SALARY · PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS · KENTUCKY

Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary in Kentucky

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Kentucky, the middle paralegals and legal assistants earned $59,830 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$59,830

$29 per hour at the median · That is $3,060 (4.9 percent) below the national median of $62,890 for this occupation.

$59,240Mean annual salary
$28Mean hourly wage
$3,540People employed in this job in Kentucky

Salary range

25th: $47,220Median: $59,83075th: $70,920
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$47,220
Median (50th percentile)$59,830
75th percentile$70,920
Mean$59,240

The middle half of workers earned from $47,220 to $70,920 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$48,277 a year
$4,023 a month
Federal tax $5,000 · FICA $4,577 · State tax $1,976

Caveat: the Kentucky form was retrieved via a reproduction, not directly from revenue.ky.gov.

Kentucky city and county occupational taxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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