State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Kansas vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Kansas, $55,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 30.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.7%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $55,000
- p25
- $47,000
- p75
- $64,170
- p10
- $38,860
- p90
- $79,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.