Paralegals and Legal Assistants Salary in Houston, TX

Estimates come from the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Houston, TX is $62,730, about the same as the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Houston sits within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, Paralegals and Legal Assistants pay runs from $42,160 to $101,370 a year, with about 7.3K people employed.

Median annual

$62,730

Median hourly

$30

Average annual

$69,250

Employed in metro

7.3K

Pay distribution

10th$42,160

25th$49,840

Median$62,730

75th$80,230

90th$101,370

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $30.16
Daily: $241
Weekly: $1,206
Bi-weekly: $2,413
Monthly: $5,228
Annual: $62,730

$62,730 a year is around the 50th percentile for Paralegals and Legal Assistantss in Houston, TX. The median is $62,730.

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$20.30	$42,160
25th percentile	$24.00	$49,840
Median	$30.20	$62,730
75th percentile	$38.60	$80,230
90th percentile	$48.70	$101,370
Average (mean)	$33.30	$69,250
Employment	7,320 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