Highest-paying Cities for Other Legal Support Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other legal support workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other legal support workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $131,890, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for other legal support workers. It is followed by Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York (average annual salary $118,860). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other legal support workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Legal Support Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$131,890	$63,540	8,190
2	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$118,860	$100,570	40
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$105,800	$53,920	8,750
4	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$94,510	$72,470	30
5	Richmond, Virginia	$93,850	$45,910	150
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$93,560	$93,560	30
7	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$92,520	$31,300	30
8	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$91,860	$39,620	530
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,370	$45,070	330
10	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$89,730	$66,170	40
11	New Haven, Connecticut	$88,200	$55,340	50
12	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$87,690	$43,640	170
13	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$84,950	$38,310	70
14	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$84,730	$47,930	80
15	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$82,870	$47,230	30
16	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$82,740	$44,500	130
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$82,510	$46,120	690
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$81,560	$45,740	190
19	Charlottesville, Virginia	$81,290	$51,190	40
20	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$80,100	$54,810	30
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$79,730	$55,130	650
22	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$74,860	$42,880	1,300
23	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$74,050	$28,040	30
24	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$73,300	$49,160	120
25	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$72,090	$41,610	80
26	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$70,330	$47,400	170
27	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$68,270	$42,640	160
28	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$68,180	$57,370	90
29	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$67,930	$54,220	40
30	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$67,700	$41,620	460
31	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$66,230	$47,840	140
32	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$66,210	$47,740	170
33	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$66,080	$44,030	650
34	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$65,440	$39,670	210
35	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$65,330	$40,320	410
36	Boulder, Colorado	$65,100	$44,170	100
37	Dover, Delaware	$65,080	$51,490	70
38	Rochester, New York	$64,850	$50,000	50
39	San Angelo, Texas	$64,770	$54,340	n/a
40	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$64,750	$46,000	850
41	Salisbury, Maryland	$64,750	$47,840	60
42	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$64,750	$34,350	1,290
43	Syracuse, New York	$64,400	$45,700	30
44	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,190	$44,550	1,160
45	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$63,900	$46,390	230
46	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$63,860	$40,990	510
47	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$63,040	$31,500	30
48	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$62,750	$49,210	40
49	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$62,600	$46,490	60
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$62,400	$38,510	3,520
51	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$62,310	$38,010	30
52	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$62,050	$41,600	40
53	Salinas, California	$62,020	$46,830	50
54	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,910	$44,800	220
55	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$61,510	$38,430	30
56	Camden, New Jersey	$61,430	$44,930	80
57	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$61,360	$38,950	30
58	Napa, California	$61,190	$33,510	30
59	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$60,810	$46,000	70
60	St Louis, Missouri	$60,550	$41,000	180
61	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,520	$40,510	720
62	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$60,450	$36,870	780
63	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$60,440	$34,350	130
64	Akron, Ohio	$60,300	$35,070	30
65	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$60,290	$46,630	370
66	Kansas City, Missouri	$60,200	$45,300	120
67	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$59,990	$41,030	360
68	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$59,990	$43,290	100
69	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$59,720	$36,180	230
70	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$59,550	$40,340	50
71	Savannah, Georgia	$59,450	$37,220	50
72	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$59,380	$41,640	220
73	St Cloud, Minnesota	$59,370	$41,460	n/a
74	Sussex County, Delaware	$59,200	$49,320	n/a
75	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$59,190	$43,790	250
76	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$58,970	$37,120	60
77	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$58,930	$41,540	220
78	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$58,860	$48,740	80
79	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$58,790	$26,730	780
80	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$58,610	$45,940	50
81	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$58,590	$36,120	220
82	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$58,550	$29,000	310
83	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$58,390	$29,970	80
84	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$58,360	$29,150	40
85	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$58,320	$52,890	40
86	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$58,280	$44,770	110
87	Spokane, Washington	$58,160	$45,300	110
88	Tacoma, Washington	$58,140	$43,480	120
89	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$57,960	$37,360	70
90	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$57,800	$38,860	30
91	Columbus, Ohio	$57,600	$36,510	210
92	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$57,390	$44,110	n/a
93	Flint, Michigan	$57,200	$35,680	30
94	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$57,140	$36,670	110
95	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$57,100	$30,910	50
96	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,850	$32,620	280
97	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$56,660	$39,180	320
98	Lafayette, Louisiana	$56,660	$36,270	40
99	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$56,430	$45,140	40
100	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$56,300	$30,430	540

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other legal support workers.