In 2021, paralegals and legal assistants in the United States earned a mean annual wage of approximately 63,000 U.S. dollars. In the same year, roughly 85 percent of employees in this occupation were women.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2023). Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean Annual Wage of Paralegals and Legal Assistants in The United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086978/mean-annual-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/