State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Mississippi, $46,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 41.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.8%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $46,180
- p25
- $36,900
- p75
- $58,790
- p10
- $35,660
- p90
- $67,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.