State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Massachusetts, $77,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 2.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.2%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $77,640
- p25
- $62,580
- p75
- $96,820
- p10
- $49,770
- p90
- $117,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.