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Paralegals and legal assistants

Paralegals and legal assistants
Paralegals and legal assistants -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Paralegals and legal assistants and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Abilene, TX80$16.71$34,750
Akron, OH260$17.18$35,740
Albany, GA110$17.48$36,370
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY570$19.06$39,630
Albuquerque, NM**$16.11$33,510
Alexandria, LA90$16.64$34,620
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA170$16.74$34,830
Altoona, PA**$15.05$31,310
Amarillo, TX110$18.23$37,930
Anchorage, AK470$19.82$41,230
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA90$18.99$39,490
Anniston, AL**$14.53$30,210
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI140$15.27$31,760
Asheville, NC300$12.06$25,080
Athens, GA50$17.63$36,680
Atlanta, GA4,620$21.25$44,210
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ150$19.68$40,930
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC100$20.28$42,190
Austin-San Marcos, TX1,190$20.54$42,730
Bakersfield, CA110$22.46$46,720
Baltimore, MD PMSA3,500$20.60$42,850
Bangor, ME120$16.49$34,290
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA100$13.65$28,390
Baton Rouge, LA570$16.08$33,460
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX340$15.52$32,280
Bellingham, WA130$15.79$32,850
Benton Harbor, MI**$12.74$26,500
Bergen-Passaic, NJ1,080$22.65$47,110
Billings, MT90$20.20$42,020
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS**$14.39$29,920
Binghamton, NY120$14.87$30,930
Birmingham, AL580$17.72$36,860
Bismarck, ND80$15.20$31,610
Bloomington, IN50$15.54$32,320
Bloomington-Normal, IL80$14.66$30,490
Boise City, ID250$19.70$40,980
Boston, MA-NH PMSA3,200$20.70$43,060
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA390$19.05$39,620
Brazoria, TX40$18.66$38,820
Bremerton, WA80$17.95$37,340
Bridgeport, CT PMSA440$22.08$45,940
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX50$18.68$38,860
Bryan-College Station, TX150$15.39$32,000
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY1,090$18.15$37,760
Burlington, VT190$19.36$40,270
Canton-Massillon, OH150$17.54$36,480
Casper, WY60$16.01$33,310
Cedar Rapids, IA210$17.77$36,960
Champaign-Urbana, IL30$18.94$39,390
Charleston, WV600$14.77$30,720
Charleston-North Charleston, SC470$15.42$32,070
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC1,630$17.30$35,990
Charlottesville, VA130$23.98$49,870
Chattanooga, TN-GA340$18.47$38,420
Cheyenne, WY**$15.64$32,530
Chicago, IL PMSA6,230$18.70$38,890
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN890$18.02$37,470
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY160$13.78$28,660
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH1,740$20.91$43,490
Colorado Springs, CO360$19.62$40,810
Columbia, SC1,030$17.15$35,670
Columbus, GA-AL160$18.32$38,110
Columbus, OH940$19.28$40,090
Corpus Christi, TX410$17.37$36,130
Dallas, TX5,100$20.02$41,650
Danbury, CT PMSA90$21.52$44,770
Danville, VA50$12.97$26,980
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL120$16.00$33,270
Daytona Beach, FL190$17.17$35,710
Dayton-Springfield, OH340$18.00$37,440
Denver, CO PMSA2,250$21.76$45,260
Des Moines, IA510$20.74$43,130
Detroit, MI PMSA1,750$21.36$44,430
Dover, DE120$17.46$36,320
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI180$18.19$37,840
Dutchess County, NY80$17.55$36,500
El Paso, TX200$17.43$36,260
Elkhart-Goshen, IN80$16.31$33,930
Erie, PA**$15.82$32,900
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY180$13.41$27,890
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN230$17.52$36,430
Fayetteville, NC230$13.34$27,740
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR210$10.61$22,080
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA**$13.70$28,500
Flagstaff, AZ-UT60$18.04$37,520
Flint, MI PMSA**$13.07$27,190
Florence, SC90$13.82$28,750
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA3,420$17.27$35,920
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL250$17.00$35,370
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL170$18.97$39,450
Fort Smith, AR-OK50$16.95$35,250
Fort Wayne, IN140$16.85$35,050
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX620$20.65$42,960
Fresno, CA180$20.03$41,670
Gadsden, AL30$11.85$24,650
Gainesville, FL90$17.55$36,500
Galveston-Texas City, TX40$16.08$33,440
Gary, IN PMSA320$16.36$34,030
Glens Falls, NY40$15.76$32,780
Goldsboro, NC50$13.08$27,200
Grand Forks, ND-MN**$12.73$26,480
Grand Junction, CO40$15.56$32,360
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI500$19.19$39,920
Great Falls, MT30$15.90$33,060
Greeley, CO PMSA60$17.07$35,500
Green Bay, WI230$15.37$31,960
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC1,130$16.82$34,980
Greenville, NC270$14.23$29,590
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC860$15.64$32,530
Hagerstown, MD PMSA50$17.24$35,850
Hamilton-Middletown, OH90$14.95$31,100
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA700$19.27$40,080
Hartford, CT1,420$21.67$45,070
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC70$14.56$30,290
Honolulu, HI1,120$18.66$38,810
Houma, LA**$14.18$29,490
Houston, TX2,860$20.60$42,840
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH320$13.73$28,560
Huntsville, AL60$17.80$37,030
Indianapolis, IN960$18.35$38,160
Jackson, MS1,110$14.19$29,520
Jackson, TN160$14.98$31,150
Jacksonville, FL980$21.16$44,010
Jacksonville, NC80$13.07$27,190
Jamestown, NY50$15.32$31,870
Jersey City, NJ110$21.79$45,320
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA190$15.91$33,090
Johnstown, PA**$16.15$33,600
Jonesboro, AR**$15.80$32,870
Joplin, MO130$13.47$28,010
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI120$16.18$33,660
Kansas City, MO-KS3,140$16.69$34,720
Kenosha, WI40$18.40$38,270
Killeen-Temple, TX150$13.47$28,020
Knoxville, TN430$15.31$31,850
Kokomo, IN**$12.53$26,070
La Crosse, WI-MN100$13.74$28,580
Lafayette, IN40$16.89$35,130
Lafayette, LA340$15.50$32,250
Lake Charles, LA80$14.61$30,380
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL250$16.39$34,100
Lancaster, PA200$18.32$38,110
Lansing-East Lansing, MI70$20.19$42,000
Laredo, TX**$17.68$36,760
Las Cruces, NM100$14.16$29,460
Las Vegas, NV-AZ1,450$14.00$29,130
Lawrence, KS**$15.93$33,140
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA**$16.00$33,270
Lawton, OK30$9.43$19,610
Lewiston-Auburn, ME80$17.10$35,570
Lexington, KY360$17.71$36,830
Lima, OH30$16.58$34,480
Lincoln, NE140$15.54$32,330
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR540$17.32$36,030
Longview-Marshall, TX**$12.63$26,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA9,110$22.38$46,550
Louisville, KY-IN800$18.58$38,640
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA150$17.20$35,770
Lubbock, TX80$16.23$33,760
Macon, GA150$21.43$44,570
Madison, WI370$18.74$38,980
Manchester, NH**$20.70$43,050
Mayaguez, PR60$9.72$20,220
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX110$14.75$30,680
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL100$18.44$38,350
Memphis, TN-AR-MS490$18.87$39,260
Merced, CA30$20.14$41,890
Miami, FL PMSA2,480$21.99$45,740
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ840$21.69$45,110
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI790$21.07$43,830
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI3,610$21.17$44,030
Missoula, MT70$13.86$28,820
Mobile, AL440$19.73$41,040
Modesto, CA60$20.50$42,630
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ400$23.32$48,510
Monroe, LA100$15.48$32,200
Montgomery, AL**$22.63$47,070
Myrtle Beach, SC220$15.36$31,950
Naples, FL390$22.67$47,150
Nashua, NH**$20.33$42,280
Nashville, TN1,560$17.69$36,790
Nassau-Suffolk, NY2,040$22.42$46,630
New Bedford, MA PMSA**$15.41$32,040
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA590$19.99$41,580
New London-Norwich, CT-RI280$18.75$39,010
New Orleans, LA1,460$16.30$33,910
New York, NY13,260$23.49$48,860
Newark, NJ1,500$22.12$46,010
Newburgh, NY-PA140$17.22$35,810
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC1,520$16.94$35,230
Oakland, CA PMSA910$26.95$56,060
Ocala, FL**$14.24$29,620
Odessa-Midland, TX230$15.77$32,810
Oklahoma City, OK650$18.51$38,500
Olympia, WA120$19.31$40,160
Omaha, NE-IA370$18.20$37,850
Orange County, CA PMSA4,460$28.74$59,790
Orlando, FL2,190$22.03$45,820
Owensboro, KY**$14.33$29,800
Panama City, FL50$19.77$41,110
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH100$12.72$26,470
Pensacola, FL410$15.48$32,190
Peoria-Pekin, IL150$17.94$37,310
Philadelphia, PA-NJ4,260$20.97$43,610
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ1,510$21.37$44,440
Pittsburgh, PA1,990$16.80$34,940
Pittsfield, MA100$17.38$36,140
Pocatello, ID40$14.86$30,910
Portland, ME360$16.73$34,790
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA1,040$21.29$44,280
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME**$18.97$39,450
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA710$18.93$39,380
Provo-Orem, UT80$15.33$31,890
Pueblo, CO**$13.00$27,030
Punta Gorda, FL50$16.66$34,660
Racine, WI**$23.40$48,670
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC1,730$18.49$38,450
Rapid City, SD50$13.60$28,290
Reading, PA140$19.41$40,360
Redding, CA**$17.43$36,260
Reno, NV**$21.09$43,860
Richmond-Petersburg, VA1,360$17.00$35,370
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA610$22.37$46,520
Roanoke, VA240$15.58$32,400
Rochester, MN150$16.54$34,400
Rochester, NY450$18.46$38,400
Rockford, IL**$13.54$28,170
Rocky Mount, NC70$14.97$31,150
Sacramento, CA PMSA820$22.19$46,150
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI190$19.47$40,500
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT**$19.17$39,870
San Antonio, TX860$19.84$41,270
San Diego, CA2,040$20.94$43,560
San Francisco, CA PMSA4,220$24.48$50,930
San Jose, CA PMSA2,230$26.87$55,900
San Juan-Bayamon, PR370$17.25$35,890
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA70$19.31$40,160
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA220$23.42$48,710
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA**$19.63$40,830
Santa Fe, NM320$18.54$38,570
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA280$17.56$36,520
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL410$16.50$34,320
Savannah, GA290$19.63$40,830
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA390$15.28$31,790
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA3,190$23.39$48,650
Sheboygan, WI40$13.86$28,830
Sherman-Denison, TX80$14.74$30,660
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA**$14.37$29,890
Sioux City, IA-NE60$16.02$33,320
Sioux Falls, SD210$14.24$29,610
South Bend, IN**$21.31$44,310
Spokane, WA450$15.44$32,120
Springfield, IL120$16.89$35,130
Springfield, MA330$19.74$41,070
Springfield, MO210$14.45$30,050
St. Cloud, MN60$16.68$34,700
St. Joseph, MO30$14.61$30,400
St. Louis, MO-IL1,340$18.86$39,220
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA1,070$24.19$50,310
State College, PA**$16.70$34,740
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV30$12.77$26,560
Stockton-Lodi, CA80$20.54$42,730
Sumter, SC70$12.28$25,550
Syracuse, NY440$20.38$42,400
Tacoma, WA380$19.54$40,650
Tallahassee, FL390$18.34$38,140
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL2,840$18.29$38,030
Terre Haute, IN60$14.03$29,180
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR80$16.01$33,310
Toledo, OH300$17.28$35,940
Topeka, KS100$15.66$32,580
Trenton, NJ570$22.68$47,180
Tucson, AZ560$17.47$36,330
Tulsa, OK390$19.16$39,850
Tyler, TX150$17.99$37,420
Utica-Rome, NY**$16.10$33,480
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA190$23.13$48,120
Ventura, CA PMSA**$24.24$50,420
Victoria, TX**$10.07$20,940
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ110$19.49$40,540
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA120$18.91$39,340
Waco, TX80$13.78$28,660
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA10,900$21.11$43,910
Waterbury, CT PMSA**$17.37$36,140
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA50$16.09$33,470
Wausau, WI80$15.60$32,450
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL1,710$21.69$45,110
Wheeling, WV-OH150$12.68$26,380
Wichita, KS370$17.89$37,200
Williamsport, PA90$15.85$32,960
Wilmington, NC230$14.61$30,380
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA1,160$18.83$39,160
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA400$19.53$40,620
Yakima, WA80$18.18$37,820
Yolo, CA PMSA150$23.14$48,120
York, PA200$16.87$35,080
Youngstown-Warren, OH100$16.00$33,270
Yuma, AZ40$14.32$29,790


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