State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Colorado vs Mississippi
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Mississippi, $46,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.9% — not 69.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.3%
Colorado vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+42.9%
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%
Mississippi
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $46,180
- p25
- $36,900
- p75
- $58,790
- p10
- $35,660
- p90
- $67,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.