State comparison · 2025
Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary: Virginia vs Washington
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Washington earn a median of $79,400. In Virginia, $63,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.4%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Median
- $63,990
- p25
- $56,050
- p75
- $81,590
- p10
- $47,860
- p90
- $100,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.