State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Kansas, $55,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 42.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.2%
Colorado vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kansas
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $55,000
- p25
- $47,000
- p75
- $64,170
- p10
- $38,860
- p90
- $79,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.