Paralegals and Legal Assistants · SOC 23-2011
Paralegals and Legal Assistants Salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $35,790 per year ($17.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $28,470 at the 10th percentile to $60,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Paralegals and Legal Assistants in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $35,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,790 and $45,230.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $28,470 | $29,790 | $35,790 | $45,230 | $60,310 |
| Hourly | $13.69 | $14.32 | $17.21 | $21.74 | $29.00 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,790 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,790 to $45,230
- Alabamastate$47,260 median for Alabama; middle half earns $38,150 to $63,490
- United Statesnational$62,890 median for United States; middle half earns $50,340 to $80,080
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −24% vs Alabama overall and −43% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for paralegals and legal assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$35,790 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,790 to $45,230
- $53,160 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $39,090 to $69,950
- $49,460 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $39,090 to $62,580
- $48,350 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $39,060 to $62,850
- $47,260 median for Dothan metro area; middle half earns $42,500 to $53,350
- $46,580 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $39,290 to $63,410
- $45,860 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $39,340 to $54,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for paralegals and legal assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.