
- Baltimore, MD $65,640
- Colorado Springs, CO $64,830
- New Orleans, LA $64,780
- Santa Cruz, CA $64,690
- Salt Lake City, UT $64,670
- Naples, FL $64,660
- Greeley, CO $64,620
- Waterbury, CT $64,570
- Midland, TX $64,500
- Visalia, CA $64,380
- Las Cruces, NM $64,370
- Cincinnati, OH $64,330
- Barnstable Town, MA $64,310
- Portland, ME $64,280
- Omaha, NE $64,230
- Helena, MT $64,210
- Austin, TX $64,140
- Atlanta, GA $64,080
- Amherst Town, MA $64,050
- Bellingham, WA $63,950
- Salinas, CA $63,950
- Kansas City, MO $63,880
- Lexington Park, MD $63,770
- Lexington, KY $63,640
- Pittsburgh, PA $63,620
- Bakersfield, CA $63,420
- Detroit, MI $63,400
- New Haven, CT $63,390
- Hagerstown, MD $63,290
- Dallas, TX $63,220
- Yakima, WA $63,140
- El Centro, CA $63,000
- Richmond, VA $62,940
- Urban Honolulu, HI $62,840
- Houston, TX $62,730
- Phoenix, AZ $62,620
- Kennewick, WA $62,500
- Jacksonville, FL $62,480
- Fresno, CA $62,450
- Grand Rapids, MI $62,370
- Kingston, NY $62,210
- Pittsfield, MA $62,210
- Indianapolis, IN $62,130
- Miami, FL $62,090
- Manchester, NH $62,040
- St. Louis, MO $61,970
- Raleigh, NC $61,880
- Morgantown, WV $61,840
- Lancaster, PA $61,780
- Ann Arbor, MI $61,480
- Riverside, CA $61,460
- Mount Vernon, WA $61,450
- Lincoln, NE $61,440
- Grand Junction, CO $61,420
- Kiryas Joel, NY $61,350
- Merced, CA $61,320
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $61,270
- Rochester, MN $61,230
- Peoria, IL $61,220
- Syracuse, NY $61,150
- Allentown, PA $61,000
- Cleveland, OH $60,960
- Madison, WI $60,800
- Nashville, TN $60,800
- Cape Coral, FL $60,700
- Yuma, AZ $60,700
- Albany, NY $60,680
- Yuba City, CA $60,650
- Ithaca, NY $60,550
- Elizabethtown, KY $60,540
- Columbus, OH $60,430
- Binghamton, NY $60,420
- Fayetteville, NC $60,370
- Port St. Lucie, FL $60,370
- Savannah, GA $60,370
- Vineland, NJ $60,370
- Harrisburg, PA $60,360
- Bend, OR $60,340
- Milwaukee, WI $60,340
- Santa Fe, NM $60,320