Paralegals and Legal Assistants Salary in Los Angeles, CA

Estimates come from the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Los Angeles, CA is $77,520, 23% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Los Angeles sits within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, Paralegals and Legal Assistants pay runs from $51,200 to $112,160 a year, with about 22K people employed.

Median annual

$77,520

Median hourly

$37

Average annual

$79,550

Employed in metro

22K

Pay distribution

10th$51,200

25th$59,690

Median$77,520

75th$98,440

90th$112,160

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $37.27
Daily: $298
Weekly: $1,491
Bi-weekly: $2,982
Monthly: $6,460
Annual: $77,520

$77,520 a year is around the 50th percentile for Paralegals and Legal Assistantss in Los Angeles, CA. The median is $77,520.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$24.60	$51,200
25th percentile	$28.70	$59,690
Median	$37.30	$77,520
75th percentile	$47.30	$98,440
90th percentile	$53.90	$112,160
Average (mean)	$38.20	$79,550
Employment	22,240 people

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Paralegals and Legal Assistants in other metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$99,250
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$92,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$84,030
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$81,590
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$80,930
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$80,500
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,850
Vallejo, CA$79,280