U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Surface Transportation Board / Paralegal Specialist
Job-title file
Paralegal Specialist
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
10 employees hold this title in Surface Transportation Board. Median total compensation for the role is $100,694, below the department median of $181,216.
- Employees
- 10
- Total payroll
- $1.1M
- Role median
- $100,694
- Agency median
- $181,216
- Comparison
- Below
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 10 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Paralegal Specialist pay vs. the United States
Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 392,880 people — is $62,890. Surface Transportation Board pays a median base salary of $100,694 for this role, 60% above that figure — about the 89th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Surface Transportation Board sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Surface Transportation Board’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
Median total compensation for this role at Surface Transportation Board is $100,694, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
Paralegal Specialist is held in 54 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Surface Transportation Board, the median of $100,694 ranks #30 of 54.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Paralegal Specialist role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Paralegal Specialist beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $96,330 ranks #3 of 4. See Paralegal Specialist across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Paralegal Specialistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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