State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Alabama, $47,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.6%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $47,260
- p25
- $38,150
- p75
- $63,490
- p10
- $30,750
- p90
- $77,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Colorado
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $78,190
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $95,070
- p10
- $56,930
- p90
- $106,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.