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Paralegal

Business & Legal · SOC 23-2011

Key numbers

Median pay
$62,890 a year ($30.24 an hour)
Pay range
$44,740 (10th percentile) to $101,500 (90th percentile)
Jobs
392,880 wage and salary jobs

Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025 (wage and salary workers). How to read these numbers

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