State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Alaska vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Alaska, $68,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
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
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.