State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Missouri vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Missouri, $61,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $61,410
- p25
- $47,520
- p75
- $75,980
- p10
- $42,150
- p90
- $96,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.