Average Legal Support Worker Salary

How Much Does a Legal Support Worker Make?

On average, a Legal Support Worker make $86,220 a year. The lowest-paid 10 percent made $41,510, while the top-paid 10 percent made $176,950.

Annually National Average Salary: $86,220

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* Based on information from the May 2024 salary report from the BLS.

Salary by State

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Annual Salary by State

State	10% Annual	25% Annual	Avg. Annual	75% Annual	90% Annual
Alabama	$43,270	$49,460	$67,930	$67,580	$103,460
Alaska	$55,370	$68,740	$89,330	$107,570	$123,080
Arizona	$42,910	$49,930	$70,060	$80,670	$119,170
Arkansas	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -
California	$45,870	$61,330	$89,380	$103,150	$144,440
Connecticut	$50,220	$63,180	$84,870	$93,620	$140,680
Delaware	$48,500	$52,420	$76,380	$78,680	$117,760
District of Columbia	$56,610	$65,420	$96,610	$114,900	$166,840
Florida	$35,360	$43,260	$73,220	$86,740	$166,840
Georgia	$39,470	$47,130	$66,900	$77,000	$108,370
Idaho	$36,400	$39,560	$58,230	$57,350	$106,500
Illinois	$40,000	$49,230	$68,840	$80,210	$97,830
Indiana	$42,360	$50,220	$69,850	$79,030	$101,820
Iowa	$37,540	$38,290	$51,090	$59,590	$65,940
Kansas	$49,770	$63,070	$84,170	$102,460	$124,780
Kentucky	$22,490	$39,560	$61,830	$66,960	$124,800
Louisiana	$29,410	$38,580	$54,830	$61,460	$86,740
Maine	$48,080	$51,560	$81,290	$96,930	$166,840
Maryland	$52,080	$66,860	$114,750	$176,950	$191,880
Massachusetts	$44,250	$50,550	$80,170	$94,580	$156,730
Michigan	$38,360	$49,050	$81,950	$100,420	$171,890
Minnesota	$55,060	$68,040	$98,200	$115,440	$176,950
Mississippi	$40,050	$48,930	$66,490	$68,760	$88,420
Missouri	$37,500	$44,800	$67,780	$82,240	$102,570
Montana	$39,560	$46,610	$61,010	$64,430	$77,840
Nebraska	$44,450	$55,620	$67,980	$73,180	$96,330
Nevada	$43,710	$47,480	$60,690	$74,990	$79,680
New Hampshire	$49,610	$61,090	$91,600	$125,430	$171,890
New Jersey	$52,500	$68,380	$98,250	$116,340	$171,890
New Mexico	$49,000	$54,290	$76,970	$67,660	$171,890
New York	$46,490	$57,570	$85,580	$102,580	$149,740
North Carolina	$40,100	$47,600	$89,280	$128,340	$182,000
North Dakota	$35,360	$35,360	$50,540	$57,070	$68,760
Ohio	$49,130	$58,140	$89,510	$111,950	$182,000
Oklahoma	$39,560	$49,000	$63,440	$63,730	$96,220
Oregon	$44,320	$46,870	$72,190	$79,850	$127,340
Pennsylvania	$37,370	$48,530	$87,830	$112,590	$182,000
Rhode Island	$54,550	$65,330	$79,400	$84,820	$104,500
Tennessee	$35,470	$53,910	$78,160	$90,240	$139,110
Texas	$38,520	$53,910	$72,950	$78,130	$132,620
Utah	$37,630	$42,710	$68,680	$65,600	$141,190
Vermont	$28,430	$28,430	$62,070	$78,230	$88,420
Virginia	$65,230	$122,450	$151,210	$191,880	$191,880
Washington	$50,490	$63,000	$88,900	$99,210	$135,460
West Virginia	$33,590	$40,780	$74,300	$86,740	$176,950
Wisconsin	$46,430	$50,750	$71,220	$74,060	$115,910
Puerto Rico	$29,640	$47,260	$64,930	$71,040	$96,220

Annual Average Salary: Top 5 States

The top earning state in the field is Virginia, where the average salary is $151,210.

These are the top 5 earning states in the field:

Virginia - $151,210

Maryland - $114,750

New Jersey - $98,250

Minnesota - $98,200

District of Columbia - $96,610

Monthly Salary by State

State	10% Monthly	25% Monthly	Avg. Monthly	75% Monthly	90% Monthly
Alabama	$3,583	$4,083	$5,583	$5,583	$8,583
Alaska	$4,583	$5,667	$7,417	$8,917	$10,250
Arizona	$3,500	$4,083	$5,833	$6,667	$9,917
Arkansas	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -
California	$3,750	$5,083	$7,417	$8,583	$12,000
Connecticut	$4,167	$5,250	$7,000	$7,750	$11,667
Delaware	$4,000	$4,333	$6,333	$6,500	$9,750
District of Columbia	$4,667	$5,417	$8,000	$9,500	$13,833
Florida	$2,917	$3,583	$6,083	$7,167	$13,833
Georgia	$3,250	$3,917	$5,500	$6,417	$9,000
Idaho	$3,000	$3,250	$4,833	$4,750	$8,833
Illinois	$3,333	$4,083	$5,667	$6,667	$8,083
Indiana	$3,500	$4,167	$5,750	$6,583	$8,417
Iowa	$3,083	$3,167	$4,250	$4,917	$5,417
Kansas	$4,083	$5,250	$7,000	$8,500	$10,333
Kentucky	$1,833	$3,250	$5,083	$5,500	$10,333
Louisiana	$2,417	$3,167	$4,500	$5,083	$7,167
Maine	$4,000	$4,250	$6,750	$8,000	$13,833
Maryland	$4,333	$5,500	$9,500	$14,667	$15,917
Massachusetts	$3,667	$4,167	$6,667	$7,833	$13,000
Michigan	$3,167	$4,083	$6,750	$8,333	$14,250
Minnesota	$4,583	$5,667	$8,167	$9,583	$14,667
Mississippi	$3,333	$4,000	$5,500	$5,667	$7,333
Missouri	$3,083	$3,667	$5,583	$6,833	$8,500
Montana	$3,250	$3,833	$5,083	$5,333	$6,417
Nebraska	$3,667	$4,583	$5,583	$6,083	$8,000
Nevada	$3,583	$3,917	$5,000	$6,167	$6,583
New Hampshire	$4,083	$5,083	$7,583	$10,417	$14,250
New Jersey	$4,333	$5,667	$8,167	$9,667	$14,250
New Mexico	$4,083	$4,500	$6,333	$5,583	$14,250
New York	$3,833	$4,750	$7,083	$8,500	$12,417
North Carolina	$3,333	$3,917	$7,417	$10,667	$15,167
North Dakota	$2,917	$2,917	$4,167	$4,750	$5,667
Ohio	$4,083	$4,833	$7,417	$9,250	$15,167
Oklahoma	$3,250	$4,083	$5,250	$5,250	$8,000
Oregon	$3,667	$3,833	$6,000	$6,583	$10,583
Pennsylvania	$3,083	$4,000	$7,250	$9,333	$15,167
Rhode Island	$4,500	$5,417	$6,583	$7,000	$8,667
Tennessee	$2,917	$4,417	$6,500	$7,500	$11,583
Texas	$3,167	$4,417	$6,000	$6,500	$11,000
Utah	$3,083	$3,500	$5,667	$5,417	$11,750
Vermont	$2,333	$2,333	$5,167	$6,500	$7,333
Virginia	$5,417	$10,167	$12,583	$15,917	$15,917
Washington	$4,167	$5,250	$7,333	$8,250	$11,250
West Virginia	$2,750	$3,333	$6,167	$7,167	$14,667
Wisconsin	$3,833	$4,167	$5,917	$6,167	$9,583
Puerto Rico	$2,417	$3,917	$5,333	$5,917	$8,000

Monthly Average Salary: Top 5 States

The top earning state in the field is Virginia, where the average salary is $12,583.

These are the top 5 earning states in the field:

Virginia - $12,583

Maryland - $9,500

New Jersey - $8,167

Minnesota - $8,167

District of Columbia - $8,000

Hourly Salary by State

State	10% Hourly	25% Hourly	Avg. Hourly	75% Hourly	90% Hourly
Alabama	$20.80	$23.78	$32.66	$32.49	$49.74
Alaska	$26.62	$33.05	$42.95	$51.72	$59.18
Arizona	$20.63	$24.01	$33.68	$38.78	$57.29
Arkansas	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -	- NA -
California	$22.05	$29.49	$42.97	$49.59	$69.44
Connecticut	$24.14	$30.38	$40.81	$45.01	$67.64
Delaware	$23.32	$25.20	$36.72	$37.83	$56.61
District of Columbia	$27.22	$31.45	$46.45	$55.24	$80.21
Florida	$17.00	$20.80	$35.20	$41.70	$80.21
Georgia	$18.98	$22.66	$32.17	$37.02	$52.10
Idaho	$17.50	$19.02	$27.99	$27.57	$51.20
Illinois	$19.23	$23.67	$33.09	$38.56	$47.04
Indiana	$20.37	$24.15	$33.58	$37.99	$48.95
Iowa	$18.05	$18.41	$24.56	$28.65	$31.70
Kansas	$23.93	$30.32	$40.46	$49.26	$59.99
Kentucky	$10.81	$19.02	$29.73	$32.19	$60.00
Louisiana	$14.14	$18.55	$26.36	$29.55	$41.70
Maine	$23.11	$24.79	$39.08	$46.60	$80.21
Maryland	$25.04	$32.15	$55.17	$85.07	$92.25
Massachusetts	$21.27	$24.30	$38.54	$45.47	$75.35
Michigan	$18.44	$23.58	$39.40	$48.28	$82.64
Minnesota	$26.47	$32.71	$47.21	$55.50	$85.07
Mississippi	$19.26	$23.52	$31.96	$33.06	$42.51
Missouri	$18.03	$21.54	$32.59	$39.54	$49.31
Montana	$19.02	$22.41	$29.33	$30.98	$37.42
Nebraska	$21.37	$26.74	$32.69	$35.18	$46.31
Nevada	$21.02	$22.83	$29.18	$36.05	$38.31
New Hampshire	$23.85	$29.37	$44.04	$60.30	$82.64
New Jersey	$25.24	$32.87	$47.24	$55.93	$82.64
New Mexico	$23.56	$26.10	$37.01	$32.53	$82.64
New York	$22.35	$27.68	$41.14	$49.32	$71.99
North Carolina	$19.28	$22.88	$42.92	$61.70	$87.50
North Dakota	$17.00	$17.00	$24.30	$27.44	$33.06
Ohio	$23.62	$27.95	$43.03	$53.82	$87.50
Oklahoma	$19.02	$23.56	$30.50	$30.64	$46.26
Oregon	$21.31	$22.54	$34.71	$38.39	$61.22
Pennsylvania	$17.97	$23.33	$42.23	$54.13	$87.50
Rhode Island	$26.23	$31.41	$38.17	$40.78	$50.24
Tennessee	$17.05	$25.92	$37.58	$43.39	$66.88
Texas	$18.52	$25.92	$35.07	$37.56	$63.76
Utah	$18.09	$20.53	$33.02	$31.54	$67.88
Vermont	$13.67	$13.67	$29.84	$37.61	$42.51
Virginia	$31.36	$58.87	$72.70	$92.25	$92.25
Washington	$24.27	$30.29	$42.74	$47.70	$65.13
West Virginia	$16.15	$19.61	$35.72	$41.70	$85.07
Wisconsin	$22.32	$24.40	$34.24	$35.61	$55.73
Puerto Rico	$14.25	$22.72	$31.21	$34.15	$46.26

Hourly Average Salary: Top 5 States

The top earning state in the field is Virginia, where the average salary is $72.70.

These are the top 5 earning states in the field:

Virginia - $72.70

Maryland - $55.17

New Jersey - $47.24

Minnesota - $47.21

District of Columbia - $46.45

Legal Support Workers: Salary Overview

The term “legal support worker” may refer to paralegals, legal assistants, and other workers who assist lawyers.

A legal support worker’s job description includes investigating and gathering facts that are relevant to a case, researching laws, regulations, and legal articles, organizing documents, drafting legal documents, helping lawyers during trials, calling clients and witnesses, and many other tasks- depending on their place of employment.

For example, a legal support worker who specializes in corporate law will have different job responsibilities than a legal support worker who specializes in litigation.

They may use computer software and technology to organize and catalog documents.

Salaries also vary depending on their area of expertise and role within the legal practice.

Legal Support Worker Salary by Industry

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paralegals and legal assistants held around 337,800 jobs in the United States in 2019, most of them working in the field of legal services.

The biggest employer for other legal support workers was the federal executive branch.

In the field of legal services, the average annual wage reported by paralegals and legal assistants was $52,910 as of May 2019.

Other legal support workers who worked in this field reportedly earned $57,570 per year on average.

Paralegals and legal assistants who worked for the federal executive branch reportedly earned $70,040 per year on average while other legal support workers who were employed in this field reportedly earned around $92,940 annually.

Paralegals and legal assistants who worked for local governments reportedly earned $55,210 per year on average while other legal support workers who were employed in this field took home $55,600 per year on average.

Legal support workers also held jobs in state governments.

According to BLS, paralegals and legal assistants who worked for state governments reportedly earned $48,970 per year while other legal support workers who were employed in this field were remunerated, on average, with $48,970 per year as of May 2019.

The highest paying field for paralegals and legal assistants was the grantmaking and giving services sector.

In this industry, these workers were remunerated, on average, with $91,110 per year.

The industry with the highest average salary reported by other legal support workers were manufacturers of semiconductor and other electronic components.

In this sector the average annual wage reported by legal support workers was $108,400- almost double the median for this profession across all industries.

Your salary as a legal support worker will also be influenced by your level of experience and education.

Although an associate’s degree in paralegal studies or a related field is sometimes enough for entry-level employment, holding a bachelor’s degree in the legal field can improve your earning prospects and may give you an advantage over your competitors on the job market.

* Based on information from the May 2024 salary report from the BLS. The figures represent accumulated data for all states of employment for Legal Support Workers. BLS data represents averages and medians for workers at all levels of education and experience. This data doesn't represent starting salaries.

* Employment conditions in your area may vary.