State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: California vs Colorado
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In California, $77,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
-1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $77,390
- p25
- $60,170
- p75
- $98,430
- p10
- $50,460
- p90
- $119,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.