State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Colorado vs North Carolina
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In North Carolina, $57,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Colorado vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24.4%
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%
North Carolina
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $57,500
- p25
- $47,640
- p75
- $71,930
- p10
- $38,570
- p90
- $84,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.