State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Colorado vs Wyoming
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Colorado earn a median of $78,190. In Wyoming, $49,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
+58%
Colorado vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+42.1%
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%
Wyoming
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $49,490
- p25
- $47,390
- p75
- $56,420
- p10
- $35,890
- p90
- $64,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.