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Paralegals and Legal Assistants in United States
$30.24median, an hour
$33.51mean (average), an hour
392,880people employed in this job here
$21.51
median $30.24
$48.80
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $22.72
- AK, Alaska, median $33.03
- AZ, Arizona, median $29.63
- AR, Arkansas, median $22.80
- CA, California, median $37.21
- CO, Colorado, median $37.59
- CT, Connecticut, median $30.68
- DE, Delaware, median $30.34
- DC, District of Columbia, median $43.15
- FL, Florida, median $29.33
- GA, Georgia, median $30.00
- HI, Hawaii, median $30.21
- ID, Idaho, median $23.89
- IL, Illinois, median $30.61
- IN, Indiana, median $27.42
- IA, Iowa, median $26.23
- KS, Kansas, median $26.44
- KY, Kentucky, median $28.76
- LA, Louisiana, median $28.97
- ME, Maine, median $30.01
- MD, Maryland, median $31.56
- MA, Massachusetts, median $37.33
- MI, Michigan, median $29.89
- MN, Minnesota, median $36.33
- MS, Mississippi, median $22.20
- MO, Missouri, median $29.52
- MT, Montana, median $27.54
- NE, Nebraska, median $30.41
- NV, Nevada, median $31.10
- NH, New Hampshire, median $29.83
- NJ, New Jersey, median $34.38
- NM, New Mexico, median $28.77
- NY, New York, median $32.89
- NC, North Carolina, median $27.64
- ND, North Dakota, median $28.57
- OH, Ohio, median $29.05
- OK, Oklahoma, median $25.56
- OR, Oregon, median $29.56
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $30.47
- RI, Rhode Island, median $27.04
- SC, South Carolina, median $25.90
- SD, South Dakota, median $28.04
- TN, Tennessee, median $28.28
- TX, Texas, median $29.96
- UT, Utah, median $30.40
- VT, Vermont, median $32.29
- VA, Virginia, median $30.77
- WA, Washington, median $38.17
- WV, West Virginia, median $28.37
- WI, Wisconsin, median $28.12
- WY, Wyoming, median $23.80
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $18.64
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