The annual salary statistics of paralegals and legal assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of paralegals and legal assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $51,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $105,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $129,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for paralegals and legal assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $129,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,400.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of paralegals and legal assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,790 | 7.62% | 19.15% |
| 2021 | $73,710 | 3.31% | - |
| 2020 | $71,270 | 4.29% | - |
| 2019 | $68,210 | 4.79% | - |
| 2018 | $64,940 | -3.06% | - |
| 2017 | $66,930 | 4.26% | - |
| 2016 | $64,080 | -2.18% | - |
| 2015 | $65,480 | 0.27% | - |
| 2014 | $65,300 | -0.92% | - |
| 2013 | $65,900 | 2.11% | - |
| 2012 | $64,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $79,790, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for paralegals and legal assistants in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $85,470). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of paralegals and legal assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 6.6 percent (6.6%) lower.