State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Arizona vs Colorado
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Arizona, $61,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Arizona vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $61,630
- p25
- $48,840
- p75
- $79,250
- p10
- $45,700
- p90
- $96,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.