State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Massachusetts, $77,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 0.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.7%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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%
Massachusetts
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $77,640
- p25
- $62,580
- p75
- $96,820
- p10
- $49,770
- p90
- $117,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.