Legal Assistant Salary (BLS 2025)
BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS occupation: SOC 23-2011 Paralegals and Legal Assistants
National median
$62,890
$30.24 an hour
10th percentile
$44,740
90th percentile
$101,500
Jobs (wage & salary)
392,880
Legal Assistants earned a median $62,890 a year, or $30.24 an hour, in May 2025 (SOC 23-2011 Paralegals and Legal Assistants).
The middle half earned between $50,340 and $80,080.
BLS counts paralegals and legal assistants as one occupation (SOC 23-2011), so these figures are the same as the paralegal figures and cannot show which of the two earns more.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours.
OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, overtime pay and most bonuses.
Percentiles
How pay spreads across Paralegals and Legal Assistants
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $44,740 | $21.51 |
| 25th | $50,340 | $24.20 |
| 50th (median) | $62,890 | $30.24 |
| 75th | $80,080 | $38.50 |
| 90th | $101,500 | $48.80 |
| Mean (average) | $69,700 | $33.51 |
SOC 23-2011 Paralegals and Legal Assistants: 392,880 wage-and-salary jobs, BLS OEWS May 2025.