Paralegal salary in Connecticut

Official occupation: 23-2011 Paralegals and Legal Assistants · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median paralegal in Connecticut earns $63,820 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $62,890.

It ranks 14th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $46,440 and the 90th at $100,040 (a ratio of 2.2).

Connecticut has 5,210 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.21: the role is 21% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in Connecticut is $59,690, so this role pays 1.1 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureConnecticutNational
Median annual pay Observed$63,820United States: $62,890
Mean annual pay Observed$69,040United States: $69,700
10th percentile Observed$46,440United States: $44,740
25th percentile Observed$50,180United States: $50,340
75th percentile Observed$80,580United States: $80,080
90th percentile Observed$100,040United States: $101,500
Median hourly pay Observed$30.68United States: $30.24
Employment (jobs) Observed5,210
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed3.069
Location quotient Observed1.21
Difference from United States median ($62,890) Derived+1%
Rank among 51 states Derived14
Ratio to Connecticut all-occupation median ($59,690) Derived1.07×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.15

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 12. Nevada$64,680
  2. 13. Virginia$63,990
  3. 14. Connecticut$63,820
  4. 15. Illinois$63,670
  5. 16. Pennsylvania$63,370

Largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, North Stamford, Hartford (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.