Paralegals and Legal Assistants Salary in San Diego, CA

Estimates come from the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in San Diego, CA is $76,300, 21% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and San Diego sits within the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area, Paralegals and Legal Assistants pay runs from $48,210 to $107,380 a year, with about 4.4K people employed.

Median annual

$76,300

Median hourly

$37

Average annual

$78,860

Employed in metro

4.4K

Pay distribution

10th$48,210

25th$59,410

Median$76,300

75th$98,260

90th$107,380

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $36.68
Daily: $293
Weekly: $1,467
Bi-weekly: $2,935
Monthly: $6,358
Annual: $76,300

$76,300 a year is around the 50th percentile for Paralegals and Legal Assistantss in San Diego, CA. The median is $76,300.

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$23.20	$48,210
25th percentile	$28.60	$59,410
Median	$36.70	$76,300
75th percentile	$47.20	$98,260
90th percentile	$51.60	$107,380
Average (mean)	$37.90	$78,860
Employment	4,440 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