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Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary in Virginia

The median paralegals and legal assistants in Virginia earns $63,990 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,173 a month.

10th percentile
$47,860
25th percentile
$56,050
Median percentile
$63,990
75th percentile
$81,590
90th percentile
$100,550

Based on 10,250 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$50,077 take-home a year
Gross pay$63,990
Federal income tax−$5,499
Social Security + Medicare−$4,895
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$3,519
Monthly take-home$4,173
Every two weeks$1,926

Does it go far here?

$63,291Median pay in Virginia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,579 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$461,450
Chief Executives$310,740
Physicians, All Other$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists$252,110
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Family Medicine Physicians$222,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers$201,490
Dentists, General$197,110

All paralegals and legal assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Virginia