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Paralegals and Legal Assistants — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 23-2011 · Legal · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

$101,500 +2.54%up YoY
Atlanta
$105,310 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
+3.8%

Annual 90Th-percentile Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Paralegals and Legal Assistants — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Employment for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in the U.S. is 392,880 (May 2025), up 6.99% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $62,890.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$101,500 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$98,9902024
Year Change+2.54%upYoY
3-Yr Change+6.89%upsince 2022
Legal$287,070May 2025
All Occupations$128,560May 2025
Atlanta Reading$105,310May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.+3.8%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code23-2011
Occupation FamilyLegal23-0000

Other Measures for Paralegals and Legal Assistants National

Employment 392,880 +6.99%up YoYMay 2025
Median Annual Pay $62,890 +3.08%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $69,700 +4.80%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $44,740 +12.7%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $50,340 +4.46%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $80,080 +2.30%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — P90 Pay

$128,560
+2.26%up YoY

benchmark · National

Related Occupations same family · National

OccupationP90 PayYoY
Lawyers 23-1011 $351,600 —

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

P90 Pay · 1 Year

+2.54%up

May 2025

  • All occupations +2.26%up

P90 Pay · 3 Year

+6.89%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_pct90_wage.soc_23_2011
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 23-2011
Role Page Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 23-2011.00)

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