SALARY · PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS · PENNSYLVANIA

Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary in Pennsylvania

People ask me what a job pays, and my honest answer is always: it depends on the state. For paralegals and legal assistants in Pennsylvania, the middle of the field earned $63,370 a year. Use that as your anchor, then look at experience, employer size and city before you judge any single offer.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$63,370

$30 per hour at the median · That is $480 (0.8 percent) above the national median of $62,890 for this occupation.

$68,510Mean annual salary
$33Mean hourly wage
$14,670People employed in this job in Pennsylvania

Salary range

25th: $50,710Median: $63,37075th: $78,980
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$50,710
Median (50th percentile)$63,370
75th percentile$78,980
Mean$68,510

The middle half of workers earned from $50,710 to $78,980 a year. Hourly pay matters if your hours vary. An annual figure can look strong while the hourly rate tells a different story, especially in jobs with seasonal hours or overtime. Check both before you compare two offers.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$51,152 a year
$4,263 a month
Federal tax $5,424 · FICA $4,848 · State tax $1,945

Caveat: the $0 deduction point for Pennsylvania was corroborated from a secondary host of the 2025 booklet, not from a pa.gov page.

Pennsylvania local earned income tax and the Philadelphia wage tax 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.

Same job, other states

Other jobs in Pennsylvania

Try your own salary in the paycheck calculator