State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Alaska, $68,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $68,700
- p25
- $61,100
- p75
- $84,880
- p10
- $53,830
- p90
- $99,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.