State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Georgia vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Georgia, $62,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $62,400
- p25
- $48,940
- p75
- $81,120
- p10
- $39,530
- p90
- $101,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.