State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Delaware vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Delaware, $63,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.8%
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
Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $79,400
- p25
- $62,670
- p75
- $100,960
- p10
- $50,470
- p90
- $116,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.