The annual salary statistics of paralegals and legal assistants in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of paralegals and legal assistants in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 | $37,790 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $74,480 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $95,170 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for paralegals and legal assistants in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $95,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,790.
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 | $58,150 | -11.54% | 10.09% |
| 2021 | $64,860 | -13.07% | - |
| 2020 | $73,340 | 9.54% | - |
| 2019 | $66,340 | 0.99% | - |
| 2018 | $65,680 | 12.80% | - |
| 2017 | $57,270 | -5.71% | - |
| 2016 | $60,540 | 27.59% | - |
| 2015 | $43,840 | 12.27% | - |
| 2014 | $38,460 | -35.52% | - |
| 2013 | $52,120 | -0.31% | - |
| 2012 | $52,280 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,150 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is in the middle of salary range for paralegals and legal assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of paralegals and legal assistants in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is 32.0 percent (32.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 39.8 percent (39.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.