State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Alabama vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Alabama, $47,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
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
Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $79,400
- p25
- $62,670
- p75
- $100,960
- p10
- $50,470
- p90
- $116,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.