Paralegal Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Paralegal positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$61,010

National average

Salary Range

$39,710 – $98,990

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Paralegals and Legal Assistants Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
District of Columbia$99,300$59,930$128,100
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$97,740$58,900$150,120
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$85,230$56,980$126,190
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$84,950$57,920$125,660
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$80,550$50,590$124,800
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,240$50,340$109,640
Midland, MI$78,120$53,560$96,670
Washington$78,010$50,500$115,120
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$77,990$46,190$96,950
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$77,550$44,980$107,410
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$77,470$55,560$118,990
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$77,170$51,420$100,210
Napa, CA$76,350$46,700$99,670
Vallejo, CA$75,560$47,700$97,410
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75,380$43,630$102,060
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$75,080$45,420$98,160
Massachusetts$74,990$49,850$107,650
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$74,960$37,520$101,440
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$74,750$47,010$100,260
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$74,470$50,420$101,330
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$73,470$49,150$107,520
Colorado$73,380$48,840$106,080
California$72,960$48,000$105,350
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$72,560$50,700$89,140
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$72,460$47,760$101,430
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$71,450$46,270$89,440
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$70,130$47,990$96,120
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$69,060$50,080$84,180
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$68,990$51,300$124,800
Boulder, CO$68,980$50,450$103,640
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$68,390$47,030$94,010
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$68,390$42,090$92,890
Worcester, MA$68,180$49,030$98,440
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$67,390$46,890$95,640
Minnesota$67,320$44,800$98,480
Salinas, CA$67,260$46,280$99,550
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$66,930$47,950$104,190
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$66,850$45,630$82,210
New York$66,390$47,880$105,910
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$65,850$43,550$94,480
Greeley, CO$65,540$42,420$89,480
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64,750$38,310$100,560
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$64,500$46,760$98,030
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$64,490$45,850$95,880
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$64,410$49,230$80,730
Carson City, NV$64,380$44,650$98,400
Rochester, MN$64,010$46,000$94,230
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$64,010$44,850$97,890
Oregon$63,970$47,840$99,780
Omaha, NE-IA$63,720$45,280$93,530
Maryland$63,560$45,820$99,520
Salem, OR$63,510$47,810$93,620
Fairbanks-College, AK$63,440$45,480$90,790
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$63,420$44,990$95,850
Longview-Kelso, WA$63,290$61,470$75,940
Connecticut$63,260$44,990$95,220
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$63,110$44,360$100,250
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$63,050$37,440$89,950
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$63,010$46,360$96,530
Vermont$63,000$47,490$79,440
New Jersey$62,790$44,540$98,360
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$62,740$49,260$92,440
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$62,700$46,100$99,290
Bellingham, WA$62,470$46,580$98,240
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$62,460$49,570$95,250
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,420$37,560$80,200
Portland-South Portland, ME$62,410$48,370$79,060
New Haven, CT$62,400$44,930$91,560
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$62,390$32,980$79,310
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$62,310$47,830$80,330
Illinois$62,290$44,180$102,270
Springfield, MA$62,160$45,130$82,260
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$62,140$49,840$83,270
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$62,120$47,930$82,460
Nevada$62,090$27,040$78,760
Mankato, MN$61,950$39,470$80,240
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$61,830$45,770$85,770
Syracuse, NY$61,820$46,660$86,610
El Centro, CA$61,810$40,010$101,110
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$61,800$43,680$85,230
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,750$44,180$84,670
Cedar Rapids, IA$61,740$38,280$77,770
Decatur, IL$61,700$46,500$90,160
Yakima, WA$61,640$46,910$89,270
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$61,560$46,370$86,440
Michigan$61,490$44,110$88,000
Nebraska$61,410$40,200$88,540
Lincoln, NE$61,410$43,890$85,820
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$61,260$49,060$77,840
Kennewick-Richland, WA$61,230$46,650$82,800
Arizona$61,220$43,480$97,070
Bismarck, ND$61,210$48,390$75,350
Virginia$61,200$44,100$97,520
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,200$39,890$86,000
Kansas City, MO-KS$61,170$40,260$91,990
Alaska$61,120$45,840$95,410
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$61,060$45,210$91,890
Anchorage, AK$61,010$45,840$95,600
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$60,980$48,660$78,760
Pennsylvania$60,950$40,620$94,990
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$60,910$45,710$74,420
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$60,900$44,920$98,830
Urban Honolulu, HI$60,890$48,780$85,340
Hawaii$60,890$48,690$83,890
Grand Junction, CO$60,810$47,170$82,350
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$60,790$38,550$84,100
Pittsburgh, PA$60,710$41,720$90,000
New Hampshire$60,640$35,870$87,260
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$60,600$47,870$78,870
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$60,520$36,360$80,600
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,450$37,990$78,330
Fresno, CA$60,450$45,530$93,510
Midland, TX$60,450$34,630$112,520
St. Cloud, MN$60,380$41,180$85,230
Modesto, CA$60,370$46,750$85,270
Barnstable Town, MA$60,320$46,730$81,700
Florida$60,280$37,440$82,450
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$60,250$41,000$95,280
Manchester-Nashua, NH$60,250$35,870$88,430
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,250$43,340$79,050
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$60,250$48,240$69,950
Kingston, NY$60,220$45,580$81,860
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$60,220$46,610$79,240
Colorado Springs, CO$60,200$46,870$125,740
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,150$37,900$79,610
Reno, NV$60,110$21,320$75,880
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$60,010$45,980$81,910
Delaware$60,000$47,490$97,800
Columbus, OH$59,990$39,930$83,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$59,980$39,890$77,640
Jacksonville, FL$59,970$37,260$89,990
Ann Arbor, MI$59,940$44,710$81,840
North Dakota$59,910$41,870$77,160
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$59,890$44,440$85,570
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$59,820$40,380$90,940
Stockton-Lodi, CA$59,810$47,320$92,270
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$59,810$36,830$100,700
Texas$59,700$37,850$96,530
Fargo, ND-MN$59,680$39,940$77,490
Madison, WI$59,680$46,170$83,020
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$59,660$46,830$81,560
Morgantown, WV$59,630$36,470$130,350
Longview, TX$59,580$29,170$66,550
Albuquerque, NM$59,530$45,200$75,450
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$59,410$39,640$99,420
Fort Wayne, IN$59,410$40,150$89,320
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$59,410$48,130$92,060
Pittsfield, MA$59,390$46,410$79,170
Cleveland, OH$59,370$37,930$90,810
Yuma, AZ$59,310$42,770$82,220
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,160$41,670$74,140
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,090$39,830$78,460
Port St. Lucie, FL$59,050$37,000$77,630
Richmond, VA$58,990$44,150$85,800
Ithaca, NY$58,910$45,710$74,970
Ohio$58,870$37,930$83,530
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,820$39,630$82,760
Helena, MT$58,800$47,030$76,860
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$58,790$39,260$99,180
Rochester, NY$58,760$38,650$79,650
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$58,760$52,020$95,890
Missouri$58,730$37,400$84,610
Binghamton, NY$58,730$46,240$78,210
Medford, OR$58,730$41,810$81,440
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$58,690$46,060$72,640
Duluth, MN-WI$58,670$38,380$79,450
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,610$45,880$75,900
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$58,590$45,460$81,440
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$58,550$39,770$79,960
Charlottesville, VA$58,550$44,960$76,920
Springfield, IL$58,530$41,480$82,790
Maine$58,510$38,130$78,000
Naples-Marco Island, FL$58,480$33,920$81,990
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$58,440$47,160$87,030
Lexington Park, MD$58,410$44,980$103,090
Minot, ND$58,250$37,790$75,000
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$58,230$46,130$92,050
Utica-Rome, NY$58,040$45,430$79,010
Bloomington, IL$58,000$43,980$82,080
Redding, CA$57,920$45,920$76,030
Reading, PA$57,920$38,090$77,710
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$57,910$45,110$98,590
Savannah, GA$57,890$36,400$79,110
Peoria, IL$57,870$39,890$89,020
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$57,830$44,430$73,670
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$57,760$42,100$106,230
Roanoke, VA$57,710$37,650$76,960
Raleigh-Cary, NC$57,620$37,150$86,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$57,590$45,020$76,390
Santa Fe, NM$57,570$50,390$79,690
Birmingham, AL$57,540$36,270$78,370
Jackson, MI$57,510$45,980$84,710
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$57,490$38,550$79,100
Akron, OH$57,420$38,700$80,680
Boise City, ID$57,420$28,800$79,460
South Dakota$57,300$47,020$84,150
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$57,190$43,810$88,940
Walla Walla, WA$57,100$44,320$100,900
Coeur d'Alene, ID$57,040$43,670$76,380
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$56,960$46,760$74,830
Bozeman, MT$56,950$45,080$70,930
Flint, MI$56,930$45,620$77,720
Billings, MT$56,900$47,180$78,620
Bend, OR$56,830$39,510$95,270
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,750$38,160$76,990
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$56,680$44,080$78,790
New Mexico$56,620$44,050$77,570
Lexington-Fayette, KY$56,620$39,000$77,600
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$56,570$43,060$79,730
Wisconsin$56,520$43,810$81,910
Salisbury, MD$56,400$38,790$93,410
Grants Pass, OR$56,400$42,930$114,240
Dubuque, IA$56,370$37,450$73,290
Albany, OR$56,360$46,170$71,990
Lebanon, PA$56,360$39,250$71,720
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$56,330$38,800$82,740
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$56,330$41,550$70,070
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$55,860$32,660$89,460
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,700$40,200$76,810
Utah$55,630$41,060$87,900
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$55,400$37,860$77,210
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$55,360$47,710$75,410
Springfield, OH$55,300$40,210$74,530
Tennessee$55,270$37,810$76,510
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$55,240$44,380$82,010
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$55,240$47,250$89,140
Eugene-Springfield, OR$55,200$37,930$93,620
Georgia$55,120$36,770$92,500
Lancaster, PA$55,080$44,290$75,780
Merced, CA$55,060$38,150$75,100
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$55,000$37,470$73,940
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$54,950$44,750$73,470
Glens Falls, NY$54,740$46,180$76,800
Corvallis, OR$54,600$37,430$87,990
Hot Springs, AR$54,550$39,300$57,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$54,540$39,520$87,030
Rhode Island$54,540$39,190$81,880
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$54,540$40,820$95,380
Montana$54,230$45,080$76,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$54,060$37,980$77,410
Idaho$54,020$29,000$74,610
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$53,660$39,520$77,760
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$53,660$35,780$96,990
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,550$38,100$101,450
Oklahoma City, OK$53,470$37,410$79,230
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$53,420$41,600$77,150
Iowa$53,280$37,480$78,640
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$53,280$39,890$80,190
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$52,990$42,000$103,830
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$52,960$45,810$89,140
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$52,960$41,960$64,110
Dover, DE$52,770$39,970$79,160
Amarillo, TX$52,650$36,440$77,020
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,360$36,700$84,640
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$52,350$42,570$80,930
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$52,290$37,680$109,080
Great Falls, MT$52,210$36,520$89,420
Columbia, MO$52,170$37,390$81,240
Iowa City, IA$52,000$38,100$72,270
Grand Forks, ND-MN$51,960$36,240$71,910
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$51,910$37,460$73,790
Kenosha, WI$51,900$41,310$78,990
Winchester, VA-WV$51,900$40,220$89,070
Visalia, CA$51,710$45,650$74,190
Pueblo, CO$51,700$36,990$84,440
Toledo, OH$51,660$32,500$83,080
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$51,650$36,260$78,910
Green Bay, WI$51,540$39,070$78,880
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$51,520$36,070$77,890
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$51,490$30,140$73,230
Rapid City, SD$51,440$46,260$76,830
Traverse City, MI$51,290$46,600$76,830
Canton-Massillon, OH$51,190$37,140$76,960
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$51,150$38,000$78,330
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$51,130$21,320$73,630
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$51,110$36,470$78,070
Las Cruces, NM$51,070$31,810$65,960
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$51,060$36,830$76,830
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$50,990$37,640$86,480
Asheville, NC$50,970$39,360$72,820
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$50,930$39,750$68,900
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,910$39,890$73,960
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$50,860$37,870$77,190
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$50,850$39,270$78,660
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$50,830$35,180$71,950
Punta Gorda, FL$50,810$37,400$77,480
Waco, TX$50,780$38,280$72,830
Appleton, WI$50,690$39,350$77,330
Indiana$50,690$40,070$93,930
Missoula, MT$50,610$40,560$75,170
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$50,520$36,210$75,210
Ames, IA$50,520$37,400$65,620
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$50,350$27,840$69,950
Corpus Christi, TX$50,350$37,960$77,690
College Station-Bryan, TX$50,270$35,890$77,500
Baton Rouge, LA$50,240$36,590$76,960
Tulsa, OK$50,200$34,680$80,740
Oklahoma$50,200$36,420$78,950
Johnson City, TN$50,170$35,560$59,040
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$50,170$37,220$77,320
Virgin Islands$50,160$39,950$72,550
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$50,130$39,630$75,170
Lewiston, ID-WA$50,130$38,430$82,220
Tallahassee, FL$50,060$35,400$75,780
Lafayette, LA$50,060$28,720$71,440
Texarkana, TX-AR$49,990$35,220$71,390
Wyoming$49,980$39,950$72,800
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,890$40,620$75,100
Flagstaff, AZ$49,860$40,390$78,600
York-Hanover, PA$49,850$37,720$74,880
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$49,840$37,090$64,300
Wausau, WI$49,820$39,880$78,910
Ocala, FL$49,780$37,400$76,910
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$49,770$37,070$63,780
Columbia, SC$49,730$38,080$74,960
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$49,680$37,850$75,250
Chico, CA$49,680$41,000$62,560
Saginaw, MI$49,650$38,790$73,970
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,630$39,340$77,380
West Virginia$49,620$31,640$87,050
Clarksville, TN-KY$49,540$36,810$72,550
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,500$29,360$68,530
Charleston, WV$49,460$29,300$77,380
Victoria, TX$49,450$29,080$62,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$49,450$38,760$62,110
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,420$39,560$72,280
North Carolina$49,390$37,150$82,380
Spartanburg, SC$49,380$37,330$61,650
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$49,340$38,190$76,680
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$49,330$38,130$90,950
Lynchburg, VA$49,330$37,740$74,910
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$49,320$32,730$75,020
Erie, PA$49,260$37,440$82,340
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,250$35,350$58,450
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$49,230$35,380$78,400
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$49,140$40,890$66,480
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$49,120$36,350$57,190
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$49,100$38,340$78,170
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$49,100$46,800$75,350
Bangor, ME$49,070$38,160$73,560
Chattanooga, TN-GA$49,050$35,320$71,950
Elmira, NY$49,040$37,430$74,120
Tyler, TX$49,030$31,550$71,320
Elizabethtown, KY$49,010$38,340$77,940
Kentucky$49,000$37,650$77,800
Bay City, MI$49,000$37,980$75,630
Fort Smith, AR-OK$49,000$37,080$64,990
Killeen-Temple, TX$49,000$37,120$76,890
Lawton, OK$49,000$33,240$75,070
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,000$33,760$70,700
Kansas$48,910$37,110$80,240
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$48,890$36,860$75,150
Vineland, NJ$48,870$37,630$70,770
Sheboygan, WI$48,840$35,710$74,730
Tucson, AZ$48,790$36,900$80,600
Farmington, NM$48,750$43,630$90,270
Ogden, UT$48,730$37,920$78,560
South Carolina$48,640$35,570$67,950
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$48,590$33,590$80,840
Bowling Green, KY$48,580$38,590$70,900
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,580$36,210$73,130
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,550$37,410$62,050
Lake Charles, LA$48,520$34,890$70,210
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,520$30,240$66,130
El Paso, TX$48,510$34,920$75,160
Eau Claire, WI$48,490$35,220$78,540
Harrisonburg, VA$48,490$40,020$74,360
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$48,450$40,350$73,440
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$48,420$37,740$61,710
Jackson, TN$48,420$35,970$81,110
Knoxville, TN$48,420$36,850$72,730
Montgomery, AL$48,370$36,150$73,730
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$48,270$39,270$76,590
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,240$38,330$64,500
Paducah, KY-IL$48,180$37,960$74,900
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$48,150$26,660$74,050
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,150$31,420$61,240
Wheeling, WV-OH$48,140$29,250$78,180
Niles, MI$48,130$44,320$77,720
St. Joseph, MO-KS$48,120$38,460$72,250
Springfield, MO$48,120$37,400$78,880
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$48,060$39,180$79,450
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$48,050$38,540$70,030
Cheyenne, WY$48,040$39,950$68,050
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$48,030$38,340$63,560
Bloomington, IN$48,020$37,380$84,290
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$47,990$29,620$79,590
Gainesville, FL$47,990$35,860$75,980
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$47,970$37,470$58,810
Wichita Falls, TX$47,970$30,360$65,960
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$47,930$35,900$77,300
Jackson, MS$47,910$34,790$71,950
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,900$34,760$80,610
Mobile, AL$47,890$33,240$69,680
Champaign-Urbana, IL$47,860$37,050$76,310
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$47,860$33,240$60,750
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,850$36,550$59,940
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,780$37,380$75,720
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,760$35,390$73,410
Topeka, KS$47,750$37,860$71,660
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,710$34,690$62,070
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,670$32,360$61,840
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$47,640$36,710$79,730
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$47,640$31,200$65,730
Florence, SC$47,600$35,460$60,170
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$47,600$37,620$59,080
Terre Haute, IN$47,590$36,390$71,410
Louisiana$47,580$31,460$77,200
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,560$30,780$62,170
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$47,540$38,310$80,220
Owensboro, KY$47,510$35,910$60,370
Lawrence, KS$47,510$27,040$73,020
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$47,510$37,070$60,350
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,500$35,820$80,160
Sandusky, OH$47,440$37,550$72,690
Abilene, TX$47,410$30,840$68,620
Janesville-Beloit, WI$47,400$41,710$78,600
Gainesville, GA$47,390$35,050$78,440
St. George, UT$47,380$38,720$67,460
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,270$37,670$77,220
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$47,260$38,360$75,850
Williamsport, PA$47,240$37,270$72,550
Evansville, IN$47,210$37,850$88,450
Odessa, TX$47,150$39,630$76,540
Rockford, IL$47,120$40,510$76,140
Fayetteville, NC$47,120$38,620$64,730
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$47,120$36,240$89,460
Winston-Salem, NC$47,110$37,840$76,420
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$47,040$37,230$61,790
Sumter, SC$47,040$35,560$60,890
Arkansas$46,940$34,740$77,330
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,940$36,740$87,050
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$46,900$35,460$72,220
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,860$37,640$56,180
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,860$34,350$124,160
Logan, UT-ID$46,820$37,810$77,640
Sebring, FL$46,800$35,010$73,900
Wilmington, NC$46,780$38,090$75,330
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,760$35,450$61,840
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,720$31,270$82,750
Goldsboro, NC$46,690$31,540$74,220
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$46,680$31,460$79,790
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,680$32,720$59,300
Columbus, GA-AL$46,670$27,220$74,040
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,660$35,570$77,580
Casper, WY$46,630$35,360$72,550
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,550$32,920$57,850
Warner Robins, GA$46,540$35,620$63,380
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,530$31,920$76,530
Burlington, NC$46,450$36,500$61,080
Rome, GA$46,420$35,740$93,740
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,390$38,910$61,480
Laredo, TX$46,340$35,100$96,320
Joplin, MO-KS$46,210$31,650$75,610
Alexandria, LA$46,200$34,860$72,550
Jefferson City, MO$46,160$37,210$66,540
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,140$34,840$72,250
Pocatello, ID$46,090$28,020$72,530
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,080$37,090$82,900
Alabama$46,060$30,300$73,300
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$46,060$28,090$73,350
Twin Falls, ID$46,030$37,340$63,420
Rocky Mount, NC$46,020$34,330$61,840
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,000$38,350$78,650
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,980$37,240$68,220
Idaho Falls, ID$45,970$36,510$73,960
State College, PA$45,960$39,330$71,090
Cleveland, TN$45,950$35,890$60,310
Wichita, KS$45,800$30,200$70,520
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,800$28,910$72,140
Jacksonville, NC$45,760$35,540$74,960
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,730$40,930$80,570
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,730$36,290$60,010
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$45,720$29,960$72,480
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$45,670$37,360$77,290
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$45,660$40,270$83,700
Youngstown-Warren, OH$45,610$36,000$72,710
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$45,540$38,480$86,960
Valdosta, GA$45,500$35,910$58,860
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$45,500$36,170$63,930
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,500$35,620$75,190
Albany, GA$45,390$35,010$73,430
Athens-Clarke County, GA$45,390$34,010$62,130
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,380$37,300$73,940
Macon-Bibb County, GA$45,350$31,140$76,560
Jonesboro, AR$45,300$32,720$61,610
Muncie, IN$45,240$37,420$78,200
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$45,190$31,450$69,330
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$45,190$38,200$66,310
Johnstown, PA$45,170$35,690$78,200
Lubbock, TX$45,110$28,050$67,330
Mansfield, OH$45,110$30,380$72,530
Manhattan, KS$45,090$29,820$69,610
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$45,070$39,210$79,160
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,970$36,700$65,360
Columbus, IN$44,890$37,400$71,880
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$44,890$34,840$72,080
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,830$38,010$72,950
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,760$34,280$56,100
Greenville, NC$44,710$34,170$66,430
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,650$30,940$61,000
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,640$37,400$61,660
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,640$37,370$76,250
Monroe, LA$44,620$28,350$71,330
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,570$36,670$61,090
Chambersburg, PA$44,560$36,150$62,110
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$44,510$36,300$71,950
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,330$38,010$58,980
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$44,320$36,650$78,460
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,230$36,110$62,610
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,060$31,260$57,490
Dalton, GA$44,040$35,350$60,770
Guam$43,990$30,540$74,960
Hammond, LA$43,980$27,520$68,970
Decatur, AL$43,890$27,500$73,090
Eagle Pass, TX$43,780$29,670$62,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,750$37,100$63,840
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,450$35,990$58,430
Enid, OK$43,420$29,100$60,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,330$29,500$57,600
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,260$37,200$58,990
Huntsville, AL$43,230$27,980$72,140
Sherman-Denison, TX$43,050$30,170$76,560
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,870$31,570$59,260
Tuscaloosa, AL$42,840$30,570$59,850
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$42,790$35,840$69,720
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$42,650$34,470$58,240
San Angelo, TX$41,770$33,970$69,300
Hinesville, GA$41,300$31,200$74,790
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$40,510$26,720$56,830
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$40,400$30,090$62,420
Dothan, AL$40,280$29,160$53,230
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$39,770$30,800$57,690
Mississippi$39,120$34,320$67,620
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,640$22,060$94,990
Puerto Rico$38,640$22,060$91,890
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,160$31,030$61,420
Auburn-Opelika, AL$38,080$26,250$53,810
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,940$35,550$63,390
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$37,680$26,040$72,740
Anniston-Oxford, AL$37,430$25,940$49,460
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,270$26,080$48,750
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,270$26,080$50,480
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,030$36,450$56,300
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$36,870$26,800$50,480
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,760$27,020$48,990
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,730$26,720$78,780
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$36,570$24,930$49,650
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,470$24,000$50,920
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,430$34,320$74,990
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,340$35,300$61,960
Beckley, WV$36,070$26,330$77,110
Gadsden, AL$36,070$25,040$62,110
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,480$29,900$59,340
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$35,440$27,110$48,430
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,390$27,700$48,720
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,310$30,850$60,150
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,260$33,950$94,380
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,990$27,260$37,520
Hattiesburg, MS$34,580$34,580$61,770

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Paralegal make?

The median annual salary for a Paralegal is $61,010, with a typical range of $39,710 – $98,990 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Paralegal?

Entry-level Paralegal positions typically start around $39,710 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Paralegals earn the most?

Paralegals tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.

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