State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $89,750. In Delaware, $63,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.7%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-22.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $63,110
- p25
- $55,190
- p75
- $78,360
- p10
- $48,880
- p90
- $99,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
District of Columbia
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $89,750
- p25
- $72,240
- p75
- $114,920
- p10
- $59,770
- p90
- $131,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.